Let's start with a short introduction.
I have always liked older cars and expedition type vehicles. I have had a dream of driving down to Patagonia since I was 16. Last summer I picked this FJ45 Troopy in the Seattle (so I'm new to Land Cruisers) area with my 12 yr old son, and we then drove it back to Montana where we live. On the way, we camped in it of course.
It is a RHD 1982 FJ45 Troopy from Australia with a roof camper conversion by Land Cruisers Australia PTY LTD. It can sleep 4, but it is very cozy. I have limited information other than that. I though I had found the company, but the emails bounce back. The Troopy still has the 2F engine with Power steering. Unfortunately the AC was removed before I got it. It has dual fuel tanks, propane tank storage and a water tank.
Since I got it I have done only a few things to it (needed to drive it as much as possible). We started with a good scrubbing (Pray hose, and soap bucket inside, and then out), changing the oil several time till it looked clean. I also installed rebuild Aisin locking hubs, as the right hand side hub was broken. And a couple of other things.
Last weekend we decided to get it inside the garage, a bit of a problem, as the garage door is a 7 ft door and the troopy is 7'-6" high.
So we removed the roof rack and deflated the hard to get 33x9.5x15 tires, and we JUST got it inside.
I have now removed the radiator, water pump (gasket was leaking) and alternator (making lots of bad bearing noise). Once I re-install this, we will be doing a front axle knuckle rebuild, replace most tie rods (a couple are new) and do a center arm rebuild. Also looking at changing the sump and side cover gaskets. After that I need to see what appears to be a transfer case leak, this scares me a bit more, as I have never opened one up, it seems to be coming from the front where the front differential connects to it. Any advise? After that, it goes back outside for camping trips.
Dreams:
Fit a turbo diesel engine, 5 speed transmission, prep it for overland travel and drive it to Patagonia.
Attached are a few photos.
Thanks
Guy
I have always liked older cars and expedition type vehicles. I have had a dream of driving down to Patagonia since I was 16. Last summer I picked this FJ45 Troopy in the Seattle (so I'm new to Land Cruisers) area with my 12 yr old son, and we then drove it back to Montana where we live. On the way, we camped in it of course.
It is a RHD 1982 FJ45 Troopy from Australia with a roof camper conversion by Land Cruisers Australia PTY LTD. It can sleep 4, but it is very cozy. I have limited information other than that. I though I had found the company, but the emails bounce back. The Troopy still has the 2F engine with Power steering. Unfortunately the AC was removed before I got it. It has dual fuel tanks, propane tank storage and a water tank.
Since I got it I have done only a few things to it (needed to drive it as much as possible). We started with a good scrubbing (Pray hose, and soap bucket inside, and then out), changing the oil several time till it looked clean. I also installed rebuild Aisin locking hubs, as the right hand side hub was broken. And a couple of other things.
Last weekend we decided to get it inside the garage, a bit of a problem, as the garage door is a 7 ft door and the troopy is 7'-6" high.
So we removed the roof rack and deflated the hard to get 33x9.5x15 tires, and we JUST got it inside.
I have now removed the radiator, water pump (gasket was leaking) and alternator (making lots of bad bearing noise). Once I re-install this, we will be doing a front axle knuckle rebuild, replace most tie rods (a couple are new) and do a center arm rebuild. Also looking at changing the sump and side cover gaskets. After that I need to see what appears to be a transfer case leak, this scares me a bit more, as I have never opened one up, it seems to be coming from the front where the front differential connects to it. Any advise? After that, it goes back outside for camping trips.
Dreams:
Fit a turbo diesel engine, 5 speed transmission, prep it for overland travel and drive it to Patagonia.
Attached are a few photos.
Thanks
Guy