In the time we have owned it very little has needed to be done. The trip meter speedometer needed to be replaced, the rear jail bars have been polished, new mud flaps and a security immobilizer installed, all CV joints have been cleaned, axles painted and reassembled. Unfortunately the fuel tank sender stopped working (common problem with this model) so the engine had to be dropped down to remove the fuel tank. At the same time the fuel tank was replaced with an EFI unit in preparation for a possible upgrade to fuel injection in the near future. The fuel tank cover has been repainted black in POR15. And the later model radio that came with the car was replaced with an original unit to restore the vehicle back to factory specifications.
The microbus is in such original and factory condition that not much has needed to be done, it drives, shifts and handles like a new vehicle. Just as the two previous owners have done we have simply garaged and cared for the vehicle without mistreatment. The motor is serviced like clockwork every 6 months or 5000 kilometres. But 6 months always comes first with only 4000km being added to the clock in the past 18 months.
The previous owner told us when they bought the vehicle they took it up over the border into Queensland on a holiday and rang the original owner from up there to tell him where they were. The original owner was reported to be in shock at the news having never driven the vehicle out of his own district in his 27 years of ownership since new.
