been offered a ssangyoung musso for 2K its a sharp looker and mecanically sound it goes really well, dropped it in to 4h and 4L etc seems to go ok and its not noisy at all, it just needs a nice cut and polish and love to bringback to my standard, WHAT SHOULD I Look for RE known problems, its been well serviced and owned by two memebers of the same family
intrade,
Mar 20, 7:16am
what engine ! the diesel!
sebagai,
Mar 20, 7:33am
sorry its a 98 and its a 2.9 diesel with original 162km on the clock
intrade,
Mar 20, 7:41am
manual or auto! check on www.carjam.co.nzfor engine number and if ruc is paid up. also if its turbo or non turbo .
sebagai,
Mar 20, 7:45am
5 speed manual, non air con non turbo, i was just cutting back the paint and it will clean up nicely
sebagai,
Mar 20, 7:46am
im extremely temped and whats more the wife likes it which is important
intrade,
Mar 20, 7:54am
be ok they are a based on mercedes benz diesel .I own a mercedes mb140 2.9 diesel non turbothat is likely to have the same engine as yours . The engines will do past a half a million km provided they where serviced on time. I would definitely buy it for that price. problems i found is to get parts . but they are the (mercedes OM 602 engine)
sebagai,
Mar 20, 7:57am
awesome I think I will it feels very safe and its built like a freakin tank
intrade,
Mar 20, 8:05am
make sure to run chemtech diesel additive on it to prevent fuel pump damage.
poppajn,
Mar 20, 8:25am
We run 4 of them, motors and trans ok, but parts are shocking to get hold of, i.e 3 months for throttle cable, even worse for clutch. Good on fuel, but pretty sluggish on pickup and on hills, well.
intrade,
Mar 20, 8:31am
where do you get parts from! i have looked for parts and the only place i found some was manila and tailand . or china if you buy 1000 of each.
thejazzpianoma,
Mar 20, 8:44am
This is not meant in a nasty way but usually older vehicles that "feel" safe like that are anything but.
If you want to buy it buy it because its cheap etc don't kid yourself and do it on supposed safety.
franc123,
Aug 6, 6:19am
Non turbo versions of those are absolute slugs, OK you don't expect a N/A diesel pushing a heavyish vehicle to be a racecar but those are slow to the point of being dangerous.In a typical open road overtaking manoevre the likes of a Daihatsu Mira would be able to do it quicker.When those things were first imported here the MB dealers that sold them at the time fitted aftermarket turbo kits to them to improve matters, but sales were always poor despite being relatively cheap.You could get a much more energetic 3.2L petrol engine which was also used in E class Benzes of the era.The build quality was below average even for the price.But hey for $2K if it keeps going for a couple of years who cares.
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