After ~9 months of ownership, I have decided to move on from the trooper. Alot has happened in my life since I bought it and time to make some moves to reach my long term goals (move west, career adjustment, child).
Bought this from Lorenzo in November 25, had a few issues getting it home and after a long while of diagnosing and fumbling - it was found out to be the Fuel Pressure Regulator that went bad.
Below is the list of work that was done before I bough the trooper:
2.6 4 cylinder 5 speed MUA5 - 200k+
31" General Grabbers on 5 snowflakes.
Big Brake front new rotors and caliper swap.
New calipers front and rear. Heated painted silver.
Stainless braided brake lines front and rear.
Upgraded larger brake rotors & calipers to second gen larger brakes and dust shields
Big new front calipers heat painted silver & pads
New lug studs and nuts everywhere they needed to be replaced
Rebuilt front hub assemblies New seals and bearings fresh grease
AISIN manual hubs I serviced and added fresh paper gasket to hub body.
New ball joints
Drop diff brackets with good stock CV axles.
Heavy Duty Tie Rods
New KYB shocks front and rear
Ironman Australia leaf springs and warrior shackles with fresh poly bushings
New U Bolts and nuts on rear axle
New pinion seal front axle. I don’t remember if I did the rear seal.
Cleaned front and rear housings & added new fluid.
New sway bar poly bushings and grease
New front windshield gasket installed professionally when rust spots where repaired.
Rust spots on cowl and rear windows repaired professionally
Rain gutter body seams repaired and resealed with SEM body seam sealer
Remaining original Door trim removed, cleaned and New door trim installed.
Single tube rear drive shaft from Oliver’s in Winston-Salem.
Relocated parking brake cable for right rear Y split cable over driveshaft.
Replaced front headlights and ambers with a good set
New interior carpet front and rear
Rear seat good shape one corner rip
Cleaned out the cowl completely
Reconditioned Front wipers. New blades front and rear.
Now for the Good stuff:
Installed Jerry cam
Clearwater head - no air injection smog holes - so if you are in an emissions State, this truck is not for you. sorry.
New Timing belt
New Oil pan both gaskets sealed up
New Cam shaft seal
New Crank seal
Crank plate J gasket - if you know, you know…
New Valve cover gasket
New Valve cover fresh bolt seals and half moons
New Ignition coil
New Spark plugs (NGK i think, i forget)
Good working dizzy and new rotor with fresh O ring
New Water pump and gasket
New Water pipe O ring
New Wires/Cables
New New timing tensioner
Serviced & Cleaned OEM injectors
New ITM Head gasket
New Exhaust gasket
New Intake gaskets
New (handcut) Throttle body gasket
Reroute IAC where you can reach it - partial j5 mod
Reroute igniter / power transistor away from the heat and where you can reach it.
Rebuilt OEM alternator
Rebuilt OEM starter
New EGR pipe - yes! one of the tubes I got made for all of us!
New water hoses and vacuum hoses everywhere!!
New Fuel filter and fuel lines replaced
New Steering pump
New accessory belts
New water temp sensor
New Thermostat and gaskets
Stainless braided clutch line & bypass damper
New front motor mounts - I forget the brand
NOS Coolant overflow reservoir bottle
New clutch master cylinder - pretty sure I replaced the slave too.
I forget.Heat is HOT. Blows real good.
Since I have owned it I have done the following:
New Fuel Pump & Filter
Replaced alot of the Vacuum lines
New Exhaust (magnaflow was too loud - removed the cat)
Injectors ( hunting the FPR issue)
Flushed Radiator and replaced hoses
Oil Change / Trans Oil Change / Transfer Case Oil Change
Cleaned up the interior a bit
Retorqed Head @ 1500 miles
Drove it about 4-5k miles
New Fan Blade
New Battery
Since owning it I have identified some issues that need to still be addressed, they do not effect the drivability - just annoying.
Distributor Oil Leak - Just need to reset I assume
Speedo Cable Seal Leak - Ill probably do that this weekend
Oil Leak - I have a sneaking suspicion that the main seal has a small leak as well as the oil filter housing ? I might have put a quart of oil in it over the ownership - truthfully its not a lot of oil
Anti Rollover Valve Seals - Maybe do this
Also included with the trooper is whatever box of new parts I have bought on rockauto - seals, extra belts, relays, AC seal kit, AC dryer, whatever else is in the shed. Also includes a pretty clean set of rear doors.
More pictures will be uploaded throughout the week - Just need to get my boxes out of the back and snag some pictures. You can see the condition I got the vehicle on the planet “FS: Grey 1991 Trooper - aka the Lowcountry Isuzu”
I paid 6k, put a good bit of extra work to feel confident driving it all over Atlanta / N Georgia. I’d like $6500, I know there was some other people interested when I bought it - considering the dollar is worst significantly less than when I bought it - this is a DEAL!
Nation gets a 1 week jump on buying this, Ill post on other websites next weekend.
