I had been looking for a replacement for my 91 since I had done a trans conversion last year. While under there I found more rust than I wanted to deal with. So I set my sights on a late 1st Gen to drop all my parts into and have a good running Trooper. I wanted to get an LS with all the bells and whistles and a 5 speed.
I found this one on KSL.com out of Salt Lake. The Trooper spent a good amount of time in the Portland area and a lot of time being towed behind an RV. The guy told me it was rust free and tip top condition, just a blown trans. It has some rust and the blown trans I think is blown T case. We made a deal and I went and picked it up last week. It had not run for some time as all the pulleys had surface rust on them and the rotors are rusty also. I got it home and stuck a battery in it and in a couple of minutes had it running. Yesterday I pulled the trans and today the plan is to pull the engine. I am putting the drivetrain out of the rusty one into this one. I had built the engine up a few years ago and it only has 10K on it. The replacement trans if coming from the rusty one also, as I have had no issues with it since I put it in. All of this has to be done in time for my Moab trip in early May. I have my work cut out for me that is for sure. Here are a couple of picts.
I found this one on KSL.com out of Salt Lake. The Trooper spent a good amount of time in the Portland area and a lot of time being towed behind an RV. The guy told me it was rust free and tip top condition, just a blown trans. It has some rust and the blown trans I think is blown T case. We made a deal and I went and picked it up last week. It had not run for some time as all the pulleys had surface rust on them and the rotors are rusty also. I got it home and stuck a battery in it and in a couple of minutes had it running. Yesterday I pulled the trans and today the plan is to pull the engine. I am putting the drivetrain out of the rusty one into this one. I had built the engine up a few years ago and it only has 10K on it. The replacement trans if coming from the rusty one also, as I have had no issues with it since I put it in. All of this has to be done in time for my Moab trip in early May. I have my work cut out for me that is for sure. Here are a couple of picts.