December 11, 201213 yr comment_639579 Greetings, I mentioned this a few weeks ago in the offtopic, but here is a few pics. Plan to get it on the road and take it camping! details: 1985 holden drover (rebadged suzuki sierra) 1.3L of overhead cam 2 valve goodness. 148000km, owned from new by my grandfather! zero rust, interiour is in good condition, just needs a few new rubbers here and there. my brother found the bull bar for free on gumtree, so slapped that on. looks good i think. Funky little lion bonnet peice. mirror tint on side windows and rear window (not sure why...) i have not actually driven it yet, as when i got it it had a blown headgasket and front diff seals needed replacing. but i went for a drive in it not long ago, seemed to go alright even with the blown headgasket. currently the head is off and getting a once over at the machinist, hope to get the engine back together this weekend. I rebuilt the diff last weekend, what a messy job! freaking 8hrs of playing with grease. grandpa drove it SSOOOO SLOOW the pistons and valves were chock a block full of carbon, i was littlerally scraping carbon off the piston with my metal ruler.....at least 2-3mm caked on! things to be done for RWC: -new front brake hoses (probably rears too) -new front pads and discs -new sump gasket and maybe rear main (doing the front main wtih the head) -steam clean the underbody as the stuffed diff seals flung grease and oil everywhere proposed mods: -A CD player! -some tyres that might actually grip something -An in car UHF, i have a giant antenna already. -deck out the rear with some sort of draws for storing camping stuff, see how that goes. -remove that mirror tint! Anyway a few shocking camera phone photos: Report
December 12, 201213 yr comment_639587 -20 points for needing heavy machinery to roll over a zook with no motor or box. :lmao: Good score Dave, keep it in the family. Report
December 12, 201213 yr comment_639597 Put the biggest ariel you can find on it so you can do jumps.... Also I'm pretty sure they're Jimny's not sierra's Edited December 12, 201213 yr by It's_AUDM_Yo Report
December 12, 201213 yr comment_639601 Put the biggest ariel you can find on it so you can do jumps.... Also I'm pretty sure they're Jimny's not sierra's i can tell you they are NOT jimney's as this is a jimney Edited December 12, 201213 yr by flyinwall Report
December 12, 201213 yr comment_639603 My bad its only in the japanese market where they are called Jimney's. They got a different name in every blood market. They were called samuri's in the US Edited December 12, 201213 yr by It's_AUDM_Yo Report
December 12, 201213 yr Author comment_639604 yeah they are all jimnys in japan. For some reason they called the early ones sierras around here, and saumrauis some place else. i belive that huge antenna is actually a fishing rod. Report
December 12, 201213 yr comment_639646 High roofed awesome. I want to buy one of these some day, blast around in it for two weeks til I get bored. My mate hat a Toyota Blizzard, rare as rocking horse shit, same platform as the daihatsu scat. Cool as but he sold it before I could get my hands on its mustard and teal goodness. Report
December 12, 201213 yr Author comment_639687 oh i was just reading about that diahatsu scat/taft and the toyota blizzard. The blizard came with a diesel yeah? cool lookin cars. A mate of mine has a ~97 sierra, but its a soft top, great car, but man that soft top makes a racket on the highway. Glad i managed to get a hard top, and the high roof edition is a bonus, not to mention the lack of security in a soft top! Report
December 12, 201213 yr comment_639690 -20 points for needing heavy machinery to roll over a zook with no motor or box. :lmao: Good score Dave, keep it in the family. Wasn't so much 'need' more like 'I own a bobcat so I use any excuse to break shit with it' Report
December 12, 201213 yr Author comment_639691 Good news, just got a call from the machinest. Head checked out good, passed the pressure and flatness test. though wont be ready till next week :( Report
December 19, 201213 yr Author comment_640405 Updates! everyone likes updates. spot the new shiny bit in this photo? Ignore the power lead.... Head is back on as of last night. have had a set back, grandpa was for some reason against the idea of coolant, only used water. Therefore, anything copper/brass in the cooling system is rusted...badly.... so ive got a few bits i need to replace, the main one being this coolant manifold thing that connects to the back of the water pump. Here is a reproduction one, but for the price I'm not too keen, ill try and track down a decent OEM one i think. http://www.suzistore.com.au/shopexd.asp?id=441 Radiator is pretty had it as well, on the hunt for a second hand one atm. water pump appears to be in ok condition, just full of muck. ill try clean it before i get a new one. Luckily the head and block appear to be pretty good for corosion, a bit of evidence of it, but quite minor. Report
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