Heart surgery.

woolman · Guru

Heart surgery.

Kiwi-as · Guru

The cruiser should be on the operating table by now having open heart surgery. Hope it doesn't die while under the knife,but then again could be like a wife, a good excuse to go out and buy a younger flasher model .

spida · Guru

These boys and their toys. Certainly a big grunty vehicle - a shame if it dies under the spanner:)

bill12 · Guru

What,s wrong with it?

kiwi rainbow · Senior Member

Kiwi-as wrote:
The cruiser should be on the operating table by now having open heart surgery. Hope it doesn't die while under the knife,but then again could be like a wife, a good excuse to go out and buy a younger flasher model .

Geez, and I thought he was happy with the wife model he has!! cry

valnrob · Guru

Gee K.A. And K.R. hope the cruiser recovers after it's op, and doesn't go to cruiser heaven.

Cheers Val n Rob.

Plendo · Guru

Something wrong with the cruiser, I am amazed, I had been lead to believe they were indestructable.

Hmm, this may explain why you can get spares for them anywhere.

-- Edited by Plendo on Tuesday 19th of March 2013 09:16:19 PM

-- Edited by Plendo on Tuesday 19th of March 2013 09:17:41 PM

justcruisin01 · Guru

I knew all about the cruiser but the thread heading almost gave me a heart attack. Good thing I was sitting down. LOL.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

I nearly had a heart attack there Jim. Glad the post wasn't as the heading sounded.

I sure hope the tug is in recovery soon Brandt. I will ring later in the week to see how the patient is going.

Dougwe · Chief one feather

kiwi rainbow wrote:
Kiwi-as wrote:
The cruiser should be on the operating table by now having open heart surgery. Hope it doesn't die while under the knife,but then again could be like a wife, a good excuse to go out and buy a younger flasher model .
Geez, and I thought he was happy with the wife model he has!!

No Pav for him anymore Lorraine, I will have his share instead :)

Sheba · Guru

I was all set to tell you what a breeze it is, and not to be afraid to use the rope attatched to the end of the bed, to pull yourself up, as it doesn't hurt at all.

Then I read the post. biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin biggrin

Cheers,

Sheba.

kiwi rainbow · Senior Member

Dougwe wrote:

No Pav for him anymore Lorraine, I will have his share instead :)

That's a deal Dougwe! However I may just be toooo upset to make pavs for a while.

But I can be sweet talked round.........maybe

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Oh no, here we go again. I can sweet talk as good as the next bloke, just never gets me anywhere, never did.

Kiwi-as · Guru

No Plendo, the original petrol motor has been replaced with a Chev 6.5 diesel before I bought it. I agree the 4.2 diesel motors are pretty indestructible .

spida · Guru

Kiwi-as wrote:
No Plendo, the original petrol motor has been replaced with a Chev 6.5 diesel before I bought it. I agree the 4.2 diesel motors are pretty indestructible .

You know what happens with transplants - on medication for the rest of your life to stop it being rejected..........

Kiwi-as · Guru

Yes Vida, bloody expensive medication at that!!

Plendo · Guru

Sorry could not resist a cheap shot at a cruiser in dry dock.

So what is the prognosis? When do you expect to get the patient back on the road?

Kiwi-as · Guru

Hopefully by Easter Plendo, a container of parts doesn't get opened up till 28th.so if it does have a cracked head, they will have to wait Untill then.

mr glassies · Guru

What happened to the old one m8 thought that was indestructable

Kiwi-as · Guru

Plendo, check the Cherokee has a heavy enough chassis for heavy towing.
Seen one that the receiver for tow ball hitch was so neat and tidy left nowhere for trailer plug mountings.

-- Edited by Kiwi-as on Sunday 24th of March 2013 11:15:49 PM

Kiwi-as · Guru

Yes I thought the same Graeham, the garage I took it to has a full page add in the 4x4mag and one of their specialities is fault finding in Chevys. He didn't have many kind words for them at all, especially the older models like mine.
Has front seal leak, one head gasket is weaping,power steering res. seems to be blowing oil from cap.
The dyno graph just went down with no peak at all.
He was all praises for the LC 4.2 turbo. Needless to say I was not a happy chappie.

Plendo · Guru

I hate to admit it, but my mechanic reckons the 4.2 LC, was pretty good jigger in its day, he has three customers with them, and they just keep going. He also pointed out how easy they are to fix, wth a timing belt chage taking less than an hour. It is a shame for those of us who need heavy haulers that they are just getting too old, and have travelled too many km.

I think I have narrowed the field down to two, 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee or a 2009/19 VW Toureg. I will not know the answer till I can drive the 2014 Jeep in July. I do not really need it unti Feb 2014 when the van is delivered.

neilnruth · Guru

Well I guess you two will have to be happy sitting in 'dry dock' while you have no wheels to pull your lovely van. All the best. You still have too much of this country to see before you head home - maybe you will have to come back??

Kiwi-as · Guru

Getting sick of sitting Ruth,can't wait to hit the road again, hopefully end of this week. Wouldn't mind going to Bruce Springsteen's concert, but the money we are going to have to outlay on the cruser better not, but then I could perhaps pass the hat around.

Have been helping our hosts tidy their 4acres, trimming trees and clearing blackberries.

-- Edited by Kiwi-as on Monday 25th of March 2013 11:18:36 AM

Plendo · Guru

Thanks Brandt, I am filing all these tips away, and when the time comes I will check it out.

I made the mistake of driving a new Touareg on the weekend, wonderful vehicle, comfortable, pin sharp, accurate on the road, effortless performance, and more gadgets than you can poke a stick at. Unfortunatley the price is still beyond my budget even with my generous fleet discount.

I then went and drove a Grand Cherokee Limited. Really comfortable, but to achieve the comfort they had insulated everything just a bit too much, a bit like driving an arm chair on top of an airbed, on top of a billy cart. I suspect if I had driven it alone, it would have felt better, but in direct comparison with the touareg, it did not fair well.

I will still check the new jeep, in the hope that they have solved the dynamics. After that I expect to be back to comparing the Disco 4 and the Touareg. Both are starting to appear for respectable prices second hand 2/3 years old.

Ontos45 · Guru

I'll stick with my '98 Land Rover Discovery. All the good stuff like airbags, solid beam suspension on springs etc but a fair dinkum turbo diesel without all the spaceage electronics to go wrong...lol