what would be approx life span of a stock 202, km? compared to a jap motor.. thanks m..
life span of a 202
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 03:12 PM
Depends on how its looked after.
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 03:44 PM
Cant see any reason 2-300,000 wouldn't be more than achievable with correct servicing.
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 04:39 PM
I had a Hz PANELVAN ex telecom and it was still going at 800k
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 05:39 PM
they are Immortal... they will live forever.
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 05:42 PM
With out a rebore or a head job ??I had a Hz PANELVAN ex telecom and it was still going at 800k
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 05:50 PM
With out a head job ??
Its a long haul but can be done lol 
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 05:57 PM
Its a long haul but can be done lol
Mind out of the gutter
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 06:20 PM
My Mum had a Mazda 1970 2 door she bought new for $2000 in 1970,
and it just had regular services, and had no other parts changed,
drove to towns and cities over a period of 14 years, and then got a $2000 trade in for a Toyota Corolla. 
On the other note, I used to buy 200,000km 202's for $50-$100 each,
and strip them to a short motor, to put the big cam and worked head on etc,
to have fun till they blew up at about 4000km a piece, he he. 
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 07:47 PM
202's should last well , they only do 3500 RPM .
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 08:02 PM
That's 3500 more revs than some 308s that in know... LOL
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 08:10 PM
Think HQ taxi.............big in the dayI had a Hz PANELVAN ex telecom and it was still going at 800k
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 09:25 PM
Still worth a bit Dave by the looks of this
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 09:34 PM
glass fuel pump even
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 11:17 PM
Half a million easy. Mine had done high 300000's before being rebuilt for forced induction and was given a hard time regularly, Turned it to 5500rpm all the time. If you replace the fiber timing gear they will go for ever, cheers Aaron.
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Posted 23 May 2016 - 11:59 PM
My pops hq 173 has done 680 miles still runs alright cam is just about gone but reliable as
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Posted 24 May 2016 - 08:40 AM
Still worth a bit Dave by the looks of this
You got more than that for the little 4 banger didn't you ?
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Posted 24 May 2016 - 02:06 PM
LOLYou got more than that for the little 4 banger didn't you ?
$7.25 or somewhere around that from memory......
That was such a shame to scrap that but anyway, life goes on.
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Posted 24 May 2016 - 10:28 PM
Still worth a bit Dave by the looks of this
Not worth it, needs a new dizzy cap and missing 4 plug leads.
RIP OFF
Just quietly where did you see this? lol
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Posted 25 May 2016 - 08:42 PM
I was counting today and worked out I went through 3 clutches, half a dozen welsh plugs, 1 diff center, 2 sets of rear wheel bearings, 1 head gasket, several manifold gaskets but nothing major on the red motor.
It was a three on the tree. I changed from first then upto second, to get from second to third I just put the clutch in and it dropped down to third on its own.
Cheers Dazm
It was a three on the tree. I changed from first then upto second, to get from second to third I just put the clutch in and it dropped down to third on its own.
Cheers Dazm
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Posted 25 May 2016 - 09:31 PM
Before mandatory end of life for cabs came in in NSW (around '93-ish) Holden taxis (HQ to HZ) were everywhere. On LPG they'd regularly see 500000kM on a 202. They'd change trimatics pretty regularly. It wasn't uncommon to see ex HZ cabs at the local Holden wtecker with near to a million kM, sometime even over a million, normally rust or fatigued body and/or chassis would kill them. Cabbies would then just buy a low kM HZ Kingswood or Premier and go again. I recall a couple of V8 cabs at one stage, even a GTS. I bought a 1986 XF ex cab once, it was 7 years old (end of cab life) and had 570,000kM on it, but had been a standby cab for its last year. Engine was the original but was on its 2nd BW40 and I had to replace that while I had it. So you can only imagine the kM a 15 year old HX/Z would get to as a cab.
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Posted 09 June 2016 - 02:21 PM
I had a Hz PANELVAN ex telecom and it was still going at 800k
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800k?!
My has done about 360K. It had 1 rebuild about 11 years ago and since then has blown a manifold gasket and just last month the head gasket, 2 problems in 11 years is not bad. I don't think 202's ever actually break, they just get occasional colds.
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Posted 09 June 2016 - 11:11 PM
It was a three on the tree. I changed from first then upto second, to get from second to third I just put the clutch in and it dropped down to third on its own.
Hahahahahahah!
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Posted 10 June 2016 - 09:51 AM
Injected with a good ECU set up they might last 500K with regular maintenance and sensible use ?
Just don't lend it to Dave.
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Edited by Lazarus, 10 June 2016 - 09:59 AM.
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