- Location
- United States
Its been such fun owning "Huckleberry", but its time to move to a more appropriate DD.
Price: 18,500 CDN (able to import to US)
Currently located in Vancouver, BC.
305,xxx km
Original domestic purchased for $20k through Outback Imports in Feb 2007 w/150,000km
Fully baselined at ATEB (local JDM shop) at that time (including BEB)
$17k in parts alone spent since then (listed below)
I purchased it in 2014 and maintained it regularly since.
No accidents
Drives great super quick off the line (relatively speaking), sounds great, looks great, always a conversation starter.
Engine
Price: 18,500 CDN (able to import to US)
Currently located in Vancouver, BC.
305,xxx km
Original domestic purchased for $20k through Outback Imports in Feb 2007 w/150,000km
Fully baselined at ATEB (local JDM shop) at that time (including BEB)
$17k in parts alone spent since then (listed below)
I purchased it in 2014 and maintained it regularly since.
No accidents
Drives great super quick off the line (relatively speaking), sounds great, looks great, always a conversation starter.
Engine
- Safari Snorkle
- Gturbo 1st Generation Grunter Turbo (makes 20psi @ 1500rpm)
- Modified fuel pin +tuned to match turbo with safe EGTs
- Walbro 12V pusher pump, primes fast at filter change, no hand-pumping
- Custom 4" Plenum
- Water-air intercooler system (tested at 69% effective)
- Water-methanol injection system
- 3.5" ceramic coated turbo dump pipe
- 3" mandrel bent exhaust with straight-through muffler from ATEB
- Wholesale Automatics Extreme Valve Body installed at ATEB
- Large Transmission Fluid Cooler
- Upgraded alternator to 130a
- Lower rad hose heater, battery blankets
- Optima Yellow Top batteries, replaced as a pair 1yr ago
- Timing Belt done @300,000km
- ACSD removed
- Old Man Emu "J" springs and "L" shocks -- approx 4" lift
- Level stance and no driveline vibrations or weird handling
- Adjustable front and rear panhard bars to center axles
- Front and rear sway bars are currently installed
- 315/75/16 BFG KO2 tires (1 year old) includes set of 4x V-bar chains
- Factory Triple electric lockers - Work great!
- "Pin 7 mod" to allow Low range without locking center diff
- Caster correction plates
- Slee Offroad front double cardan driveshaft
- Big brake upgrade on front AND rear end - uses late model larger rotors and calipers with bigger pads -- significantly improves braking over stock
- Pads and rotors were recently inspected and deemed to be at 80%
- Dash gauge pod w/ Isspro EGT / Boost / Trans Temp Gauges
- Air conditioning and center console Cool Box work
- Turbo Timer
- JVC double DIN CD/Bluetooth head unit, Alpine amps, 12" sub in rear panel
- Viair 12V onboard air w/ 11 gallon tank under bed and quick connects front+rear
- Dynamat (QuietCrap) and 1" acoustic foam over entire body (not headliner)
- Heated front seats
- Sleeping platform and storage unit (DIY)
- Rear Husky cargo liner
- Better cup holder
- Body is in very good shape - Painted with Monstaliner (there was no rust, I did it to cover the holes left behind from deflare). You will either love it ... or hate it.
- ARB Front winch bumper
- Tow hitch from Burnaby Hitch
- Aisin factory winch w/ remote and Amsteel blue synthetic winch rope
- 20" light bar
- Depot style headlight upgrade (corner, turning, and headlight)
- Cruisin' Offroad Sliders (bolt-on)
- 6 ARB rain gutter clamps and home-made aluminum rack
- Amsoil Heavy Duty Diesel Full Synthetic Oil since I've owned it, including original Toyota oil filters
- Amsoil bypass filtration system
- Amsoil Synthetic Gear Oil in front+rear diffs + tcase
- Quite a few extra parts, spare turbo, 3" exhaust and intercooler parts, some parts that I was collecting to begin a 4" exhaust system, huge bag of various sized spare Toyota bolts
- A fair bit of maintenance was done at ATEB since the previous owner and I have owned it: including injection pump resealing, injector removal and rebuilding (Fred Holmes), front knuckle resealing, valve clearances, coolant and steering fluid flushes, wheel bearings, and much more (~$5000). Most recently, the front heater core was replaced with a n aluminum one.
- Chassis and Engine Manuals, aftermarket parts instruction manuals, as well as customized part numbers list and modification details provided to help out down the road
- eligible for US import
- Typical small leaks/weeps from a 26 year old truck. It doesn't lose any fluids in quantities sufficient to require refilling. Oil level doesn't change between fills.
- Power windows are very slow in cold weather, which is typical for 80-series Landcruisers, there are several known methods of improving this.
- Front wipers high speed position has never worked, possibly needs switch cleaning.
- The AC needs recharging - it does NOT leak. I had to have is discharged when I replaced the front heater core. It has been converted to the modern refridgerant.
- The low fuel light is sticky - currently stuck "on". Go over a big bump and it will go off again (but then its stuck off)
