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Paisan unfortunately I could not make the NC trip, but was curious how it turned out. Let me know so hopefully I will be able to make it next time.
Sean Reid sorry to hear about the accident, but you should be able to find another Trooper fairly easily I would think. My local dealers are both running $7k off specials right now.
Beer 47 you got me beat, but i will race you to 200K. I am at 60k now.
BlueTrooper. i got a series 2 ECB bar from Paisan and I love it. Let me know if you want me to e-mail you some pics of the bar on my 2000 Trooper.
I have had a very stressfull past two weeks, but now my test is over and I can finally RELAX and keep up with the postings. Now I am off to the wire to see what I have missed over there.
Can't remember the exact reason for the clunk, but I'm sure someone here has the answer. It was on the Isuzu Trooper Part II message board way back when...
I can vouch for the muffler bearing change out, yielded me .002mpg improvement!! Ha! I'm sure I can get .005mpg out of the Rancho shocks.
Oil consumption is changing on my 01' Trooper. I made a trip to Colorado (2100 miles)in early July and consumed about 7/8 quart of Mobil 1 on the round trip. Most recent trip to Florida (2300 miles) consumed about 1/2 quart of Mobil 1. The engine has about 15000 miles on it now, and is really starting to 'feel' stronger than before. No tinkering with this one when it gets 23mpg on the highway. Just kidding. More like 19. I am pleased with this one though.
Harsh shifting is a characteristic of the 4L30 tranny this allows it to have a long life, less TC slippage.
-mike
Hee Hee
-mike
My question is on a different subject. There is a small rubber boot on the steering "column" in the engine compartment (i.e. on the shaft between the firewall and the gearbox). I noticed the other day that mine is split open. Has anybody ever repaired/replaced that boot, and if so, what was involved? Thanks.
I believe they had to remove the drivers front wheel, remove the steering wheel and take the column up and out through the passenger compartment? I would at least have the boot repaired...the play in the steering was real annoying...although every mechanic (including an independent second opinion) told me it should be safe.
On-Road: Bilstien
on/off-Road: Rancho 9000s
Tires:
On-road: Pirellis Scorpion ST
on/off-road: Pirelli Scorpion AT
-mike
My 1984 Trooper went without power steering fluid changed because I did all my own work and I did not want to take off the hoses. At around 190K miles it developed a lot of steerig play over a month or so. I had to change the entire steering box to fix that. Now I do the power steering fluid changes, or I have it done, it has RedLine synthetic transmission fluid in it now.
Mark H.
Garland did the 3000km of competitive stages in 27h 36m 33s. You do the math on average speed!
Just to keep you guys happy about your choice of transport, Peter Brock's 2002 3.5L Jackaroo came in first in the showroom class with a total time of 30h 39m 30s, 8m 8s ahead of a 2002 Nissan Patrol 4.8L. These are essentially production vehicles like you and I drive, with minor mods. A 1998 Frontera 3.2L came in 3rd in the showroom class, so don't knock the Isuzu Rodeo's too hard!
http://4wd.sofcom.com/Misc/Laforza.html
http://www.laforza.com/specs.html
Hard to get an idea of how big it is from the photo, but the weight suggests TLC sized.
Hope everyone had a FUN and Safe Labor Day holiday!!
Happy Trooping.
BTW, I made a mistake in my email re the Australian Safari. In the "showroom" class, the 2nd place getter was not a Nissan Patrol. It was in fact the second of the production based Holden Rally Team Jackaroos. So they got a 1-2 victory in that class.
Now I wish they'd just put some photos of the finish up on their website.
We went up to Rimouski (QB) this weekend and I pulled the CB, antenna, aftermarket stereo, Hidden Hitch and nerf bars (there's no NADA credit for the bars so off they come - the 2001 we're buying didn't have them but will soon).
I'm back out on tour Weds. but hopefully my wife can wrap this up with the insurance company and pick up the new Trooper. Quebec has a no-fault law which requires our insurance to cover the vehicle even though the other vehicle was (legally, in official papers and otherwise) at fault. Hardly a fair system but what can ya' do.
Thanks for the replies and suggestions.
Sean
It's always a bit weird when things work out well in a situation like this. Particularly when people lost their life.
But .... that's how it is!
We've been leading tours in Quebec since 1998 and I feel safe in saying generally that I've seen some of the world's most dangerous driving there.
