So Im looking at this tomorrow. Im really sold on this particular model, Its well used but closer to my budget...excellent service history...still a bit nervous at the amount on the clock. Then I see something like this one more than half the clicks, later model...but petrol.
At a glance, which would you choose?

If it was a 2.7L EFI i'd go for the second one, looks a little cleaner too. But that said reliability is a big factor so i'd probably opt for the first one, regardless of the k's. Damn you, I wanna get a Hilux the same as the diesel one! Lousy bank balance :( haha. Petrol ones are a dime a dozen, to find a decent diesel one with no body damage or good history is harder to come by.

Ha my bank balance wouldn't look much different, gotta get a loan for the majority of it :( Hence the reason I gotta choose carefully...
Are the tubs easy enough to convert to flat-tray should I feel the need down the road?

Yeah there's like 4 bolts that hold them down and a few wires that run through them. Pretty straight forward. Sell the tub and build a tray for less than what you sold the tub for!

the petrol one looks heaps cleaner too.

can we paint it matt black then i can hang on the back like this




Mcfly!

So I ended up getting a 95 2.8 Diesel Hilux kinda cheap...so cheap I really had to make a spot decision because it wasn't going to last...owner was going overseas and wanted it gone.

So far the only concern with it is it seems to have a fair amount of blowby, which seems strange for a 140,000k engine...enough to give me an oily hand if I hold it over the filler cap at idle.
Now I know that this is not a good thing on the surface, but Ive also read that this is common for the hilux engine...even a relatively fresh one.

This has more blowby than the turbo model I turned down...could it be because a non-turbo is a higher comp head?

So yeah some say its goign to have problems, other say don't worry and it'll still go forever, but there's a general consensus that nothing can be done to fix this short of a rebuild.

Still it runs well, doesn't blow smoke and came with a shipload of extras...so far so good, but I should be majorly concerned about the blowby issue?