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G'day Crazy-Mik,
At 9,900 it sounds like a good cheap price and if it checks out alright you may have a bargain.They excel as a great touring vehicle with good levels of comfort,well equipped accessories ,top driving position and frugal fuel consumption for a constant 4x4.Most people that drive 'em love 'em.Off road it aint no slouch either and you can tow almost anything you want.A mate just got back from Flinders Ranges towing a camper in a '94 disco 5speed and with 280,000 klms found it to be a faultless tourer.The air cond even coped with the high temps.No wonder there are millions out there and you see them everywhere you go.Just do your services on it and it will have tons of life still in it for years.

cheers mark

life is but a journey
make sure you are in the drivers seat.

Mik, Check that all the scheduled services have been done including the timing belt as it would be getting at the end of the second ones life. They are OK although not for me as I'm not overly mechanically minded nor do I find them comfortable. A couple of travelling companions have them and they go everywhere I can go but the maintenance can be expensive.
Check the Redbook site for pricing.Dare to Lead not to Follow

Only comment I'll make is, as long as you aren't using it as a 7 seater.

They can depend a bit on which day of the week they were made on, Used to work for a company that had three of them. One did a gear box at 25000 miles and the engine gave out at 35000! Another had constant electrical problems. Weird stuff like temperature guage would indicate overheating if you put the headlights on! Other guages would work intermittantly etc etc the third never put a foot wrong!!!

I've just been through a similar thing. I've just bought a '95 Tdi with 128K on it. It has OME Suspension and Dual Batts etc which is what I was after. It also has all the standard oil leaks that I expected when I bought it.
All the research I did said that the rear main seal goes, and so does the seal at the back of the transfer case. Max cost to fix these 2 is about $2,000 but can be done cheaper. A lot of people seem to not worry about it but I'm not sure if it's actually using oil yet. Apart from this it seems all good. I've had it 3days now and it's absolutely superb offroad...
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