They are a good rig, mine is 2wd, but the nikki/hitatchi carbs are shocking, I have had to continuously stuff around with mine, even the slightest contaminant causes it to carry on.
The engine in mine is a smaller motor than the 4x4 ones, unfortunately the oil ring is a cast iron type in these, and wears out a lot quicker than the compression rings, my compression is still around the 150-160 psi mark, however I can chug through a litre of oil in the matter of a couple of hours. Im not interested In rebuilding it, I got a lot of service out of it.
My gearbox is stuffed so to speak, a whining noise started over a year backUp until recently I ignored it until I got stuck in reverse, however theres just a nack of getting it in gear now
That being said II have a VG HSV maloo that I am itching to have a good reason to register and drive an awesome find I had one day out in hillston once.
