by snapper on Mon Feb 06, 2017 2:53 am
Abz
While not one of the new(ish) B Series I've never really had any issues getting parts for the 2.8 sat outside.
VX Dealers (in my experience) are in all honesty next best to useless unless you really know what you want, have the part number available and the guy in the parts dept can be arrsed to get up and check the system or make phone calls. The last bits I got from one was a set of shims for the auto hubs and even then they were tracked down to a dealership in Germany.
Isuzu, much better. Again knowing the part number helps.
The local branch of Motor Parts D have been able to track down and supply most normal wearing parts for me including an exhaust a few months ago.
For S/H or pre-used bits try Greg on here or ring round the local scrappers but to be honest I cant recall having seen many 3.2's in the scrapyards around Oxfordshire.
As a 4x4 they are more capable than the reputation says. That said they are getting on a bit now, mine as a 1995 is knocking 22 years old and at 284k just about run in. Does a min 65 miles / day plus weekend driving and goes where it's aimed. Does what it says on the tin!
This posting may have been helpfull, on the other hand probably not... Either way, I may have had drink when posting it in which case it's probably not as helpfull as it could have been
Work safe, and remember all technical problems can be resolved with a hammer, the trick is knowing where to hit it and how big a hammer to use (I often find it may also help to have a spare bit in the shed to replace the bit you have just mullered
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