I have seen these videos, this K9 is absolutely stunning! I like the depth of his involvement and precision he rebuilt the interior.
Regarding your one, the MFY 1989 might be correct, you'll see these in the docs if you'l get them.
In case you won't get fresh registration docs, don't worry. As far as you got the old or expired ones, and a sales contract, you could possibly go directly for an OT (old-timer) vehicle registration. Although you must check the procedure in Austria, at least in our country you don't need to go through a tough registration process if you choose to restore your car to the original status. You on the other hand must find and use original, korean parts at about 75% of the cases.
As far as the rear shafts are concerned, we heard and some experienced the same issue. Simply, in the beginning when Shinjin Motors got the license from Jeep (1974) the Korando was not engineered for long body. Long body K9 appeared first in 1985 replacing the so called Korando pick up truck (1982-1985) and 12 seats (!) Korando.
So the weight of the K9 as well as length had an impact on the longer rear propeller shaft, and also on the rear axle shafts. These are therefore more vulnerable on the K9 compare to the shorter K4, K5 vehicles. I assume issues happened later, when the steel of the shafts got more worn, so the engineers did not really have any reason to change them.
The good news is that replacement is not impossible. If you can't get access to the original K9 shafts from a donor, you can still use shafts from the New Korando (or "Korando KJ", or "Daewoo Korando" or Korando 2nd generation), as well as the Musso's which are more robust in width. Minor mods are needed because of the difference in length, however much easier to find them on the market.
As far as I know there haven't been a lot of problems with broken shafts in Korea, unless the owner use the K9 off-road too often, or load them with heavy stuff.
I have seen the breaks are completely new. I still wait for the owner to return from holiday - I like to make a look and test drive, the K9 is about 400km away from my home. I will ask about the parts he has used for the breaks.
I dont know if it is right but the first infos about the car I got was it is a 1989 one - but he also said its a 2,5l Diesel and it is for sure a 2238ccm Isuzu/Daewoo Diesel.
After I go intersted in the K9 I was looking for some infos and found this videos about a camping convertion of a K9 in Korea I guess. Absolutely great looking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Is it true that there is a problem with K9 breaking the drive shaft in the back axle? This is also a problem I know from ARO, here the front drive shaft tends to break under heavy use, mosten often when the traction is very fast changing like loose stones and fixed stones changing always.
Well, you obviously have the right experience to step into the world of Korando. That car on your pictures is not the latest model (1993-1994), but was produced before 1993. Based on the status, I'd say it was manufactured in '92 or '93.
However, your candidate is in a good shape, it actually looks quite pretty. Anyway, a 32 years old beauty should still be in her best shape, shouldn't she?
I can tell there have been some modifications made, eg. it's obvious that the break system was completely rebuilt. There are new (red) calipers on the discs, which are - I guess - not genuine, that likely indicates the discs were changed too. (Just for our curiosity, it would be nice to know what are the brands the own used for rebuilding the discs and calipers...). The break disks are pretty much impossible to get in the EU, there is no substitute that I know of. (For hungarian readers: any break discs of Korando in the database of different suppliers like Unix or Bárdi are completely hopeless, their database are just simply wrong.) Some of our senior members could reproduce it somehow, choosing a larger disc and after removed the excess material by a lathe machine. Calipers we can get from Hyundai Sonata, although personally I used to get discs and calipers from Korea to keep the original state of the cars I own.
I can see the entire break pipes have been replaced too (steel pipes), together with the master cylinder, which is obviously not original. This is good, as the break system likely works well and looks new, as well as surely solved the challenge to get break hoses, which are not easy to match to the Korean calipers, and the tips of the break pipes either.
Obviously you'll have some work to do on this car. I'd definitely look closely the engine before buying it, just because I see the fuel filter (pump-type, it looks still the original one) has not been changed I guess ever. If it's true, this will have an impact on the quality of the fuel regulator, as well as on the engine. It'd be also good to ask the owner when did she/he changed the transmission oil and what type of was used? The Korando transmission gear requires engine oil (15W40 in our climate) to be filled with instead of any kind of "normal" transmission oil. If the owner or the garage missed this, the lifespan of its transmission gears is going to be limited.
