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Phase I: I was able to get a new tensioner from a guy on Planet Isuzoo and with the holiday behind us, got to throw it in last night. The original tensioner was clearly jammed in one position. I pulled it apart and cleaned it up and now it seems to work; which to me indicates that it was...

Phase I: Well, the machine shop has determined that it is not a lifter. They suspect that it is the cam chain tensioner. I'm a bit suspicious of that diagnosis for two reasons. First, this is one part that they did not replace because it wasn't in the rebuild kit. They had told me that they...

Phase I: After determining that the tick always seemed to begin when the engine hit 5k for a few seconds, it made it easier to go to the machine shop and tell them that I was confident that it was a lifter. I spoke with them this morning and relayed my most recent information and they said...

Phase I: The valve train chattering is not going away. I've changed the oil twice now in 100 miles; each time there was debris in the oil in the form of shiny dust particles. The chatter is not consistent, either. Some days it won't chatter at all, others as soon as it warms up it starts...

Phase I: The later part of Phase I should probably be titled "The Wonders of Oil!" and have a 1950's style narration. My dad was kind enough to come over today while I was at work and replace the oil in the transmission and transfer case. The oil that came out of the tranny was fine. Amber in...

Phase I: Continuing the theme of "nothing goes quite as planned", I was driving it around yesterday afternoon and started to hear an odd rotational noise. Not from the engine; but more like a driveshaft maybe. Pulled it back into the driveway, crawled underneath to take a look and what do I...

I agree that the Trooper is a sadly over looked option for the backcountry exploring crowd. Its every bit as capable (if not more so) than a contemporary Land Cruiser. Additionally here in the US they sold way more Troopers than they ever did Land Cruisers so they are pretty easy to come by...

Phase I: I had an issue after replacing the slave cylinder with the clutch pedal just falling to the floor. I tried bleeding it the normal way, but just couldn't build any pressure. I resolved this by borrowing a pressure bleeder. Once that was hooked up, pedal popped right up and held no...

Phase I: Yesterday evening I got to the point of turning the key, and I just heard the starter spinning; which was annoying. Got a new starter this morning, threw it in and… Its ALIVE!!! Just need to get all the ancillary stuff bolted back up (exhaust, drivelines, ect.) and it'll be on the road!

Phase I: This past weekend after the engine was in I tackled getting the transmission back up. In the past on other Troopers this hasn't been too bad, other than the transmission is really awkwardly weighted to the rear on the passenger side. Well, plans being what they are, nothing worked...

Phase I: It took five weeks, but I got the engine back finally. Due to work, weather, travel and other commitments; building the engine back up was fairly slow going. That hasn't been a bad thing. It allowed me to take some extra time, double check everything. All told its been a pretty...

Phase I: With the engine out I hunted down a set of Multec-2 injectors and sent them off to Mr. Injector to be rebuilt. This is a part of the project that I'm excited about. As I mentioned before, this sounds like it is a great upgrade. To make this swap work, you really just need the injectors...

Phase I: After a few days of prep work, the engine came out of the Trooper on August 27th. I then spent the next few days stripping it down to the long block. While that was happening, I was also in search of a set of DOHC heads. After a few failed attempts with full service yards...

I originally had this posted over at RME and Planet Isuzoo but I thought that some people here on ExPo might enjoy it. Introduction: When I bought my Trooper six and a half years ago, I got it for the primary purpose of getting out to explore the vast backcountry of Utah. In that time I have...

Thanks! It's definitely worth the trip. Beautiful area!

Agreed, all part of the fun. And hey, we got great tans sitting there in the Salt Flats!

Retro Ramble was born of a desire to have an event specific to the awesome vehicles of the 1980’s. Relic Run caters to those who have a fondness for 1970’s and earlier vehicles, but the 80’s and their particular strain of uniqueness were intentionally left out of that. So finally, after five...

Awesome!

Thanks! The options on the table right now are Iceland, the Azores, and New Zealand. Hopefully I'll have a plan in the next few months!

This past year was a very busy, very fun year. Not sure if it surpassed 2013, but only because there was no big international trip. Hopefully that will be rectified in 2015! February: The Annual Wasatch Cruisers Dunes Run was a great time as always. Later in the month Katy and I made...