My new cruiser

[roscoFJ73]

I been wanting a cab chassis for a while ,mainly for long expedition trips.

I saw this gem in the classifieds today ,went with a pile of cash,and come home with a 95 HZJ75 CAB CHASSIS with 190000 klms no rust and everything working with 40 channel CB.

I love it ,it drives like new ( 2 private owners) and the air cons cold ,just in time for summer.

Previous owner just got married,has a kid on the way and his wife wants a family car
The owner was pretty depressed about selling it and when I was driving him back to his work he told me about all the camping trips he has been on with his father and brother all squeezed in the front of the cab.

Of course its got the subtanks ,low oil sensor,disc brakes all round and the OEM fuel filter and water trap.
I also got 2 new 31 in spares (BFG clones) and 4 splitties with Dunlop Grippers(OEM for this model)
Its also got new rear springs and shocks,new rear mud guards on the tray as a flat tyre ripped the old ones off at 100klms.
Has all the the owners manuals and factory tool kit all stacked away in its slot.
The bullbar is an ARB commercial bar I think.

My old 73 is staying for the time being

[roscoFJ73]

and a couple more. The rear tray on these is a massive expanse of usable space
Engine bay is also nice and tidy,sound like im selling it dont I?

[Stone]

Oh man! I love it! Congratulations on the new truck, Rosco! Sometimes I wish I were an Aussie.

I hate driving the Volvo wagon right now while I'm Cruiserless, but it beats walking.

[denis]

I would kill for the same truck in LHD
What length is the tray ?
Nice score

[roscoFJ73]

Originally Posted by Stone

Oh man! I love it! Congratulations on the new truck, Rosco! Sometimes I wish I were an Aussie.

I hate driving the Volvo wagon right now while I'm Cruiserless, but it beats walking.

I got a VULVA too but I love driving it as long as I get a cruiser fix thrice weekly

Originally Posted by denis

I would kill for the same truck in LHD
What length is the tray ?
Nice score

The tray is 8ft long and 6ft wide or 2.4mx1.8m.I wanted to be able to sleep in the back and let everyone else put up tents in the wind
Less spiders and snakes up there too which is a good way to get women to share it with you

[lshobie]

Hi Rosco,

That is awsome! I love the look of it with the soft top. I'll be using that tray design and soft top design as well. If you get a chance can you post some pics of the tray in a bit more detail?

Enjoy that ute!

[roscoFJ73]

Originally Posted by lshobie

Hi Rosco,

That is awsome! I love the look of it with the soft top. I'll be using that tray design and soft top design as well. If you get a chance can you post some pics of the tray in a bit more detail?

Enjoy that ute!

No problems, Im going to pull the canvas off very soon to have a zip repaired ,you know what they say about a stitch in time and I will defintely take some more pics.
If I see a tray removed I will post some pics as it difficult to see the construction when they are mounted.

Im also planning on putting a rear facing seat on the LH side and I will use a the front 1 1/2 seat from the front of a another 75 and use the leftover space on the RH side for a fridge cage(they get stolen reguarly round here )

I want to build a roll cage over the top of the seat and mount some lap sash belts for safety.
Im going to try and copy how some of the underground mines do it as theirs has engineering approved.
That should leave about 6ft for my inflateable mattress

[nickw]

Awesome new truck Rosco,

You are lucky you live in Oz.
So easy to find a nice cruiser, and for probably a lot lower prices.
When I got my first cruiser, I had looked every day (10 times a day) for 3 months. When I found it, I drove 1300KM's (round trip) the next day to look at it.
They guy got dozens of calls just from an add in his local paper. Calls from all over western Canada. See what we have to compete with for a good not rusty cruiser! And you get to watch the papers and wonder over to look at something that is a good deal. Lucky.

But seriously, nice truck!
I just bug you because I am jealous.

Originally Posted by Stone

I hate driving the Volvo wagon right now while I'm Cruiserless, but it beats walking.

