1980 Diesel Right Hand Drive Toyota Land Cruiser Expedition Rig Winch, Bj41 on 2040-cars

So I have come to the sad realization that I don’t use or drive this truck enough and would like to begin looking for a new home for it. Somewhere where someone will have time to spend with the rig, enjoy it and take it on new fun adventures.

Where to start…

Brief history:

1980 BJ41 (JDM). I bought it in 2009 in New Zeeland and spent a month touring the north and south islands with it. I shipped it back to my home town of Baltimore Ro-Ro and picked it up in Baltimore. It saw lite use there until I decided to take it to South America. In the summer of 2011 it was shipped to Boulder Colorado where my cousin (A Toyota rock crawling advocate and head of a machine shop) spent 3 months converting it to an overland expedition rig. In the fall of 2011 it was containerized and shipped to Buenos Aires Argentina. I picked it up in the opening days of 2012 and drove 5,000km south to Ushuaia inTierra Del Fuego before driving all the way to the very top of South America in Colombia. In July 2012 it was again containerized and shipped to my new home in Houston. It sees weekly use now and lives in a garage.

It has it’s own thread here on mud with lots of pictures:

Here is the official IH8Mud used vehicle pre-inspection checklist from Greg Overton

What year is the Land Cruiser? 1980

What color is it? Blue

Does the vehicle have a clear title? Yes

Has the vehicle been garaged? Body/Frame Currently garaged but not its entire life

Rate the body on a scale of 1-10 with a 10 being perfect: 5

Is there rust? if yes please describe – Yes, both doors are very rusty and the rest of the body has the odd to a few rust blisters

Describe any body/frame damage? Just the rust, although I haven’t found any serious frame rust…

Condition of windows? All windows re good, no cracks

Rear wheel wells cut for flares? Yes

All body logos present? I have them, not installed

Has vehicle been repainted? if yes, original color? Yes, Red

Has the top been removed? No

Is there rust in the floor? No

Please rate the tires - Excellent, Good, Fair, Need's replacing Good, 2 years old, 25,000 km on them

Original Wheels and Hubcaps? If no, please describe. Engine and Mechanical: New sheels in 2012, original locking hubs

Rate the engine on a scale of 1-10 with a 10 being excellent: 10 (Starts first time every time, never given me any trouble

Is this the original engine/transmission? Yes

Has either engine/transmission been rebuilt? No

Original carburator or after market? Diesel baby!

Does it leak fluids? Very very slight from the T-case and at the moment the oil-drain plug is leaking because of the last idiot that changed it.

Does it burn oil? No

Is the clutch in good shape? Yes

Have brakes been serviced? When? Brakes were serviced in 2012. We also broke a break line in Patagonia so it wa serviced again in aug 2012.

Transmission - in good working order - both high and low range? Yes

Does it shift smoothly? Yes

Power steering? Absolutely not!

How many inches of play in the steering? All new Tie Rod ends in 2012, very little play, drive it on the highway every time I take it out

Air Conditioning? Absolutely not!

Winch? 12,000 lb Ramsey

Aux Fuel Tank? No

Rate the interior on a scale of 1-10 with a 10 being perfect 6

What is broken or missing on the interior? Amp meter and oil pressure don’t work

Seats Ripped? No

Headliner sagging or gone? gone

Original rubber mats? no

Rear Jump Seats present? gone

Dash Pads Ripped or cracked? NA

Dash board cut out for add-on switches or stereo? Yes, lots of holes

Original Radio? NO

Gauges working? Yes except Amps and oil pressure

All signals working? yes

Brake lights? yes

Head lights? yes

Turn Signals? yes

Licence Plate lights? yes

Hazards? yes

Wipers? yes

Washers? NO

Instument lighting? yes

Interior Light? LED running on AAAs

Original Owners manual present? NO

Inspection light present? NO

Jack present? Yes

Toolbag Present?We carried tons of tools, these will not go with the truck, so no

Rear Heater? no

Any additional add-ons, options, information oh yeah!

Mods & maintenance:

(Before South America Trip, and I’ll keep adding to this as I remember stuff)

?             Tires and drivetrain:

o             New tires, BFG MTs 33”

o             New steel wheels that have built in spacers to give us a slightly wider wheeltrack (1.5” / wheel if memory serves)

?             Electrical:

o             12,000lb Ramsey winch

o             4 optimas (2 red tops for starting, 2 yellow tops for house bank)

o             2nd alternator (GM 3-wire for 12v system)

o             Custom milled aluminum battery trays

o             In-line volt meters

o             120V AC inverter + 5v SUB charging station

o             Daniel Clark (Is that right?) headsets and avix intercom

o             Stereo including line in

o             In-line amp for intercom system

o             Hella offroad lights

o             Custom built LED Stop Turn Tails with White LED floods for reverse lamps

o             Re-wound 24V alternator

?             Mechanical:

o             Rebuilt radiator

o             RACOR primary fuel filter and water separator

o             VIAR continuous duty air compressor + 2gal tank + air hose, tire chuck and air gun

o             New tie-rod ends

o             New clutch master cylinder

?             Other:

o             Diamond Rax roof rack

o             CVT roof top tent with extra coverage and a zip on room for below, kind of crazy!

o             TONS of spares.

o             Hi-Lift

o             185 DB compressor driven air horn

o             Roll bar already installed be PO as well as cumfy chairs

o             Altimiter (functional)

o             Compass (works, just too close to engine so always reading south

o             Massive MasterLock puck security locks

o             Ammo-can bolted between the seats as a safe (where you keep your title and passports

o             Security deck designed to hold action packers so even if someone breaks the windows they can’t get the gear out.

o             Snorkel

(After South America Trip, and I’ll keep adding to this as I remember stuff)

?             Re-wound both alternators and the starter

?             New clutch slave cylinder

?             RTT and roof rack removed to fit in garage

?             Full Texas inspection passed

?             Tagged and Titled in TX

?             New wiper linkage system