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“Tropicalised 1HZ”
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Picking up my troopy in a couple of weeks as the NGO needs to remove the livery, tracking and HF etc. Anyway, just doing some reading on the engine and have come across this term: tropicalised engine. MSF get all their LCs supplied like this.

So, apart from changing/removing the viscous clutch, what does this entail?

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Let's get the ball rolling and hazard a few guesses!
Consider these and begin head scratching!
Installing a fuel pre-filter
Upgrading the cooling system
Choosing oils to suit expected environment for all boxes
Fitting diff breathers
Fitting snorkel with a cyclonic filter head or ram air depending on expected terrain (easy swop)
New shaft seals
Engine, diffs, transfer protection plates
New/ more powerful battery/ies
Winch/Self rescue kit
Reinforced tow points

Fitting comms
Fresh rum and pineapples?!!
and the list goes on and on. It really all hinges on where you are planning to take the vehicle
Why not get in touch with MSF and ask? You might get lucky and get a steer as to which firm they use to work on their vehicles.
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Nice! I’ll give it a thorough going over when I get it. I’ll take your advice but I’ll speak to Toyota not MSF, as it was a NGO vehicle and they usually get their vehicles maintained by the main dealer so I'll see if I can get their advice on their “tropical” service spec.
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MSF get all their LCs supplied like this.
Hi,

I am not sure if I interpret your question correctly, so please forgive me if i am wrong.
Your name and location suggests you live on the Africa continent. In another post of you you wrote going to buy a vehicle from a NGO, which I guess is MSF.
You also wrote ¨MSF get all their LC´s supplied lile this¨.

So I assume that the Land Cruiser you gone buy has already a tropicalized engine. I also assume you gone import and registrate it in a Africa country and use it mostly there.
If that is correct you would not have to change anything because the car is already perfect for Africa.
On the other hand if you would like to import and registrate the car in a European country than I think it will be very difficult.

Here is a link about the subject:

https://www.transautomobile.com/en/t...port-export-21


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Very interesting.

However I just wanted to know what tropicalised meant. Especially as we also want to buy an LC200 direct from Japan. I just wanted to know what sort of alterations we would have to make on an imported vehicle. Thanks for your input though.
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Methinks the real question here has to be:
How are you planning to use the vehicle and where?

Often forgotten, in the chase for 'shiny things', is that it is the environment and weather which dictate the type of equipment/ modifications required.
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It's a 78 so it's not going to be shiny and it's got a 1HZ so it'll drive like a brick! East Africa has poor roads, even poorer driving and treacherous conditions off tar so the troopy will be for EA safaris etc. We’ll also get an LC200, secondhand from Japan in a year or so, for road trips back home (zim and sa) anyway, that’s the plan!
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