Very nice!!
HJ80 cruiser Icelandic style :)
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What do you keep in the top box on the roof? How is it opened and accessed? During trips like that on a weekend, does the engine ever shut off? Or does it idle while you sleep?
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I keep stuff that is rarely used but good to have on long weekend trips( extra rope, extra disel and so on). It is opened sideways and i can access it by standing on the rear tire.
We shut the engines off at night, except last weekend when we had to sleep in the cars one night.
Thank you Magni81!
I LOVE seeing your trucks and how you guys wheel! I first saw an article on these trucks in 4Wheeler magazine when they did a bit about Reykjavik (sp?) about 30 years ago. I have been fascinated by the LC's ever since, but not able to own one until recently.
It is not practical for me to modify my truck like yours, but I still think your style is the coolest EVER!
Having lived in the northern central USA, I have lived and worked in -25°F (-32°C) with about 4 ft (1.2M) of snow. I would think you would always have to be over-prepared for travel like this with extra fuel, winter gear, food, and water. Doing repairs in this kind of weather, out in the snow (birf rebuild) would be VERY taxing and time consuming. If you don' fix it, help is many HOURS away, and there can be a significant safety risk. Obviously, you never go out as one truck only.
I LOVE seeing your trucks and how you guys wheel! I first saw an article on these trucks in 4Wheeler magazine when they did a bit about Reykjavik (sp?) about 30 years ago. I have been fascinated by the LC's ever since, but not able to own one until recently.
It is not practical for me to modify my truck like yours, but I still think your style is the coolest EVER!
Having lived in the northern central USA, I have lived and worked in -25°F (-32°C) with about 4 ft (1.2M) of snow. I would think you would always have to be over-prepared for travel like this with extra fuel, winter gear, food, and water. Doing repairs in this kind of weather, out in the snow (birf rebuild) would be VERY taxing and time consuming. If you don' fix it, help is many HOURS away, and there can be a significant safety risk. Obviously, you never go out as one truck only.
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That is true, on weekends trip when we cover long distances we never go alone. And most of the time we have some spare parts with us.
Last weekend we went on three truck 500km trip in the highlands. We encountered a lot more snow than we expected. I had 200 liters of disel but it did´t last. We had to call a friend and ask him to get us some more;p. This same trip front bearing broke in my truck and we had to fix it on the spot
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Visibility can be harze at times
Had to dig our way into the hut.
Found a river under the snow. Most of the time we cant even spot them until we drop the nose in them..
2-3 psi
Looks great, along with the rest of your rig!
What are those keyed latches with the pull tab called? I would love to include something like that on my drawer setup. I have been trying to figure out a good way to secure the "wing" portions for a while.
Love this thread
AWESOME!
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It´s been some time since I posted something in here. There as been some modification lately but not visible one´s. I have just been traveling more 
In may 2014 I took the truck in and changed all the bearings in front axel, rod ends, new turbine, fixed the fule injectors, front and rear shocks, repaired brakes front and rear with new disks, renewed the bushes in the from arm suspension and some more small stuff. It was long due some of these parts. The turbina I bought was from Germany. It is the same as the lc80 turbine(bolt on) but different interior, the turbine starts earlier and blow more psi(17-18).
And these days i am replacing the altenator with one from lc100 which charges 120 amp in stead of 80 amps, with that I´m also changing the batteries with 95ah.
I have modified the aircon for air but it crashed before christmas 2014. I am now putting in aircon air pressure from YORK which gives much more air than the original one.
And I´m also changing the bushes in the rear suspension arms.
I will put some more pictures soon. Here are two from when I inserted pillar pod and gauges
I ordered this pillar pod from Australia. The gauges are turbina psi, engina exhausts and transmision oil temp
In may 2014 I took the truck in and changed all the bearings in front axel, rod ends, new turbine, fixed the fule injectors, front and rear shocks, repaired brakes front and rear with new disks, renewed the bushes in the from arm suspension and some more small stuff. It was long due some of these parts. The turbina I bought was from Germany. It is the same as the lc80 turbine(bolt on) but different interior, the turbine starts earlier and blow more psi(17-18).
And these days i am replacing the altenator with one from lc100 which charges 120 amp in stead of 80 amps, with that I´m also changing the batteries with 95ah.
I have modified the aircon for air but it crashed before christmas 2014. I am now putting in aircon air pressure from YORK which gives much more air than the original one.
And I´m also changing the bushes in the rear suspension arms.
I will put some more pictures soon. Here are two from when I inserted pillar pod and gauges
I ordered this pillar pod from Australia. The gauges are turbina psi, engina exhausts and transmision oil temp
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Here are some pictures from trips this winter
We where two trucks that ran into this water under the ice on 60km. It was like running into a wall
There was a river under there that I could not cross
My whinch got a beating in that river.
Some of my traveling comrades
4Runner on 44" and Pajero on 44"
It took us 2 hours to whinch this one up from the ice.
We where two trucks that ran into this water under the ice on 60km. It was like running into a wall
There was a river under there that I could not cross
My whinch got a beating in that river.
Some of my traveling comrades
4Runner on 44" and Pajero on 44"
It took us 2 hours to whinch this one up from the ice.
Hey, it's been a couple years sense you guys posted this.
Do you see any difference after adding CouplerTec , has it helped stop any of the rust at all?