If you come up with Sheldon, you can take the 73 for a drive.
Your more than welcome too. And don't worry Stone, you will get another one. My friends think I am nuts that I spend so much for a 1988. It's only 2 years older than my 81, but it just looks it age more. I keep telling them its a landcruiser. Somehow I think, they think I should of gotten a 2000 4runner. There perspectivw will change when I get the 'I am stuck 35Km up XYZ road...."

Cheers,
Nick

[wesintl]

Originally Posted by Stone

Oh man! I love it! Congratulations on the new truck, Rosco! Sometimes I wish I were an Aussie.

X2. Nice Rig Rosco. I wish I had something like that

[1990 LJ78]

Rosco - Your new truck looks awsome..
You are lucky you got to it first..
I like the pic's you took of it they are worth a 1000 words..

Awsome man awsome....

[Island Moose]

Rosco, beauty rig. You're going to have to change your avatar now! What's the vaccum switch sitting atop the air filter?

[brownbear]

Originally Posted by Island Moose

Rosco, beauty rig. You're going to have to change your avatar now! What's the vaccum switch sitting atop the air filter?

Yah I see that too.. Cool! Must be when the filter get dirty enough and the engine pulls harder for the air the vacuum is higher and the switch gets trip'd to light up on the dash.,..?? Sound right Rosco...

Its a very fancy filter warning device. I seen some simple ones that use a coloured band on the the powerstrokes. But you gotta look under the hood to see it.

Nice truck Rosco.

[hoser]

I hate you. I'm jealous. Awesome rig, Rosco!

[Wayne BJ73]

Hi there

Rosco - nice rig, I used to own an older one a few years back (older 2H) with canvas back they are great for camping (plenty of room to stretch the legs) - the only down fall they are a little small within the cabs - have you parted ways with the middy?

Its amazing - these sorts of traytops are everywhere in Australia - but through this forum I am now undrestanding they are quite scarce in some countries.

Well all the best

Wayne

[mot]

I don't hate you, but envy you!

Nice score!

Mot

[roscoFJ73]

Originally Posted by Island Moose

Rosco, beauty rig. You're going to have to change your avatar now! What's the vaccum switch sitting atop the air filter?

As BB says it detects vacuum. It must be an oz thing as my older 1988 73 series has it to but its hidden down lower.
EDIT I looked back through some pics and all the aussie 70 and 60 series have one

Originally Posted by Wayne BJ73

Hi there

Rosco - nice rig, I used to own an older one a few years back (older 2H) with canvas back they are great for camping (plenty of room to stretch the legs) - the only down fall they are a little small within the cabs - have you parted ways with the middy?

Its amazing - these sorts of traytops are everywhere in Australia - but through this forum I am now undrestanding they are quite scarce in some countries.

Well all the best

Wayne

Thanks Wayne. A lot of aussies find it hard to believe we are one of the few countries that get diesel cab chassis.
I guess we have Sir Reginald Thiess to thank for that

[roscoFJ73]

Originally Posted by nickw

Awesome new truck Rosco,

You are lucky you live in Oz.
So easy to find a nice cruiser, and for probably a lot lower prices.
When I got my first cruiser, I had looked every day (10 times a day) for 3 months. When I found it, I drove 1300KM's (round trip) the next day to look at it.
They guy got dozens of calls just from an add in his local paper. Calls from all over western Canada. See what we have to compete with for a good not rusty cruiser! And you get to watch the papers and wonder over to look at something that is a good deal. Lucky.

But seriously, nice truck!
I just bug you because I am jealous.


Cheers,
Nick

It still hard to find nice ones. Half of those on the market have seen life in the outback either with the govt or mining.
The city ones are usually owned by plumbers electricians or builders who keep them until they have 350000klm.

The great thing about 75 series cab chassis is that the body parts are largely replaceable with OEM or aftermarket steel or f/g panels.
And of course there are extended cabs and dual cabs that are a bolt on,both in glass or steel

We also have a few panel shops that specialise in rebuilding these. They can do a fairly extensive job at a reasonable price because the bodies come apart so easy.

[Tapage]

jelaous .. !

It's 12V . ?

