Brad Clayton Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 Gotta chance to look under the hood of this classic beast today. SOmething different for sure. The chassis was from New Zealand, body from France, and had a Toyota badged turbo diesel. Complete frame off restoration. Guy had a quick question as he had stopped at our dealer to get some parts for his Super-Duty. SO they pull me aside being a diesel "mechanic" and ask me to chat with the fellow. He says he has no power when he hits hills. My first thought at first glance is I don't want anything to do with this. But it's a sharp looking rig and I wanted a closer look. So we pop the hood and gander around abit, kinda like an Asset student's first day at school. So the wheels in the eleven pound brick covering the hole in my neck, are turning away thinking about the basic stuff that can cause low power on hills. This engine was an inline six with a tiny turbo on the passenger side and the air supply being fed from a snorkel on the driver's "a" pillar. The fuel filter was brand new and clear of water, looked like a 7.3l idi set up. The fuel injection pump looked similar to something on a Cummins and the linkage looked good with no leaks. This thing had a ridiculous glow plug bus bar that was fractions of an inch from everthing metal. I finally traced the output of the turbo to the intake manifold as it crosses over the valve cover and find a frickin hole in the tube! I could stick my pocket screwdriver completely into it. SO he fires it up for me and it's puffin air right out. We talk about his options and he calls his buddy who says there is a freeze plug that goes in that hole and he has one at his shop. I liked my idea better, which involved removing the tube and tapping it and putting in a pipe plug. So the gentleman was on his way and I got a chance to look at something different, even though I didn't do much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Amacker Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 >>I finally traced the output of the turbo to the intake manifold as it crosses over the valve cover and find a frickin hole in the tube! I could stick my pocket screwdriver completely into it. SO he fires it up for me and it's puffin air right out. The dude failed to mention that "whooshing" noise when he accelerated? /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/shrug.gif Yea, lots of diesel SUV's all over the world, except in the backward US. *sigh* I've seen them everywhere and shot lots of pics of them to take home, but rarely get to look under the hood. There's such a loyal following of Toyota diesel conversion fanatics that there is a large group that imports "half cuts" -Asian delivery diesel pickups cut through the dashboard. These provide the complete basis for converting a US spec truck/SUV to diesel using all OE parts. They've got it down to a science with complete lists of Toyota part numbers and everything can be ordered from your local US Toyota dealer. http://toyotadiesel.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=12 Yea, I'd like to have a small diesel like the one I rented last year- an Alfa Romeo GT with a 1.9 TDI and a six speed putting out 305 ft/lb at 2000rpm. A sports car with a diesel? You bet! It was probably the funnest car I ever drove and quick as hell, not to mention it got 50+mpg beating the shit out of it through the mountains of Switzerland. Dream on.......... /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/frown.gif Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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