I like the spartan - Jeep like - design of the interior of the K9 from 1992, the overall look of course could really be improved by adding some new carpets. I will try to add few pics of some of the K9-s in Korea for your imagination. There, the K9 is the most popular version of the Korando, it is mainly used as a camping car because its great space and cabin type.
Regarding the price in Hungary, I have not much to say, these cars are vary in condition, and its rare to find a K9 in Hungary in this shape anymore. There was one K9 about a year ago in the Hungarian market, that had an engine problem (had to be rebuilt) and the asking price was 3.000 USD. In Korea these cars are still on the 2nd hand market, sold between 4.000 - 6.000 USD.
thank you very much for all the infos. I still need for infos about the missing registration documents. The owner is now on holiday : (
I have some experience with non usual cars, from 2003-2022 my wife and I were driving ARO (240 from 1976, 244 from 1976 and latest 244 from 2001). In Austria it was not possible to buy a single sparepart, I got parts from Slovakia, Czechia, Romania and Germany - but I think it was much easier finding parts for ARO than for the Korando K9. The last two years I have Mitsubishi L300 from 1988 which I´m restoring now for holiday-camping-travel (should be finished in autumn) and my daily car is a Citroen AX Diesel from 1989.
I really fell in love with the look of the K9 and also my wife really loves the look.
Parts like breaks, clutchdisc, breakhose, shocks,... are also hard to get? I found a few of them in standard onlinestores, but the questions is if they fit?
This are photos from the K9 we are interested in, is it looking good/worse? How much do K9´s cost in Hungary about?
Szia, nálam van egy elfekvő SSangyong Korando váltó (K4-ből mentett), de csapágyhibás. A 3. fokozatnál lévő csapágyat darálta be. 150.000 km van benne. Jelezd, ha érdekel.
I can assure you it's gonna be a great fun to own a K9 Korando. Certainly you must know that the car you wanna buy is at least 30 years old, so it will have its own challenges. One of our top challenge is the lack of appropriate spare parts. So before investing into these beautiful dragons, you need to understand this car is nothing like owning an old Jeep or other old-timer cars. Original new parts does not exits in the EU neither in Korea anymore. You can find some used ones from donors, or we can help you to get some substitute parts. Korando is really special, so your hands are gonna be dirty and just by that you will like your car much more than any others :)
Let us know if you bought the K9, upload some picture here (so we can enjoy it too) and surely we'll provide you with information, advice and contacts how to take care of it.
I´m David from Austria, I hope it is OK to write in english. At the moment I´m in discussion with a seller of a Korando K9 which I want to buy. But it is a little difficult at the moment because of missing registration documents and I´m not sure if the owner of the K9 really whats to sell it. I hope it turns out good because my wife and I really like the look of the K9.
I found a link for a parts cataloge here in this forum but it is not working anymore. Does anybody has a working downloadlink? Also, does anybody has a second row seat for the K9 for sale, it is missing in the K9 which I want to buy.
Sziasztok. Elnézést, hogy nektek írok, de más fórumot nem találtam ami aktív. Facebook-om nincs.
A kérdésem az lenne, hogy van egy 2006-os Kyronom. Lehet a központi zárat valahogy programozni, hogy záráskor felhúzza az ablakot illetve nyitáskor lehúzza?
Köszönöm a segítséget és mégegyszer elnézést a trollkodásért.
Felteszek ide néhány képet vászontetőkről amit Koreában Kim bácsi készít a Korandókhoz. Kim bácsi közel 80 éves, végtelenül szerény és ma is aktívan dolgozik kis műhelyében Seoul északi részén. Nem tudom látszani fog-e a képeken, de én elképedtem milyen minőségben készíti ezeket a tetőket.
szia Hörömpöli! Meg kellett vennem a sablont,és a sàrvédőt arra készitette ugyanaz az üvegszàlas poliészterrel foglalkozó cég. A kèsz sàrvédő viszont a leszerelt darab külső A belső részt a hegesztéseknél le kellett venni és àtcsavarozni,ragasztani az Üpe külső részre. Koràbban raktam fel képet a sablonról, később tudok felrakni képet az eredményről. Üdv.
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