[dieselbigot]

That with a turbo and a small camper is my dream expedition rig....very nice indeed.

[roscoFJ73]

Originally Posted by Tapage

jelaous .. !

It's 12V . ?

Yes Tapage12v ,all Australian Landcruiser as well as Patrol,Landrover and Mitsubishi are factory 12v.
However there i still a lot of 24v JDM vehicles here so the parts shops sell the electrical parts to keep them going.

Originally Posted by dieselbigot

That with a turbo and a small camper is my dream expedition rig....very nice indeed.

DB,A camper is high on my list of priorities. There is a local company that makes a slide on/off camper especially for a 75 and is designed to withstand heavy offroad use.
I like these as you can leave it behind when you want to wheeling on a camping trip.
Turbo is unlikely ,I want to keep it totally reliable and where I want to go a turbo is not needed.

I did my early morning cold start yesterday,16c brrr .
It glowed for 3 seconds and started immediately with no smoke except for the customary half second flash of whitish smoke.
Im am confused,the PO says he never had the pump or injectors serviced since he bought it in 99 and he has done 130000klms since then,so it should be making smoke.

Maybe he is one of those who dumps it at a mechanic and says"fix it" without taking an interest in the details and along the way it was done and he just paid up.
It does seem well maintained with new oil and filter although the reusable air filter gets the toss this morning.
Front axle doesnt look too bad,probably done in the last year or so.certainly no oil leaking out.
Usually on a used cruiser its the 1st thing that needs doing.

Definately no leaks of any kind underneath. I half expected to find out it had all been wiped down just before I viewed it but its still 100%dry under there this morning after doing 200 klms

I replaced all the running lights yesterday,it had some blown globes and others were of mixed intensity.

I filled it up with $200 or 160 litres of 20% bio diesel last night. Its the 1st time Ive used it.
Only problem with Biodiesel is they use much finer filters at the bowser.
According to the kid at the checkout,the filters are due to be changed and it has slowed the pumps down so much it took 10 mins to fill up.
Of course ,the filters are working fine the kid told me,but how the fawk would he know
The subtanks seem to be working ,well they switch on anyway according to the gauges

Im recording the fuel use this week so Ill be interested to see how it compares to the 1HZ in the 73.

Yes Im still on a cruiser honeymoon

[nickw]

If your running bio in your cruiser, you will need to change your own fuel filter a few times. Bio will clean all the stuff in your system out.

I would go buy 3 fuel filters and pack them with you.
Usually people say they need to change one in 500-1000kms,
And another in 5000kms or less, and then they are good to go as usual.

Cheers.
Nick

[Adolff]

Congratulations

[roscoFJ73]

Originally Posted by nickw

If your running bio in your cruiser, you will need to change your own fuel filter a few times. Bio will clean all the stuff in your system out.

I would go buy 3 fuel filters and pack them with you.
Usually people say they need to change one in 500-1000kms,
And another in 5000kms or less, and then they are good to go as usual.

Cheers.
Nick

Thanks for the tip.I will be changing all filters and belts shortly.
I still have the factory fuel filters but I will be swapping them for an adapter and aftermarket filters which are cheaper.

[Entaran]

Mine's much like that (but I think it's nicer)... but I probably paid a shitload more than you did :(

That's a factory 75 series bar from Toyota at time of purchase. It's definately NOT an ARB bar, the centre rails are wrong. I'll show you when I post up my thread.... tomorrow sometime


My cruiser with an aftermarket subtank (130 litres instead of 90) returns sub 10L/100km on the highway and its current kerb weight (on a weighbridge recently) with one tank (90L) full was 2560kg without me in it or any cargo. Around town it averages 12-13L/100km. I'll be interested to see what you return.


TIP: If you fill your subtank you can get 1-2L/100km MORE fuel consumption than running just the main tank with enough in the subtank to stop rust (5L or so). Due to weight alone :/

[roscoFJ73]

Hi Entaran welcome back. I trust you took lots of cruiser pics in Europe

Lets say I got mine at a very agreeable price.
I realised after loo