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Anyone drive a trooper. I picked one up after my wife kept fussing about having to drive my Titan around (it was too big for her). Its been a pretty good hunting and fishing rig!
Just curious! It'd be nice to have somone to compare issues with. I joined an Isuzu forum but no one seems to respond. Figures the vehicles dont really have a large following.
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Hit Buckmark up...I think his rig is a Trooper. Rugged little sucker.
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I was considering one. They have a pretty big following on plametzoo. I think I'm gonna stay full size though, but I'm not 100% on that right now.
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Re: Isuzu Trooper
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December 12, 2013, 09:55:14 PM »
My brother had one for a long time. He liked it.
I had an Isuzu Rodeo and I drove the tires right off it. I think it died at around 300K miles and I beat that poor little rig a bit.
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Re: Isuzu Trooper
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December 12, 2013, 09:55:43 PM »
i drove a 93 trooper around for five years, got rid of it two years ago. was a solid rig. when i gave it to a friend it had 206k miles on it and no problems, that was over 2 years ago and its still running strong right now. liked it a lot.
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December 12, 2013, 10:19:40 PM »
I drive a 88 Izusu Trooper with a 4cyl and a 5spd and beat the living snot out of it. It is a stout rig and still gets high teens to low 20 mpg when driving it in the woods loaded with gear. 216k on it and modified 16" Silverado wheels with 32" tires. Love it. Tore the interior out and rhino lined the inside.
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Re: Isuzu Trooper
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January 01, 2014, 05:43:19 PM »
I owned three. They can be very top heavy. I rolled two of mine, one very badly. Watch your tire pressure, and your speed in turns. I also had a problem with mine eating fuel pumps. I thought Isuzu quit importing them to the U.S. You might have trouble getting parts. Other than that, all of them were very sound, mechanically.
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My 91 trooper has been my favorite hunting rig for the last 10 years, I will not try to detail where all it has gone and what I have done with it, but it has been amazing, more than 1 story floating around involving that trooper. Sadly at well over 200,000 and many of them are hard off-road miles, the motor is ready to go, I haven't decided if I am buying a different trooper or rebuilding this motor. I have the 4cyl with 5 speed manual. I do think they are somewhat maintenance intensive, but I was pretty hard on it and that could be the reason. Stay away from the automatic trannies, they do not seem to be as strong. Plan on doing the timing belt and head gasket on 4 cyls. I don't have any experience with the 6 cyl motors on what to watch for.
Looking for another 4cyl with 5 speed manual if anyone wants to sell theirs.
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i drive a 89' Trooper i have built it from the ground up with the lift to engine to roof rack it is a 4 cylinder 5 speed it is all camoed out and a great truck to drive only down fall is fuel consumption it isnt that good on fuel on the highway i top out at 55mph so it doesnt see the highway to often but now i just tow it to the hills when i fold down the back seat i made a platform were i throw a futon matress on when im out hunting all in all a great truck if you are looking for a lift or anything check out calmini they have some cool stuff but i made/adapted my lift parts from s10's and bronco II's and rims are compatable with full size chevy trucks from the early 90's and suburbans
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Re: Isuzu Trooper
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Hey Dale I am getting ready to pull my motor out and rebuild it with 220k on it as it is using a little\lot of oil. I already have the rebuild kit with all new brgs and pistons and gasket set and timing belt. Got the reman head standing by. I will let you know what the final cost with boring and.all parts is but shouldn't be over $650
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Yes, I would like to know what it costs you. We were thinking of getting a reman motor out of Lewiston, pretty reasonable there.
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I think there is a bone yard in the Marrysville area that specializes in Izuzu rigs. had a buddy with one, great rigs.
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Here is pictures of my trooper
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Re: Isuzu Trooper
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January 05, 2014, 12:51:10 PM »
i owned an 88 for a little bit, the only problem i ever had was the slave cylinder leaked. it was given to me by a buddy and i got a parts rig with it. after not having money for insurance i sold it for 350 to another buddy. shortly after the head gasket blew then the block cracked. This was his fault for checking the radiator and over heating it. Awesome rigs IMO and i will buy another someday, but only the 88 or 89. theyre my favorite
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