Owyhee Jackass

Adding to the fleet like @theglobb minus nice hair Also I havent seen a check engine light in awhile and how I do miss that warm yellow glow. It’s like an ever present companion in a VW. I got a 2002 Jetta wagon TDI 5spd for free. Well...

Onwards

It’s mostly together ready for driving. Just need to finish the interior electrical. Need a wash. In front of the ARB car oppressor goes the CC servo from an 80 series.

Used my the 8274 to pull out a horse trough I buried about 10 years ago. It was a planter to contain bamboo that only survived a few years. It was pulling the truck, with three wheels blocked. Initially tried 'lifting' it with the snatch block...

Yes. Again, rare and I had to have had a tailwind although it wasn't exceptionally windy that I noticed.

Defied the laws of physics yesterday...must have had a tailwind. I was not able to confirm with a cell-phone app. But I was passing people on the freeway, something that rarely happens.

Mondays and Thursdays are the two days that I don't ride, I just yell at the NICA kids every other night of the week.

One of these T holders from cool cruisers $22. Kids are back in school and also terrorizing the foothills on Monday and Thursday evenings looking for grumpy JA’s on the trail. https://www.coolcruisers.com/liplfrtbr.html

What do you have your front license plate bolted to? I've notices a lot of people just don't run a front plate anymore. I don't on the 45, 55 or 75, just the 80 has a front plate. Are your kids back in school now?

Legit can’t go anywhere without Fergus 😂

couple of thing... Custom snorkel and installing the electrical on the EATON F/R lockers. I replaced the bulky, messy wiring with a 3 relay block (2 will serve the lockers and 1 the lights) and adding the OEM switches with potted connected...

Took mini dump truck to a new shop for state inspection. They had what I think is an HZJ73 they were working on. They say they would not be afraid to try working on my 13BT if needed. This is the only shop in the area that seems willing.

We were visiting family in Anchorage for a couple weeks so haven’t gotten much done. Not complaining my favorite brewery is there, Midnight Sun. I did get the tailgate on. Also making progress on the hood. Underside of the hood is done and the...

Kind of doubt it will hurt anything if you leave it.

Since changing the gears in the transfer case for a more hwy friendly ratio I had not been able to get a good mpg result. So yesterday I did a 300mi loop-Hatcher pass to Willow and back. Was a beautiful day. Topped off today and it penciled out...

@NJ KZJ78 Yeah makes sense. So when your engine is running, that small butterfly valve is open. But since your trundles adapter is ''blank'', its forcing the smaller butterfly to stay closed and the engine is pissed. The smaller buttery fly...

I really do like that this Troopy has the wide nose body yet the older dash. You could actually get 70-series like this the first few years of the wide nose, so like 2008-10’ish. See what I mean about the black/grey dash and now door cards...

New weatherstrip for the FRP top today.... well tomorrow, Found some minor cracks in the FRP top as I removed the old weatherstripping, nothing structural but why not make it a bit better before I seal er up again? I'm no fibreglass guy but I...

Just don't forget to put a cover sheet on your TPS report...

I have a 27F in that spot on my Troopy, looks similar. https://forum.ih8mud.com/threads/owyhee-j-a-bj75-troopy-journal.938217/post-13418831

Battery started going a few days ago so I decided to go ahead and replace it. The original batteries were either a 75D31L or a 48D26L, neither of which are known to the free world. I searched the forum and saw where Nolen had replaced one in a...

I thought some others would be interested in this video comparing a HiAce w/ roof conversion vs a 70 series Troopy. I wish they sold these in the US. I would certainly purchase one over a Sprinter to Transit.

Snagged a set for an HZJ77 like 2 years ago from our favorite parts person named Dave. Little more wheelbase than a LJ70 but here are the part numbers I used. Outer LHS Rocker – 61402-60010 Outer RHS Rocker – 61401-60010 Inner LHS Rear –...

I've gotten this combo out for a few trips in July already, mostly within a few hours of home. I'm hoping to have my gullwing window before the end of the summer, but the duct tape tint is holding for now.