For Sale
So I have come to the sad realization that I don’t use or drive this truck enough and would like to begin looking for a new home for it. Somewhere where someone will have time to spend with the rig, enjoy it and take it on new fun adventures.
Where to start…
Brief history:
1980 BJ41 (JDM). I bought it in 2009 in New Zeeland and spent a month touring the north and south islands with it. I shipped it back to my home town of Baltimore Ro-Ro and picked it up in Baltimore. It saw lite use there until I decided to take it to South America. In the summer of 2011 it was shipped to Boulder Colorado where my cousin (A Toyota rock crawling advocate and head of a machine shop) spent 3 months converting it to an overland expedition rig. In the fall of 2011 it was containerized and shipped to Buenos Aires Argentina. I picked it up in the opening days of 2012 and drove 5,000km south to Ushuaia in Tierra Del Fuego before driving all the way to the very top of South America in Colombia. In July 2012 it was again containerized and shipped to my new home in Houston. It sees weekly use now and lives in a garage.
It has it’s own thread here on mud with lots of pictures:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/expedition-builds/522985-2-diesels-4-continents.html
Here is the official IH8Mud used vehicle pre-inspection checklist from Greg Overton
Name: Zach
Phone: PM me
Price: $22,000 including all the gear
What year is the Land Cruiser? 1980
What color is it? Blue
What Is the actual milage if known? 170,000kms (need to walk down and check)
Does the vehicle have a clear title? Yes
Has the vehicle been garaged? Body/Frame Currently garaged but not its entire life
Rate the body on a scale of 1-10 with a 10 being perfect: 5
Is there rust? if yes please describe – Yes, both doors are very rusty and the rest of the body has the odd to a few rust blisters
Describe any body/frame damage? Just the rust, although I haven’t found any serious frame rust…
Condition of windows? All windows re good, no cracks
Rear wheel wells cut for flares? Yes
All body logos present? I have them, not installed
Has vehicle been repainted? if yes, original color? Yes, Red
Has the top been removed? No
Is there rust in the floor? No
Please rate the tires - Excellent, Good, Fair, Need's replacing Good, 2 years old, 25,000 km on them
Original Wheels and Hubcaps? If no, please describe. Engine and Mechanical: New sheels in 2012, original locking hubs
Rate the engine on a scale of 1-10 with a 10 being excellent: 10 (Starts first time every time, never given me any trouble
Is this the original engine/transmission? Yes
Has either engine/transmission been rebuilt? No
Original carburator or after market? Diesel baby!
What repairs does the engine/transmission need? The Tranny / T-case is currently using a bypass line: All you ever wanted to know about that here including exact pictures starting at post #57:
https://forum.ih8mud.com/40-55-series-tech/95870-tranny-transfer-case-bypass-hose-3.html
Does it leak fluids? Very very slight from the T-case and at the moment the oil-drain plug is leaking because of the last idiot that changed it.
Does it burn oil? No
Is the clutch in good shape? Yes
Have brakes been serviced? When? Brakes were serviced in 2012. We also broke a break line in Patagonia so it wa serviced again in aug 2012.
Transmission - in good working order - both high and low range? Yes
Does it shift smoothly? Yes
Power steering? Absolutely not!
How many inches of play in the steering? All new Tie Rod ends in 2012, very little play, drive it on the highway every time I take it out
Air Conditioning? Absolutely not!
Winch? 12,000 lb Ramsey
Aux Fuel Tank? No
Rate the interior on a scale of 1-10 with a 10 being perfect 6
What is broken or missing on the interior? Amp meter and oil pressure don’t work
Seats Ripped? No
Headliner sagging or gone? gone
Original rubber mats? no
Rear Jump Seats present? gone
Dash Pads Ripped or cracked? NA
Dash board cut out for add-on switches or stereo? Yes, lots of holes
Original Radio? NO
Gauges working? Yes except Amps and oil pressure
All signals working? yes
Brake lights? yes
Head lights? yes
Turn Signals? yes
Licence Plate lights? yes
Hazards? yes
Wipers? yes
Washers? NO
Instument lighting? yes
Interior Light? LED running on AAAs
Original Owners manual present? NO
Inspection light present? NO
Jack present? Yes
Toolbag Present?We carried tons of tools, these will not go with the truck, so no
Rear Heater? no
Any additional add-ons, options, information oh yeah!
Mods & maintenance:
(Before South America Trip, and I’ll keep adding to this as I remember stuff)
Tires and drivetrain:
o New tires, BFG MTs 33”
o New steel wheels that have built in spacers to give us a slightly wider wheeltrack (1.5” / wheel if memory serves)
Electrical:
o 12,000lb Ramsey winch
o 4 optimas (2 red tops for starting, 2 yellow tops for house bank)
o 2nd alternator (GM 3-wire for 12v system)
o Custom milled aluminum battery trays
o In-line volt meters
o 120V AC inverter + 5v SUB charging station
o Daniel Clark (Is that right?) headsets and avix intercom
o Stereo including line in
o In-line amp for intercom system
o Hella offroad lights
o Custom built LED Stop Turn Tails with White LED floods for reverse lamps
o Re-wound 24V alternator
Mechanical:
o Rebuilt radiator
o RACOR primary fuel filter and water separator
o VIAR continuous duty air compressor + 2gal tank + air hose, tire chuck and air gun
o New tie-rod ends
o New clutch master cylinder
Other:
o Diamond Rax roof rack
o CVT roof top tent with extra coverage and a zip on room for below, kind of crazy!
o TONS of spares.
o Hi-Lift
o 185 DB compressor driven air horn
o Roll bar already installed be PO as well as cumfy chairs
o Altimiter (functional)
o Compass (works, just too close to engine so always reading south
o Massive MasterLock puck security locks
o Ammo-can bolted between the seats as a safe (where you keep your title and passports
o Security deck designed to hold action packers so even if someone breaks the windows they can’t get the gear out.
o Snorkel
(After South America Trip, and I’ll keep adding to this as I remember stuff)
Re-wound both alternators and the starter
New clutch slave cylinder
RTT and roof rack removed to fit in garage
Full Texas inspection passed
Tagged and Titled in TX
New wiper linkage system
