Landcruiser Engine Seized

Submitted: Tuesday, Oct 21, 2003 at 12:44
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G'day all,

Last week I experienced the unfortunate event of my RJ70 Bundera Landcruiser having an engine seizure, good fun on the middle of the highway! Admittedly my experience in the automotive area is not great and I would like your suggestions and clarification on my options.

I would like to keep the car which is a super petrol 5 speed manual. What I am wondering is how to go about fixing the engine. I would like to convert to something other than super if possible, diesel, gas, unleaded, whatever. I am also considering movement to a holden v6 or v8 engine which seem to have supporting conversion kits available from a few traders (Marks4wd and rodshop). Not being technically savvy can anyone offer info on what is involved in this process? Do the kits + engine address all problems related to engine seizure? What are your recommendations on the available kits, my finances aren't great at this time so keeping costs to a minimum would be desirable. The V8 Kits seem cheaper, is this a cheaper option or is the engine harder to source or more expensive or is adherence to emission standards more expensive?

Can anyone tell me of shops within Melbourne that offer installation of the complete conversion and engine replacement as described above? As I said my technical expertise is not great.

I know I'm asking a lot of questions, I just want to make a good decision and find it all a bit confusing at the moment. If anyone can offer any amount of advice to help me piece it all together I would be extremely grateful.

Thanks for your time,

Campbell.
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