Hi all,
I've just joined here and as i said in the intro, i will post up my story for some feedback and hopefully get some help finishing off this minefield i walked into 6 months ago!
So i bought a 2015 s/c from a mate who had the vehicle out at his game ranch. The car started out before he bought it as a v6 petrol, it had been converted to a 1hdt when he bought it and took it up to his game ranch to be used as a hunting vehicle for clients etc.
I had driven in it and seen it a bunch, always looked good and felt good.
A couple of years ago though, it gave them some trouble, the motor packed up and the youngster who was driving it brought it into town to get it looked at.
This is what they found
1x con rod bearing rotating on the crank, 2 oval bores, cracked pistons, valves hitting pistons, cracked cyl head...
The cruiser sat in my yard in town for almost 2 years, through this, the owner decided that he would rather invest the money for the repairs into the game ranch and the other vehicles there than to try rebuild this one. So i decided to make an offer on it and bought it as is.
I was under the impression that the vehicle was good to go with a replacement motor and that was it.
How wrong i was!
The list of repairs and fixes basically reads from the headlights to the rear bumper and everything in between. It was a lot more extensive than i expected.
Almost every mechanical part has been looked at, serviced or fixed.
In any case, i will be using the cruiser to get around and as a hunting vehicle, so it needs to be reliable and i need to be confident that all is working right.
I still have to attend to the front hubs, front brakes and the gearbox.
So problems i still face...
1. Front brakes are still binding lightly and getting the hubs way too hot when im driving long distance
2. Front left hub makes a nasty noise when in 4wd, it sounds like the shaft is bent and on every rotation it is touching the housing somewhere. I will be getting new kits for this and then will strip down and rebuild the hubs.
3. I will be looking into the gearbox, i have a major power loss somewhere in the drivetrain, i battle to maintain 120km/h on the flat where in my older '05 1hz cruiser, i would be flying along merrily without the engine working too hard. in this one, you can hear the engine is under extreme load. i dont know why, or where this is coming from but it there is certainly a massive power loss somewhere.
I even swapped engines with my other cruiser in case the rebuilt engine was not right, this did not impact the speed or performance in any way.
I am all out of ideas here and any input would help on this.
So what could be causing the noise in the front hub? And could this also be the culprit for the power loss or should i be digging into the gearbox and replacing the input shaft, cluster and bearings?
i have already opened up the gearbox and not seen anything that looked untoward. all gears look good, no wear, no heat marks etc.
Perhaps the transfer case? i have not looked at that yet.
From what i have been told and seen, they were definitely a bit rough on the car and the lack of maintenance is evident.
Any input would be great.
I will look for a few pics and add them up shortly.
I've just joined here and as i said in the intro, i will post up my story for some feedback and hopefully get some help finishing off this minefield i walked into 6 months ago!
So i bought a 2015 s/c from a mate who had the vehicle out at his game ranch. The car started out before he bought it as a v6 petrol, it had been converted to a 1hdt when he bought it and took it up to his game ranch to be used as a hunting vehicle for clients etc.
I had driven in it and seen it a bunch, always looked good and felt good.
A couple of years ago though, it gave them some trouble, the motor packed up and the youngster who was driving it brought it into town to get it looked at.
This is what they found
1x con rod bearing rotating on the crank, 2 oval bores, cracked pistons, valves hitting pistons, cracked cyl head...
The cruiser sat in my yard in town for almost 2 years, through this, the owner decided that he would rather invest the money for the repairs into the game ranch and the other vehicles there than to try rebuild this one. So i decided to make an offer on it and bought it as is.
I was under the impression that the vehicle was good to go with a replacement motor and that was it.
How wrong i was!
The list of repairs and fixes basically reads from the headlights to the rear bumper and everything in between. It was a lot more extensive than i expected.
Almost every mechanical part has been looked at, serviced or fixed.
In any case, i will be using the cruiser to get around and as a hunting vehicle, so it needs to be reliable and i need to be confident that all is working right.
I still have to attend to the front hubs, front brakes and the gearbox.
So problems i still face...
1. Front brakes are still binding lightly and getting the hubs way too hot when im driving long distance
2. Front left hub makes a nasty noise when in 4wd, it sounds like the shaft is bent and on every rotation it is touching the housing somewhere. I will be getting new kits for this and then will strip down and rebuild the hubs.
3. I will be looking into the gearbox, i have a major power loss somewhere in the drivetrain, i battle to maintain 120km/h on the flat where in my older '05 1hz cruiser, i would be flying along merrily without the engine working too hard. in this one, you can hear the engine is under extreme load. i dont know why, or where this is coming from but it there is certainly a massive power loss somewhere.
I even swapped engines with my other cruiser in case the rebuilt engine was not right, this did not impact the speed or performance in any way.
I am all out of ideas here and any input would help on this.
So what could be causing the noise in the front hub? And could this also be the culprit for the power loss or should i be digging into the gearbox and replacing the input shaft, cluster and bearings?
i have already opened up the gearbox and not seen anything that looked untoward. all gears look good, no wear, no heat marks etc.
Perhaps the transfer case? i have not looked at that yet.
From what i have been told and seen, they were definitely a bit rough on the car and the lack of maintenance is evident.
Any input would be great.
I will look for a few pics and add them up shortly.