building landcruiser for overland expedition

[rideglobally]

Originally Posted by joshoisasleep

Your build is looking really nice! Is the tent for guests? Will you be installing a winch? This is looking really cool. Would love to see the plans for inside the camper

plans for the inside is still in progress, it will be "simple and basic" that is the challenge. most cooking will be done out side so there will be an outside kitchen....thanks

[orangefj45]

cool, that means the "fj45 run" is well within your "range" since it's in northern CA. i'm in stockton about 350 miles north of you.

if it were my rig, i'd opt for the saginaw conversion for multiple reasons:
1) more powerful
2) much easier to find components and replacement parts
3) cheaper
4) lots more info about it available on the net, eventhough you'll have to transpose everything from R to L

the only parts that might turn out to be a pita are the ps pump mount and the required double pulley. i have to build a ps pump mount for my customer's rig and one for myself. if you decide to go with the sag ps setup, i can definetly make another one so you don't have to start from scratch.

we should try to hit up some of the ozzies on here to see what they've done for double pulleys on the 2H or H. i bet there's a factory double pulley out there. we just need to find them........

hth

georg @ valley hybrids

[rideglobally]

Originally Posted by orangefj45

cool, that means the "fj45 run" is well within your "range" since it's in northern CA. i'm in stockton about 350 miles north of you.

if it were my rig, i'd opt for the saginaw conversion for multiple reasons:
1) more powerful
2) much easier to find components and replacement parts
3) cheaper
4) lots more info about it available on the net, eventhough you'll have to transpose everything from R to L

the only parts that might turn out to be a pita are the ps pump mount and the required double pulley. i have to build a ps pump mount for my customer's rig and one for myself. if you decide to go with the sag ps setup, i can definetly make another one so you don't have to start from scratch.

we should try to hit up some of the ozzies on here to see what they've done for double pulleys on the 2H or H. i bet there's a factory double pulley out there. we just need to find them........

hth

georg @ valley hybrids

great! i am interested in a saginaw conversion....i will send you a pm.

[roscoFJ73]

Originally Posted by orangefj45

i bet there's a factory double pulley out there. we just need to find them........

hth

georg @ valley hybrids

Do you mean the crank pulley George? They come in triples on 2H and 12HT

[rideglobally]

Originally Posted by roscoFJ73

Do you mean the crank pulley George? They come in triples on 2H and 12HT

this 2h only has one.

[orangefj45]

i have three troopies here right now, mine ( an hj45 and an hj47 ) along with a custoemrs hj47 ( in the pic ) and all three of them have single crank and waterpump pulleys.

i knew that the 12HTs had multiple pulleys on the crank. so i need to find a source for the double crank and waterpump pulleys and associated waterpump spacers ( if there is a need for one due to possible fan clearance issues ).

[rideglobally]

finally figured out how to post picture here, my goal is to be done building the "shell" then i will move on to the mechanical section by August. i will post on the tech section 40 and 55 series tech my plans for that, i am very interested to hear ideas and suggestions you all might have about mechanical upgrade i am planning to do. here is a current picture of my build. camper frame is made from steel tube, pop top hinge comes from VW westfalia, air spring to keep the pop top up, fiber glass reinforce plywood on the camper shell, roof will be marine plywood reinforce with epoxy resin and fiber glass cloth (not yet installed), roof top tent is from camping lab. here is his link campinglab

http://forum.ih8mud.com/attachment.p...1&d=1210053511

[LC_Hamma]

Are you going to add some downbars to brace the corners of the tent bottom to the front bumper? Overall setup looks very functional & accomodating

[rideglobally]

Originally Posted by LC_Hamma

Are you going to add some downbars to brace the corners of the tent bottom to the front bumper? Overall setup looks very functional & accomodating

no need, tent is design to hang this way

[rideglobally]

we up dated our website with a spec section and more picture on the build, we would appreciate your suggestions and comments....thanks here is the link global cruiser vehicle preparation!

[joshoisasleep]

Just noticed on your site that you're talking about going non turbo. From experience I would suggest that you seriously consider having a turbo installed. Once you get to South America you will realize that there is a lot of high altitude driving, and that is no fun in a non-turbo diesel... especially I imagine pulling a truck as heavy as yours looks to be. You will be doing your engine a favour and saving it from stress in the long run.

Just make sure you do it right. I had one installed in Ecuador recently for the same reasons and I'm having a few complaints about it. I think a turbo with low boost and no increase in fueling would be a big benefit to your build... I think there's even a few guys here on mud who know what they're doing who could set it up pretty cheap for you.