Have finally decided on the 2nd hand 4WD that's replacing the 84 LS Jack.
Found a '94 Jackaroo Monterey Auto Petrol with 150 000km for $17500.
Going to spend the other $7000 that was going to go into getting a 98/99 Jack,
on a nice 4.45 Stacer Alum Dinghy. All up a great fun package for $24500 that will give us years of enjoyment.
Anyway, the car is at a wholesale yard and I managed to contact the previous owner
to ask him some questions about it's history. He's the second owner.
A concern I have is regarding the Auto Trans. This is what he said had happened....
The A/Trans was checked during a service by their holden yard before they went down south for holidays. When they were on
the beach he noticed what looked like "red dust sorta stuff" flying up (I'm sure he said he was going in reverse) but he soon relised it was A/Trans fluid, as
well as the A/Trans light come on, he stopped immediately. The Auto trans hose had come off and all the oil had pumped out onto
the beach. Being a Truckie he is in the habit of carrying a bag of brake fluid/engine oil/trans fluid etc. and was able top put 2L back in. There was one sandy
hill that they needed to go back up but couldn't. Not sure if they light was off after putting 2L of oil back in the case and then it came on whilst on the incline. However he didn't proceed and walked back to the caravan park and got more A/Tran oil. Filled it up to capacity (5L) and kept on going. Says he hasn't had any troubles since.
He did return it to the holden yard for some answers but didn't get very much help. In the end they apparently did
check it out and said no problems found.
What are the diff scenarios as to what damage could have happened. Can it be properly
check with a pre purchase RAC inspection or is this a speciality job.
Cause for concern?
I drove the car for about 10/15min yesterday and didn't notice any prob's.
Drove it on Hwy was sitting on 100km/h at about 2800rpm smooth & quiet, very responsive and good off the lights.
The prev owner also noticed on very few occasions a couple of coolant drops on the floor and suspects it could be water pump seal/gasket. Will
check.
I've notice some oil build up and runs from around the passenger side of the cyl/head/gask area and will have this looked at too.
The previous owner was very helpfull in giving me the run down of his history with the vehicle. He's had it for 12 months, and under warranty has had the following done.
April this year
- new power steering pump and new brass seals
- new aircon condensor etc $1000
after holden regassed and that didn't fix prob with poor cooling
- CV boots replaced
- new belts (timing belt at 109000km's by 1st owner)
overall the car has everything we want is powerfull and in good nik and the large elec sunroof absolutely rocks! colour is white great for our hot
perth summers.
Any reply will be greatly appreciated.
PS
This
forum is the best,
I have posted numerous questions regarding diff types of 4wd's to help me narrow down the possibilities and get some good grounding before parting with the moola.
thanks to all those replys over the last 4/5 months.
cheers
wolf