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That’s a good question. I’ve never weighed it. A lot more than stock….

Thanks for watching. It’s a TD not a TDI, it was fully rebuilt with receipts. 1.9 AAZ is very rare in USA. It was actually only $1400 but I had to pay $400 for freight to get it delivered and across the border.

Install was the easiest part. Bolted right up. Power steering and cooling were the hard parts. Thanks for watching.

That means it’s at least 1/2 full. I’ve had it for 20 years. It’s never worked. It only reads when you get to 1/4 tank for some reason and I’ve never fixed it. Good eye tho.

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I actually don’t know. I bought it off Craigslist and it was just advertised as “VW AAZ”

That’s awesome! As long as all the RS bits are there, motors and brakes are easy.

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The 3.5 is supposed to be a much better motor and not suffer from the oiling issues that the 3.2 has.

2002 года выпуска,проехала 280600 miles, гидрокомпенсаторы постукивает, небольшой расход масла,а так за 6 лет езды ни разу не подвела! Хорошая машина!

It is! I’m still sitting on the first one with low compression. I have rings for it, suppose I’ll get to it some day. I need to put a new video up. It was overheating with the larger samurai radiator. Just did electric PS so I could fit the Acme radiator. I’ve actually been daily driving it. Sorta like driving a tractor. Thanks for watching!

No, I’ve looked at it a bunch over the years but have never made a post or signed up for an account. I’m not in any of the Facebook groups either.

Thanks, I’d love for it to find a good home.

Thanks!

I’ll sell you one in Washington state USA!😊 Thanks for watching!

The most re-badged vehicle ever! 😂 I also have a trooper that’s the same. My favorite nameplate is the Holden “jackaroo” thanks for watching!

Www.acmeadapters.com The website works great, I just ordered the radiator kit. Jeff is VERY helpful.

35” tires and 4:10 gear in the diffs should be perfect. It’s off road only so I’m good with the 5.29’s.

@@Chris_by_four how do you get the speedo to read correct

@@robertfoster7807you don’t! I generally use a speedometer app if it’s critical but rarely am I speeding on 35’s.

Yeah. A lot of cars got scrapped in that era. Funny tho, for me that was the “hay days” of Pick-n-Pull, $100 long blocks back then! Thanks for watching!!

You have to turn the breather line into a fuel return line. It’s larger and keeps up with the flow better. Other than that, just the injection pump and a diesel style fuel filter under the hood. Thanks for watching!

Wow! That’s crazy! I’ve got one that’s about to hit 300k. Thanks for watching!!

Wow! Lucky kid! I certainly couldn’t pass it up or let it get crushed when I found it. Surely the rarest car I’ll ever own. Thanks for watching! Let me know if you have any questions, this is the 5th first gen trooper I’ve built.

Everett WA! Thanks for watching!

Samurai clutch and disc, Centerforce stage 3. The stock samurai clutch slips with the 1.9T, too much torque

Yeah, clean examples are getting hard to find. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching! I’m pretty stoked!!

Once it gets through state patrol I wanna try some modern LED, halos. Maybe even with the color change option.

LOL!!!

I do not know, you’d have to ask Acme Adapters.

Thanks for watching! You know if those cams are still available?

The donor car had a nice set of 31’s. Unfortunately one of them got a hole in the sidewall during the wreck and the tread pattern is discontinued. I’ve looked a bunch for one used one. Didn’t want to put mismatched tires on the RS so I splurged on the BFG’s. Still looking for that elusive 4th tire tho….Thanks for watching!

The flywheel came with the kit and has been machined. Not sure what one they used but assuming it’s a stock flywheel as the clutch bolts right up.

@@Chris_by_four yes but the clutch that you are using is the suzuki one

Yes, that’s what I said. Clutch is stock. Flywheel came with the kit from Acme and has been machined to bolt up the the VW crankshaft.

Trail tough aluminum radiator. It’s inadequate. I will be switching to VW cross flow kit from Acme. Need to relocate PS gear box 1st so it will fit.

LOL, sorry about that she likes to make an appearance.

Lists are one of my favorite parts of a project. Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching!!

You should rescue it!!!

Will do!! I’d REALLY like to find a Calmini tri-Y header and a single 15” snowflake for my spare. Dream find would be a passenger RS seat to swap fabric to my driver.

Hello, I’m in need of an AC condenser. You happen to be hoarding one?

Thanks for watching! I’m pretty excited to get it going. I’m making some progress so stay tuned for updates. Would love to see a walk around of yours.

It needs a bigger radiator which requires moving the power steering box to the outside of the frame rail and an FJ80 box…..I’ve mostly been wrenching on my Trooper RS. Honestly, if I did it over I’d do an Aerio 2.3 swap. Once I get the turbo diesel to not overheat I’ll still have to solve gearing issues if it ever wants to see the highway again. If you do the swap have your checkbook ready and do all the math and homework 1st is my advice.

@@Chris_by_four thanks for the headsup. I don't know what an aerio is, we never got them in England.

@@victormeldru The Aerio might be called a “Liana” in Europe. A Suzuki sedan from early 2000’s. Trail Tough in Oregon USA has the swap info on their website.

@@Chris_by_four I'll have a look. Thank you

So far, I’m running a 4:1 gear set and 5.29’s in the axles so ratios are ultra low and not too high stress.

Progress is slow but steady!

Thanks for watching! When I saw the RS in the junkyard my immediate thought was “I have everything to make this drive again”. Someone is coming to buy the seats today. I won’t let much go to the crusher.