Isuzu Trooper Owners Club UK™

[I_n_K]

But it's iminent (isn't he a white American rapper? ?   )

Any hints/tips/advice/offers of assitance welcome  

The (current, but ever-growing) list looks something like this. .
Oil, fuel and air filter change (Milners methinks)
Engine, 'box and diff oil changes (all 10W40 semisynth iirc? ?)
Coolant change
Replace handbrake cable (£50!!   )
Replace the (broken) Y-piece for the windscreen washers (any part number/where to buy info?)
Replace both batteries (Exide ones at about £70 each seem de rigeur. . . opinions please?)
Alternator change (been quoted £98+ vat and £2.95 delivery for 100% new. . .is this good?)
Complete exhaust (been thinking of getting hold of the (exhaust) pipe that bolts to the turbo and getting a mate to weld me up a 3" short 'system'. . . any info on the pipe that bolts to the turbo appreciated - a pic of the routing of a standard system would be cool too   )
Replace 2 'fanbelts'
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'93 Trooper Duty 3.1TD

[Google]

[I_n_K]

It's started. . .

Alternator £120 delivered
Battery £75 delivered
Glow plugs, filter kit, belts, sump plug and washer £81 delivered (Milners)

All should be here tomorrow

And I scored a 'get me by' set of (steel) wheels and decent (apparently) tyres on eebuygum. . tyres are not ideal at 225/75/16 but the set of 4 cost me a tenner and will cost me £15 to collect (in diesel).

Will give me a chance to get the standard wheels off and refurb them for next year  

Vx for oil, not sure on exhaust yet
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'93 Trooper Duty 3.1TD

[the flower man]

the altonator price is good mate. what amp is it? mine was a 50amp stock and replaced with the same as it was all i could afford at the time.lots of people on hear change for 80amp. i only have one battory so 50amps seems to do the job but may not be up to it when 2 battorys are involved
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[I_n_K]

Dunno about the alternator output, sorry. . . just gave them the details (including reg no.) and they chose the right unit (diesel Trooper with aircon).
Will post when it's here  

Opted for a single battery 72a/h  680CCA 278 MM x 175 MM x 190 MM weighing in at a hefty 20.9 KG. . .
Needed to save a wee bit of dosh wherever possible this time round  

Exhaust ordered from cats direct. . £75 inc. delivery for the middle and rear sections including all gaskets and hangers.

It's only a budget 12month warranty job but I want to make something much nicer up over winter if I can so I don't care if it only lasts a year.

Oil syringe ordered too. . .

Just need to get it running again (real dead battery since my darling son left the interior light on and we didn't notice for a good 12 hours) and we'll chip off to Vx for oil and that wee Y-piece for the windscreen washers.
Seen a Mazda one on egay but it won't clip to the bonnet and that'll bug me a little
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'93 Trooper Duty 3.1TD

[I_n_K]

And so it starts. . .

Will have to email Hillmart for the alternator output, there's no badges/stickers whatsoever.

Battery's fitted and air filter is in (thought I'd get the tricky stuff out of the way first).

Had a look at where the alternator lives and it looks a complete PITA to do!!!!

Is it not as bad as it looks?
Any helpful snippets of info to save my teetering sanity?
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'93 Trooper Duty 3.1TD

[dxmedia]

[I_n_K]

I have aircon  

On the output question. . Hillmart just got back to me and said it's an 80amp unit.

Chuffed tbh, total bargain for £118 imo.
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'93 Trooper Duty 3.1TD

[dxmedia]

[I_n_K]

Needs re-gassing anyway I think.

Is that seriously an 'easy' option?

Aren't there any ramifications with regard to the a/c (aside from regassing)?
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'93 Trooper Duty 3.1TD

[dxmedia]

[I_n_K]

Nice one... thanks for that  

Hoping the weather will be ok tomorrow for a few hours so we can have a bash then (exhaust may be here by then too so we can take a peek at how rusty all the bolts are for that   )
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'93 Trooper Duty 3.1TD

[dxmedia]

LOL, yeah - meant to post it here
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[markymoan]

[I_n_K]

Ladies and gentlemen, we have a 'ramification'. . . in the form of one of the threads on the a/c compressor snapping off.

They look proper jerry built. .

Thread for that specific problem here
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'93 Trooper Duty 3.1TD

[the flower man]

dam it wish i see this post yesterday. done the alternator on mine (with aircon) you have to take the belts off of course but if you remove the viscu fan and shrouding,take the battory out ,this gives you more room. the power pump can be loosened and moved over. it is possable to remove the alternator with out taking the pump off why did i not read this  and trust me i changed the alternator by undoing parts off it through the wheel arch. when its undone you can pull it forward and turn it anti clockwise. it is tight but it will clear the rad  just. have to be carefull you dont knock the fins on the rad. i put hardbord down the back of it so this didnt happen. with it turned at right angles to its mount position you can pull it accross to the right and up out the motor. got the new one back in the same way. difficalt but possable without desturbing the power pump.
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