by DSUZU » Sun Jul 14, 2013 8:52 pm
Whew! What a weekend. I spent a good part of last Saturday locating and sorting parts. I thought I would be ready for reassembly. Not! After 7 months of being disassembled, parts in boxes and cans here and there, and everything getting shuffled around, it was like putting a jigsaw puzzle together. Add to that the occasional rain shower and progress went much slower than I thought it would. I did get all the glass put back in. I had a real hard time with the rear window gasket. I usually soap them down, run a string around them and let them sit in the sun to soften up, but not enough sun. I finally did get it in. Glad I had bought a new one from Jerry, I couldn't imagine what it would have been like with an old brittle one. Had a hard time with the power windows which suddenly quit working. I have determined that I have power through the circuit breaker, but not at the last plug before the drivers door. Probably a bad connection in one of the 3 main plugs behind the dash.
The last thing I did before shipping it off to the paint shop was to modify a Trooper roof rack to fit the Spacecab. I cut it down by about 16" in length, and about 3" in width. I used a cut off 7/16 bolt and a 1/2 washer to make new dimples for the 2 new screw holes. I then test fitted it, liked the way it looked, and drilled 10 little holes in my roof for the mounting screws. I then cleaned all the parts, shot them with Duplicolor spray on bedliner, and top coated it with Rustoleum sliver hammered finish paint.
I'm long way from finished. I still have to pull the whole dash and respray it the correct color. Then the rest of the interior needs to come together. Then I still have to shoot the bottom half of the cab in bright silver. After all that, I start on bed body work. Here's pictures of the latest progress. Dennis
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1991 LS Trooper 2.8 V6 5 speed conversion (Sold)
1989 LS Spacecab 2.6 5 speed 4x4 manual hubs, Rodeo torsion bars, extended shackles, 2" lift, K&N air filter (drop in), dump bed conversion, burgundy interior change, warn brush bar. Engine is bored .020 oversize and upgraded to 1994 pistons, head and EFI system.
Previously owned: 1987 Trooper II LS, 1989 Trooper (parts only), 1994 Trooper 3.2 Auto, 1997 Rodeo 2.6 5 speed, 1993 shortbed pickup 2.3 (project - sold) 1992 Rodeo 4x4 LS (parts car, devoured by Spacecab needs) plus some 70 plus other non Isuzu vehicles over the years. 1994 Amigo devoured to provide head and EFI system.
Heavily damaged by engine compartment fire while driving on March 24th 2018, condemned by insurance company and taken on March 30th 2018
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https://forum.planetisuzoo.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=64060City of St Petersburg (Fl) Fleet Maintenance 8/23/83 - 12/4/2018 (Retired). Started new job 6/4/2019. Was retired, now just tired.
If your wife has 5.00, and you have 20.00, your wife has...25.00
"Water is one of the greatest essentials of life. Without water, you can't make coffee."
Forget the "free education". Why waste time. Just give me the "FREE INCOME".
I said I was joking , I know your a big boy and quite capable Mr !! Don't get worked up, or take that aggression and bust your butt on the truck
. No luck on the mirror yet.
Boneyard was kind to me and only charged for the flasher unit $5.97. I hate to think of what they'd get for a complete combination switch. Dennis