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Hi all,
I had been in the market for an NT shorty for sometime, after missing out on a nice example in Sydney I finally purchased a Diesel NT-X with sunroof and diff lock from Alice Springs.
Here’s a few pics from the previous owner before I collected t:
Before flying to Alice, I had it looked over by a local mechanic who highlighted some issues. I then decided fly over and purchase it. Next step was collecting the vehicle in Alice and driving back to Perth along the Great Central Road. We didn’t muck around, fuelled up including some jerry cans and off we went:
The Great Central Road was in pretty average condition. It had some decent amounts of rainfall in the previous few weeks and some of the wash outs and ruts were terrible in some places. We didn’t pass one car either way after the Olgas on the NT side until we got near Laverton on the WA end. I did manage to hit a bush turkey just west of Warburton. Unfortunately the little window chip stayed with me until I could get the window replaced in Kal
While in Kal I noticed some shock absorber damage that wasn’t present when I last looked at Warakurna roadhouse
I didn’t have it serviced when inspected before I purchased and drove back to Perth, which in hindsight was probably a little silly and a gamble. Once back in Perth I had it serviced which included ALL fluids, intake clean, tappet adjustment, replaced an engine mount, new suspension and new filters. Apart from a few minor issues the little Paj was given a clean bill of health
I had been in the market for an NT shorty for sometime, after missing out on a nice example in Sydney I finally purchased a Diesel NT-X with sunroof and diff lock from Alice Springs.
Here’s a few pics from the previous owner before I collected t:
Before flying to Alice, I had it looked over by a local mechanic who highlighted some issues. I then decided fly over and purchase it. Next step was collecting the vehicle in Alice and driving back to Perth along the Great Central Road. We didn’t muck around, fuelled up including some jerry cans and off we went:
The Great Central Road was in pretty average condition. It had some decent amounts of rainfall in the previous few weeks and some of the wash outs and ruts were terrible in some places. We didn’t pass one car either way after the Olgas on the NT side until we got near Laverton on the WA end. I did manage to hit a bush turkey just west of Warburton. Unfortunately the little window chip stayed with me until I could get the window replaced in Kal
While in Kal I noticed some shock absorber damage that wasn’t present when I last looked at Warakurna roadhouse
I didn’t have it serviced when inspected before I purchased and drove back to Perth, which in hindsight was probably a little silly and a gamble. Once back in Perth I had it serviced which included ALL fluids, intake clean, tappet adjustment, replaced an engine mount, new suspension and new filters. Apart from a few minor issues the little Paj was given a clean bill of health
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