Big news! The 1989 Isuzu Trooper RS is moving out of Jay's 4WD shop and heading over to *another* shop; this time, it's for bodywork. I am very excited by a few things, namely: this brush guard. This bull bar, brush guard, whatever the hell it is was on the first Trooper II to sell on Bring A Trailer in 2016. The truck ended up in Utah being parted out, and I found the listing on a Salt Lake City classifieds sight from a very sketchy seller. Needless to say, he followed through on sending it to me and it's been in my garage for the last two years, taking up a ton of space. Great to see it finally reach its intended destination.
Jay got it mounted up and wired in two Hella 4000 spotlights with a custom switch. In addition, he's replaced the valve cover gasket; replaced all vacuum lines; replaced the PCV valve; drained and replaced the transmission and differential fluid and transmission filter; and adjusted the valves. He also mounted the bumpers and replaced the lights / bulbs with OEM pieces; the original lights, grill, and front bumper were all stripped off the truck while it was in the junkyard.
I am getting it picked up and moved to the bodyshop this week. Unlike the Cosworth, they have not seen this truck in person so it will be interesting to see how much they hate it or love it, but truth be told, the Trooper has less rot to address than the Mercedes. Not much, but every little bit less makes a difference.