I apologize for my poor sentence construction. The part about the seats in my post are misleading.
The original seats that come in the gamma/judo 4x4 is absolute nonsense. Atleast the front bucket seats. When you drive down a steep decline, some thing gets unlocked and the entire driver seat slips forward pushing you against the steering wheel.
If you try to push your back against the back rest, lift your rear end up and remove your wallet from your back pocket while sitting in the seat, the seat welding simply brakes. In one sentence the company seats are phenominally bad and I am not talking about ergonomics etc. It literally breaks.
The seats in my car are made in coimbatore. That includes the frames, the springs the cushion and the seats have also been slightly repositioned.
It cost me 30000 rupees including sound proofing.
There is no basic difference between gamma and judo. except for the engine. The judo came with the Indirect injection OM616 or it's TC variant FT2400. The Gamma used to come as the base model with the DI TD2650 engine. ( similar to bolero DI and XD3PU) .
Because of emissions and fuel effeciency concerns, Force is slowly phasing out the IDI OM616 and making the DI TD2650 its standard. (72 bhp and almost 20kgm of torque).
The same gamma that used to come with the 45 HP TD2650 engine is given with A/C and P/S as gamma deluxe with teh TD2650 FTI engine with 72 BHP( which used to be Judo DLX only with the FT2400 engine ). The gamma deluxe comes with BSII/BSIII turbo charged intercooled engine.
As for water proofing, in any simple robust diesel engine you can go into the water till your air filter is above the water level. Both the gamma and Judo can ford depths of about 3 feet. So there is no basic difference.
After that even if you waterproof your air intake , your electronic fuel pump (BSIII) will malfunction under water. So the arguement that JUDO is more water proof than GAMMA or vice versa is a moot point.
Gamma comes with diff locks if you ask for it , same a judo.
Think of Gamma Deluxe 4x4 as a renamed JUDO 4x4 DLX , only the engine is the TD2650 FTI instead of FT2400. Thats it. The tires, the brakes, the rim (16 inch) , the ground clearance, dimensions, steering, linkages, suspension are all identical.
Now about the differential locks. They are marvelous. If you go to
YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. and search for rrnsss , you will see a video of me using the diff locks at the nagerhole jungle. But you can also go to
My SPGM gallery and see how I got stuck even with diff locks because of my own stupidity.
I owned a Bolero GLX 4x4 for about an year. At the risk of offending bolero owners, I would say that comparing a judo to a bolero is like comparing a true soldier of the Indian army who is posted in siachen to a salman khan who plays a solder in a movie about siachen.
The next time you see a bolero 4x4, just perform this experiment. Walk over to the front end of the car to the right or left weel, bend down and see the clearance between the front leaf spring and the rubber stopper that stops it. It is about 1/2 and inch. Yes, it is true. So every time you hit a pot hole with a bolero 4x4 the suspension bottoms out and you will feel like some one is punching you under your chin. It used to get so bad during my drives, I used to take my hands off the steering wheel. All that shock is transfered to the gear box because the Transfer case is mounted on the gear box and it damages the gear box. I lost the synchros in my gear box by 14000Kms.
check out these pictures of how easy it is to get stuck in a bolero
My SPGM Picture Gallery
The articulation of the axles is very limited and the wheels loose traction very quickly.
Bolero is a very good car in the 2wd version. Sadly M&M just jury-rigged a front axle and differential and called it a 4wd with out any real engineering.
If you want to learn the main advantages of a diff lock check out the page
What is so great about differential locks?
Thanks for entertaing my posts
Ram