Sierra and Drover same?????

Post by **MQ SWB** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:31 pm

I'm just wondering if they are same vehicle and are parts interchangable between the two.

Cheers
Dixie

Post by **chops_Drover** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:38 pm

Yes,

well all except badges. My drover has suzuki stickers on it anyway. have a look in your engine bay & there is two plates, 1 has the original suzuki import badge & the other is a holden badge. Both badges will have the matching engine number etc.

All the parts I have sourced are identical. I would really like to know also if there was any differerences I haven't come across yet..

What year did you pick up, k's etc?

Post by **tanshi** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:55 pm

the grild and head lights i believe are the main difference, the Drover had square head lights

Post by **chops_Drover** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:07 pm

Not mine

I got H4 inserts.

& must be a sierra grill.
Didn't realise as it had the grill & crappy headlights when I bought it.

Post by **noelb1** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:20 pm

not sure if its common but I had a hard time getting rear brake shoes to fit the drover , and yes I know what I'm doing , all the sierra ones were slightly different to mine. it was an 85 nt drover

Post by **Pyrotech** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:38 pm

in regards to drover and sierra front clips, the head light mounts are different, so the clips are different

just my 2c

Post by **tanshi** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:40 pm

from what i have heard there are a few different sizes of rear sierra brake components.

Post by **Podge** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:10 pm

noelb1 wrote:not sure if its common but I had a hard time getting rear brake shoes to fit the drover , and yes I know what I'm doing , all the sierra ones were slightly different to mine. it was an 85 nt drover

Noel, all of the shoes are the same for NT Sierra's-non genuine #1627. Where a problem sometimes occurs is via the listing provided by some of the brake shoe manufacturers, they list the WT shoes for the NT and vice-versa.

Pagie

Post by **noelb1** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 4:40 pm

cheers pagie, I had the parts daigram books out with the shoes in hand nothing was the same , but as you said they prob had the wrong bloody pics in there , scotty and I ended up getting something else, I f I can find it Ill put it up

Post by **fool_injected** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 7:53 pm

noelb1 wrote:not sure if its common but I had a hard time getting rear brake shoes to fit the drover , and yes I know what I'm doing , all the sierra ones were slightly different to mine. it was an 85 nt drover

I had no probs????

Post by **mrw82** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:29 pm

i have a 84LWB sierra, got rear brake shoes from suzi sport. wrong ones, apparently mine must have had the diff swapped from a drover at some point in time (this is what derek told me) got shoes to suit a drover and perfect fit. so yes, drover rear brakes are different to sierra

Post by **joshnz1** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 10:25 pm

i got a drover complete diff in the rear of my lwb and it takes sierra brake shoes.

Post by **want33s** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 9:47 am

Almost EVERY part is interchangeable. As mentioned ^^ grille and headlights/ buckets etc are different but can be swapped with work.

** I replaced my brake shoes a fortnight ago and between two shops there were 4 different sets of rear brake shoes for an 89 Sierra.
The shoes are all the same size but the holes for the springs etc are different sizes and in different locations.

Post by **MQ SWB** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:13 pm

chops_Drover wrote:Yes,

well all except badges. My drover has suzuki stickers on it anyway. have a look in your engine bay & there is two plates, 1 has the original suzuki import badge & the other is a holden badge. Both badges will have the matching engine number etc.

All the parts I have sourced are identical. I would really like to know also if there was any differerences I haven't come across yet..

What year did you pick up, k's etc?

I was looking at a 85 model 2 months rego $700 ono, but he had sold it before i could see it, no matter just picked up today a 1987 dual cab hilux 2.4 diesel 2.5" suspension lift motor isn't going (could be a head gasket)
new paint job and a little bit of rust for the grand total of $500 couldn't be happier.

Dixie

Post by **Gwagensteve** » Sun Oct 21, 2007 9:14 am

There are a range of small trim and spec differences.

Drovers ran different springs, all soft top drovers had 1/2 doors and plastic windows, soft tops also had no tachometer and low back seats - a few things like that.

The square headlight front clip can actually be cut further to fit a bigger tyre, for what that's worth.

Steve.

Post by **MrsForby** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 8:56 am

Possibly temp sender is different as well... smaller than the zook one.

Post by **Podge** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:37 am

The Drover came in 4x specs:
Soft top (equivalent to Sierra JA)
Hard top-standard roof (equivalent to Sierra JA)
Hard top-high roof (equivalent to Sierra JX)
Cab Chassis w/Tray (equivalent to Sierra JA)

Primary difference from JX to JA: tacho, trim, full metal doors (in S/T), 4x seater (w/head rests on front seats).

Primary difference from Drover to Sierra (as specified by Holden): grille, headlights and suspension (softer).

Part numbers/vehicle specs on brake shoes:
LJ50 (74-77)/LJ80-1 (78-11/79) Front/Rear #1367
LJ80-2 (12/79-81) Front/Rear #1599
SJ410-1 (81-8/83) Front/Rear #1539
SJ410-2 (9/83-11/84) Rear #1628
SJ410-3/4/5 (12/84-86), Maruti MG410 N/T (90-92), SJ413-1/2/3 (SJ50 12/84-87), Drover NB (85-87) #1627
SJ413-4/5 (SJ50 88-89) /6/7 (SJ70 89-96) /8/9 (SJ80 96-98), Maruti MG410 W/T (92-99) #1617

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