Excessive speed is just the beginning, the following are routine: tailgating very close, passing on double yellow lines, passing in various blind areas, travel at 120 km/h + through towns and, perhaps most dangerous, turning in front of other vehicles without ever looking and/or without caution. NYC is a haven of driving courtesy by comparison.
Sean
-mike
FYI- I ran the gas tank on my 2000 S down until the light came on this past weekend (no, I was not running a test, just lazy). It took 19.6 gallons to fill the tank back up. I believe the trooper has a 22.5 gallon tank so I had roughly 3 gallons remaining when the light came on. Hope this helps.
MWWST
My '96 came with Bridgestone Duelers which were ok. I replaced them with BFG AT's. Then I replaced the (expensive) BFG's with Kumho Road Venture AT's. I love the Kumhos. They were $88 each, versus about $125 for Michelins or $165 for BFG's.
They are smooth and quiet after the BFG's, which were more of an off road tire than I needed.
The Troop now has 113k on it. The wide is eyeing MDX's though....
What surprises me is that if you do the currency conversions, we get them cheaper than you do in the US. And the tyres we have here are the US manufactured ones, not the Japanese made BFG's.
A 245/70R16 BFG A/T is about $200AUS, which is now about $110US.
Michelins A/T's are way more expensive than the BFG's. Yokohama/Pirelli's are about line-ball with BFG, just a bit under at $195AUS.
The gas light does come on when I first turn the key on my 2000 S.
MWWST
Jim
Anyone has the same experience? Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Peterisme: Try a fuel regulator or possibly fuel pump or fuel pump relay.
-mike
More pictures here...
http://www.australiansafari.com.au/images.htm
-mike
-mike
Holden was asked to do the concept design in 2000 by GM Asia Pacific, for display at the Tokyo Motor Show. They accepted and then realised they only had 12 weeks to get it done. They did it!
It would be better if it was a 1.8L.
-mike
Oh, anyone crawled under the rear and noted any 'wet spot' on the underside above the rear diffy more to the passenger side?? Not sure if it's grease sling off the drive shaft, or something else 'wetting' the area. Anyone got any ideas on this?? There's some box with hoses going into and out of it there. What is that thing??
I didn't use the A/C (excecpt for a few miles), and I have a light foot on the pedal, and every thing so far is stock.
What's Marvel Mystery Oil?
The box you see should be the fuel pump. Note where it is, you might have to change it on the trail some time!
-mike
Just figured I had not posted in a while, so I'd
give a quick update on "T3"...my 2001 Trooper LTD...just passed 16 months of ownership and 40,000 miles...brought T3 in for his 40K service and ended up needing the serpentine belt replaced (a little early if you ask me)...but all in all, no other problems....at least til that point...as I was shopping for replacement tires since I still had the original Bridgestones on & I have a preference for Michelins and replacing tires every 40K miles...
Anyway, I got caught in a torrential downpour this past week on the interstate & slowed down to put T3 in 4wd, but before I could get it done, we hit a large puddle on the highway in a section they had just redone last year (according to the state troopers they messed up the job and left big ruts to accumulate the water, resulting in a lot of these situations)...anyway, T3 hydroplaned right off the road and we went spinning 360s through a big ol' ditch in the median until careening into the guardrail before I could get him stopped (we ended up in about 2ft of water)...during this quick storm, 3 cars went off the road in that one 1/2 mile stretch alone & the wreckers were working the highway quite a while...
Anyway, my girlfriend & I were both alright, but T3 is in the shop, probably for 3 weeks while they get all the repairs done...he was undriveable as the front bumper was pushed into the wheels and a lot of the front crumpled...no intrusions into the passenger compartment, though...we escaped without a scratch, although J's chest was mildly sore from the seatbelt....
I'm just happy we're both okay, and glad for the insurance since as of now it looks like about $10k worth of damage to the truck....love T3, so now I just hope that he's gonna be alright...
I'll update more when I know more...
-Cobbo
I'm glad our Trooper won... One thing I noticed though is that despite its name, the race seems to be low profile. Not many vehicles to begin with mostly older models - how about that 1968 Peugeot 504 Sedan taking on the 2000 Ford Ranger in Leg 1, outracing one 2001 Jackaroo in Leg 2 and two of them in Leg 3!
Is it a truly major 4x4 event in Australia that gets a lot of coverage or is it just one of many similar events each year?
MWWST