Just can't get a good basic truck, like the old days!

[3930dave]

Ford also put a diesel in their Rangers when they first came out.

I remember those. Friend of a friend, living on Vancouver Island, came across a pair of those, maybe 5 years ago. Got them for nothing, or next to.

If anyone could resurrect 'em (or, at least one), it is That Guy ^ ..... about 10 years ago, he brought back to completely operational-life, a big, very early diesel (circa WWII ?) Cat dozer, that he got either free, or for scrap-value.

I've half seriously considered bringing-in a 15+ y/o Land Rover from the UK. Used to be able to get them bare-bones, or with various levels of bling. What would be @ the top of my list is their 3+/- L diesel, with a stick. I wouldn't be hauling a loaded tri-axle with it here, but those things are legendary for what the police and military across the pond put them through.

Big-screen TV in the dash, and electric-______ scratchers, not on my Wish List..... though I have to admit that my lower back-muscles would vote for heated seats.

Rgds, D.

 

[Renze]

I had a Toyota pickup around that vintage with a diesel engine. Non turbo, I had to pick and choose my "battles" carefully when getting on a four lane. After I sold it, I would see it drive by where I was living for many years.

It did get 36-40mpg.

Toyota had wars named after it

Toyota War - Wikipedia

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[Renze]

I've half seriously considered bringing-in a 15+ y/o Land Rover from the UK.

Go ahead, take the junk from here... you need a good amount of persistence to keep one on the road.

Even my British mate drives Isuzu because you can only afford to drive landrover if youre rich or save money doing your own wrenching, because LRs need that a lot.

 

[3930dave]

Go ahead, take the junk from here... you need a good amount of persistence to keep one on the road.

Even my British mate drives Isuzu because you can only afford to drive landrover if youre rich or save money doing your own wrenching, because LRs need that a lot.

I like Toyodas, LCruisers..... money aside, the diesels are hard to get here.

Remember The Gods Must be Crazy ? There was a reason his bush-mechanic called the LR The AntiChrist ! I took an Automotive Electronics night-course many years ago... this reminds me of the bypass diodes the instructor talked about using, getting LRs to start Back When, in a Canadian Winter.....

But, thanks for thinking I needed the warning

Rgds, D.

 

[Renze]

I like Toyodas, LCruisers..... money aside, the diesels are hard to get here.

Landcruisers are a legend. Resulting in awfully high residual value...

Nissan Patrol was popular here, quite a bit cheaper than a Landcruiser, but the RD28 was prone to head cracks around the swirl chambers, and being built in Spain for the European market, they still rotted like a southern European car from the 70s.

Nissan Navara was built there too, they often bent the frame because it was rotten. It was also sold as a Ford, i forgot the name.

 

[3930dave]

Sad, that a modern vehicle rots that ^ fast.

Eastern Canada is strongly committed to rotting even the best modern vehicles quickly. Calcium Choloride (liquid brine sprayed on roads) wasn't rotting fast enough (still fast), so they went to Magnesium Chloride. As bad as the brine is, the "binder" compound they mix in is what cements it to metal. Many Allisons @ work get pulled after someone is digging out a cemented sensor, and the side of the case just falls apart.

In Western Canada (a lot of sand, beet juice), vehicles last longer - a 20 y/o vehicle may have a front end a bit sandblasted, but not the rot that is typical in the East.

That ^, is how you grow an Economy in Canada.... in 2025.

Rgds, D.

 

[RB5]

Sad, that a modern vehicle rots that ^ fast.

Eastern Canada is strongly committed to rotting even the best modern vehicles quickly. Calcium Choloride (liquid brine sprayed on roads) wasn't rotting fast enough (still fast), so they went to Magnesium Chloride. As bad as the brine is, the "binder" compound they mix in is what cements it to metal. Many Allisons @ work get pulled after someone is digging out a cemented sensor, and the side of the case just falls apart.

In Western Canada (a lot of sand, beet juice), vehicles last longer - a 20 y/o vehicle may have a front end a bit sandblasted, but not the rot that is typical in the East.

That ^, is how you grow an Economy in Canada.... in 2025.

Rgds, D.

They spray brine on the roads here in Texas now, sometimes way ahead of a potential storm. Every time I see the lines of it on the road I wonder what that is doing to our rivers and lakes. It can't be good. They seem to think it is an easy fix for icy roads and no one asks what problems it causes.

 

[Renze]

Many Allisons @ work get pulled after someone is digging out a cemented sensor, and the side of the case just falls apart.

Sounds like the Case wheel loaders our military took over from the British. 3000hrs, but used to lay driving mats in front of the landing craft on beaches, in salt water. We traded them for 5 new ones in 2012 but no mechanic was eager to touch the trade ins... valve blocks were rotten so any sensor you wanted to test, would come out with force, making you worry you'd twist off the entire aluminium valve block...

 

[3930dave]

They seem to think it is an easy fix for icy roads and no one asks what problems it causes.

I find it ironic (Enviro today.... allegedly), as AFAIK, most of the plants/animals where road-brine is used are not Salt Water versions....

I think it started in the cities (like many things)..... if you put down Sand (works well, much of the time), then it can shorten the cleanout-cycle for storm-drains. So, flood the road with brine instead.... just washes away later, as does your vehicle-body/frame......

Rgds, D.

 

[3930dave]

Sounds like the Case wheel loaders our military took over from the British. 3000hrs, but used to lay driving mats in front of the landing craft on beaches, in salt water. We traded them for 5 new ones in 2012 but no mechanic was eager to touch the trade ins... valve blocks were rotten so any sensor you wanted to test, would come out with force, making you worry you'd twist off the entire aluminium valve block...

^ Sounds VERY familiar, unfortunately....

Rgds, D.