Project Fauxverlander 200 Series Land Cruiser Build Thread

[cruiseroutfit]

Suspension update. Still love it!

My BP-51 is one of the oldest installs to date, over 3 years old now, lots of flogging and still comfortable and compliant. I did add some trim spacers front and rear and a larger set of General X3's right before departing for the B1K. My loads have changed, I wanted taller tires and it was time to recharge the Nitrogen in the shocks. I topped off everything to 300psi, made some small rebound/compression tweaks and we hit the road south.

I've still got a great deal of things to install but it's totally workable at currently I want to finalize my electrical as I'd like a few more outlets at the rear drawers and the dual batteries are still lingering on completion. I've also got plans to do a Long Range tank shortly. Time... anyone have some spare time?

 

[fireball]

what size x3s?

 

[mep1811]

Remember that electric solenoid rear hatch all 200's come equipped with? Well without power and I couldn't open my hatch, which mean I couldn't open my tailgate, which means I couldn't open my drawers

Have you come up with a hack to open the rear hatch ?

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Have you come up with a hack to open the rear hatch ?

From the inside with power, yes. We have an interior switch kit. From the inside without power, a 9V battery would suffice. From the outside without power, a rock

 

[mep1811]

Sounds like a challenge

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Behind on updates

Lots of little updates, mostly just been using it this past year and still cleaning the dust out from the last two Baja 1000 trips. I've had a bunch Swell, desert and Moab trips so it was time to get it in the shop and do some cleanup.

I've had what I suspected was a bad drivers side motor mount. We've dealt with them in the Canguro 200 so it really wasn't much of a surprise when this one failed. Thread on the failure on ih8mud here: Failed motor mounts - URJ200 - Anyone had it happen?

Video of the failed mount:

 

[JduRunner]

Did you just do a nitrogen charge on the shocks or a full rebuild?

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Did you just do a nitrogen charge on the shocks or a full rebuild?

Just a recharge. That said I did do a full shock swap out before a Baja 1000 trip a few months back. The originals were some of the oldest (thee oldest?) and the fronts were still great, my rears were weeping oil.