So by 'front cuts' that means the engine bay chopped at the firewall area so no dash to get km's? Do the front cuts still have the VIN plate?
$18k+ must be for a 1hdfte surely as a 1hdt couldn't be that much when 2 yrs ago they were around $8k imported to Oz.
What info if any do you get supplied about the history of the donor vehicles? Oz imported ex Japan diesels don't get supplied (to the buyer) with any info such as donor vehicle VIN, vehicle man date, km's at time of motor extraction, etc. It's a very 'dark art' as a buyer looking to use Jap...
It's a joke Joyce. :cool:
But you can still get new 1hz crate motors with zero miles so in some ways it's not that much of a joke.
Can't buy (at least from Toyota itself) 1hdt but maybe 1hdft or 1hdfte could still exist in crate version as long motors and/or 'complete' assembly motors (ready...
You won't get low-km diesels from here. The only reason you can get them from Japan is the laws there which creates the foundation for an export market on relatively low-km used diesel engines. And the ability of another country to justify having businesses to import then in container-load...