For Sale 1989 Toyota Land Cruiser BJ75 Diesel

Location

United States

1989 Toyota Land Cruiser BJ75

**Off Road Use Only**

This truck would make an excellent rock crawler, buggy, trail or yard truck.

3.4 L 3B Toyota Diesel with rotary pump
4 spd manual transmission w 2spd transfercase (2H, 4H, 4L)
Differential lockers
4 wheel disc brakes
5800km / 1933hours

This truck runs and drives great. The body has its share of bruises but the chassis and drive train are solid. The truck spent its life locked in Lo range 4wd transporting people in and out of the mines. The drive train is barely broken in. It comes with a plow(pump needs work) and is ready to work.

Asking $3950 As is or will build to suit.

Located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Open to offers. may part out starting with drivetrain.

647-273-4015

 

[Sykoslug]

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[Sykoslug]

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[someone]

BUMP!!! $3950

 

[someone]

 

[Lost]

this guy is a reliable seller

bump from a friend,

 

[lshobie]

Great deal on a running project truck. I'd love to make a buggy out of that.

Another bump.

 

[missipboy]

what kind of diff lockers?

 

[someone]

I have not looked that deeply. sound like lock-rites, definatly not selectable,

 

[semlin]

any photos of the passenger side body?

 

[someone]

any photos of the passenger side body?

This is the best shot I have of it right now.

fender has a hole at the front edge by the light. there is a fair bit of damage between the door opening and fender.

 

[someone]

back to the top

 

[ForealBoreal]

if only you lived close to me. I would have this thing street legal in a hurry!

 

[Rusty Phillips]

you still have this truck?

thanks

 

[crushers]

first 1933 hours is about 190,000 km and these are high rpm hours.
second, these are not babied trucks to make sure you have money to do repairs.
that is a 3B II engine, parts are not easy to locate but the up side is that engine is wickedly reliable. NOTHING from the old 3B fits. internals and intake and exhaust is different as well as injection pump.
semi floater rear diff, no lockers unless this owner supplied them. not factory and i have yet to see a exmine truck have lockers.
that box weights roughly 2000 lbs

for the right price i would buy it, and make it street legal but the bill is HUGE. the last one i did was $25K. plus, since these were never meant for the street you can do all the work and have registries refuse to register. there are ways around that one.
i will give you $2500 site unseen for it.

 

[crushers]

Well, Rusty and I did a run to Toronto Satruday evening (8 hours round trip).
Rusty got all hot and bothered over the rig and after arranging a meet with the seller he shows up here at 4:30 PM and jumps in the old Dodge and towing the float we head south.
He was chit chattering like a Chipmunk the whole trip, drool running down his chin, eyes looking like he was on dope or something. you know, like a kid at Christmas time staring at the big box trying to see through the paper covering.
We finally arrive and the young fella pulls the truck out on his trailer and i am thinking, crap, a real piece coming. i take a quick walk around the cab and ... hummm ... not too bad at all. the floor was tight, the frame was WAY better than most ex-mine trucks i had seen but the electrical... WTF is up with that?
we make sure it runs and out blows a mouse nest from the exhaust pipe in chunks but no mice that i could see.
it idles rough but as soon as i gave it some throttle it smooths right out, not bad.
i pull out the compression tester and start at the front "450" and the young guy asks "what should it be?"
"425 but this cyl has carbon build up and usually it is #1 or #4 that is the issue"
425, 425, now we will know. last cyl was also 425. SWEET.
the tranny is the rare H41, bonus.
the young lad pulls the truck off the back of his trailer and Rusty drives it up on mine. supper and home at 1 AM.
notes:
the rear diff is bloody weird. disc on semi floater with 4 calipers.
emergency disc on the rear drive shaft with dual calipers.
the front diff looks normal.
fenders are shot
glass is shot.
box has to go
plow is crap
brake lines ... well ... interesting.
so we decide to test for lockers:
front open.
rear, wrong tires and are rubbing on the calipers so can test.

although the tiny winch was missing.
although wheels were wrong
although the diffs are open
it is still a good deal for the price Rusty paid.

i will say that the young man assumed it had lockers because of the 1500 lb box on the back and maybe he was told it had them.
i will also say that he treated Rusty fair in the sale (although Rusty was still waiting for a bill of sale).

all in all i think both parties are happy.

there will be a build thread coming in the near future.
Sunday, we removed the side bars, rear box, plow and mount, bunch of wiring, roof and roof back, swapped out the rear tires and took it for a boot over at the gravel pit. Rusty was smiling the whole time.

issues:
no flex at all on the rear (shocks are too short)
no lockers
rear brake line popped (seemed someone had used a hose clamp to secure the steel line to the flex line, duh)
runs great but tops out at 60 k/h (maybe another mouse nest is still in there)

see you in the other thread.

cheers