smlobx said:
VERY NICE !!!
Are you going to take it to Baja?
I was thinking of getting something like this when I retire and don't have to drive as much unless I want to!
Thx Eddie!
My thinking exactly. I need a daily driver to take dogs with me, pull the boat, haul stuff and get decent MPG. The 3.4L get about 22MPG around town so I've been told.
Not sure about Baja. I will be driving it to SC from MO next month. I will know more about long range/distance travel in it after that trip. Sadly, the 1988 roof design will not support the weight of a rack mounted tent so popular these days. So you have to throw a ground tent in back for shelter. I have a nice Jet F25 tent. But no way is the wife giving up the FWC hawk for a tent. So any Baja trip in the LC will be solo with the dogs. Besides, Lynn prefers flying to Cabo and getting picked up!
Plus, with the cost of new Super Duties, I have to make my 2016 last a while and keep the daily miles off the odometer. If I buy a new one in 15 years, at 78yo, a new SD might be over $100K!!! So my 2016 might have to last me until I punch out for the last time!
One thing to keep in mind about a BJ74 import...it is a 24V system. Only 12V things on the LC are the headlight. When one fails, both must be replaced. Not a big deal, just something to keep in mind. fortuantely, most overland electrical gear produced now-a-days is selectable 12/24V. I plan on getting a Luna 50L frig/freezer to toss in the back for food/beverages for adventures.
Under the hood...
Easy to work on and a very simple diesel design Toyota has been using for many decades. Parts are available world-wide.
The Warn Zeon 24V was difficult to obtain. Warn only exports the 24V Zeon. I called OK4WD in NJ. I've used them for years for my 4WD product to include OME, Warn and other things. They have an outstanding relationship with Warn. Warn agreed to drop ship a 24V Zeon 10 (P/N 90665) directly to me. How's that for customer service by OK4WD! Interestingly, the 90665 does not come with syn rope or cable. So I ordered 80' of
Diamondback syn rope from Custom Splice. Using a
Factor 55 Flatlink E in OD Green on the end of the rope with a Factor 55 1.0 Hawse fairlead on the bumper. I only winch with a "closed system" these days. Bought my first Warn winch in 1972. Lucky we never maimed or killed someone with our learn what doesn't work winching techniques as we went winching back then!
Sorry to hijack the HD truck thread. In further postings about the LC will be in a new thread.