Below is a copy of the last post I put into the 2.8 Patrol Club that I started in Facebook. Posted July 11, 2018
Its a sad time for me my friends, my beloved RD has died 😪
RIP Snuffy.
Somehow she got majorly dusted, I’ve been over the intake with a fine tooth comb and I can’t work out how it happened. The bores were badly damaged, even the big ends had grit go through them, every single one was nearly stuffed, and to top it all off the head was cracked, no symptoms from that yet but they cant have been far away.
I've just finished bolting 4.88 diffs gear in and a VNT Turbo onto her as well, never got to drive it! 😭
All of this is even more infuriating because I did a ground up rebuild in 2010, nothing was untouched! She's only done 95,000km since then!
Its taken me a while to digest everything that’s happened, but I have decided to buy a new vehicle (still a patrol) instead of dropping more $$ onto this one.
I started this club quite a few years ago now, it’s been great watching it grow and fill with people who like the RD as much as I do! Unfortunately my days of owing an RD28 are drawing to a close, but I’m not going anywhere, I'll hang around and continue to admin and contribute where I can.
Thank you to everyone for making the club what it is! I look forward to watching the mighty RD live on!