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    old beat up Isuzu Trooper finds a new purpose in life

    just stopped by for my yearly thread check. the trooper was getting around 15 mpg (combined) as well, managed around 18 on the highway, but it will run on dirt and water rather than the premium fuel needed by the pre-2010 FJC. I wanted to do the diesel swap, but the 4JG2t engine/manual trans...
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    Ranger

    I'm not on here very often, but I bought my Ranger at the end of July, XL (base) with E-locker. I've taken it on several 'off road' trips so far, and it's been great. it is also my daily driver. I absolutely love the truck, and wouldn't have any other. I have several friends that have...
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    Project: Stratotrooper

    yeah I've noticed if I'm not right on top of oil changes at 3k miles then the tick gets really bad. First time I was convinced the motor was toast, but a few hundred miles after that oil change and it was running quieter than ever. seems like every change it gets better and better.
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    Project: Stratotrooper

    cool, I'll probably keep pushing mine till it starts to show signs of letting go. for now the only thing that really gets to me is intermittent valve tick, but lately its been fairly quiet. So far its been quite reliable considering it has 245k miles on it, just small issues that haven't been...
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    Project: Stratotrooper

    dang, I'd thought about rebuilding the engine in my trooper, but reading this has really made me not want to. hope all goes well, once you recover!
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    old beat up Isuzu Trooper finds a new purpose in life

    Well I haven't been on here in a while, the trooper has gotten a bit of use and abuse and is doing well. Currently needs a front left CV but everything else has help up great. Still haven't installed the front locker, but I will probably get to that once the weather warms up a bit and I can...
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    old beat up Isuzu Trooper finds a new purpose in life

    I agree the seats in these things are terrible. I had to buy an extra seat cushion on my california trip because after 3 days of driving both my legs were falling asleep
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    old beat up Isuzu Trooper finds a new purpose in life

    thanks! its a Denver Outfitters tent, which is the same as the roofnest sparrow X 235/85 16
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    4WD Action On Youtube

    I'm a big fan, been watching them like crazy the last few months. They are obviously very produced, but not in a bad way, just not as raw as your typical youtube channel. Very entertaining.
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    old beat up Isuzu Trooper finds a new purpose in life

    also went ahead and bought a 62qt dual zone fridge/freezer and squeezed it in behind the passenger seat and I built a better platform for my boy so he can be more comfortable also, both the dog bed and the fridge have lots of storage underneath which is real nice. and I put together this...
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    old beat up Isuzu Trooper finds a new purpose in life

    also starting to get ready for my front locker, so I installed the switch and added a bunch of USB ports and 12v outlets also screwed some stuff to the ceiling for storage, to hold random things and my travel guitar
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    old beat up Isuzu Trooper finds a new purpose in life

    been doing a little work... bent the hell out of my stock control arms, so I welded some angle iron to a spare set. hopefully this will help a little till I want to spend $ on some proper replacements also noticed the old OME springs were getting real saggy so I popped in my spare much newer...
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    1990 Daihatsu Rocky: Reddy the Rocky

    damn, what a difference. are you worried at all about head and noise without the carpet being in place? this thing looks real cool though, there was one for sale locally a couple weeks ago, wish I had picked it up.
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    old beat up Isuzu Trooper finds a new purpose in life

    thanks, nope I built it all custom. unfortunately I couldn't find anything aftermarket for the trooper, and OEM replacement pieces are not cheap. ended up just getting a 10ft stick of straight pipe and two mandrel U-bends, along with a super cheap universal cat and muffler
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    old beat up Isuzu Trooper finds a new purpose in life

    Then I went north in Colorado with my brother and a couple friends and had to spend two days with this guy in a $100k jeep that took literally 4 hours to set up and break down his camp site. took this picture after I'd 99% finished slowly packing and had to wait for him, obviously he's not even...
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