Hi Everyone, been lurking around here for a few years, havent posted, thought it was about time i did!
Im another Aussie member, with an 85' HJ60, 2H H55, pretty stock. I purchased it off ebay 2 years ago, and it was in pretty rough shape, Lots of roof rust, sill rust, rust around the windscreen, and a huge hole in the cowl/Plenum area beneath the passenger side windscreen, and just to top it off, it turned out it had broken a ring land on #6, and burnt more oil than diesel. I initially bought it as a potential parts car for $1200, but being a gluten for punishment i started to cut out rust and repair it.....looking back I wonder what i was thinking, over 160 hours of work, and nearly setting it on fire at one point, as i had been lazy and didnt completely removed the head liner when welding the roof, I tell you what, that fluffy jute used in the roof is VERY flammable LOL. Once rust was repaired I decided to tackle the engine rebuild, Id rebuilt quite a few petrol engines, so figured a diesel wouldnt be much harder, Im Glad i did, because it was a really nice motor to work on. I Upgraded the pistons to a more rebost design with alfin inserts, These are made in japan by ART who apparently made the original pistons, the quality was very nice. The head is just a slapper, Lapped the valves, installed new seals and precomb's and gave the rocker gear the once over. The plan is to bolt on a turbocharger and intercooler, which is what im up to at this point, the motor has now done 40,000km's and well and truly run in.
Im another Aussie member, with an 85' HJ60, 2H H55, pretty stock. I purchased it off ebay 2 years ago, and it was in pretty rough shape, Lots of roof rust, sill rust, rust around the windscreen, and a huge hole in the cowl/Plenum area beneath the passenger side windscreen, and just to top it off, it turned out it had broken a ring land on #6, and burnt more oil than diesel. I initially bought it as a potential parts car for $1200, but being a gluten for punishment i started to cut out rust and repair it.....looking back I wonder what i was thinking, over 160 hours of work, and nearly setting it on fire at one point, as i had been lazy and didnt completely removed the head liner when welding the roof, I tell you what, that fluffy jute used in the roof is VERY flammable LOL. Once rust was repaired I decided to tackle the engine rebuild, Id rebuilt quite a few petrol engines, so figured a diesel wouldnt be much harder, Im Glad i did, because it was a really nice motor to work on. I Upgraded the pistons to a more rebost design with alfin inserts, These are made in japan by ART who apparently made the original pistons, the quality was very nice. The head is just a slapper, Lapped the valves, installed new seals and precomb's and gave the rocker gear the once over. The plan is to bolt on a turbocharger and intercooler, which is what im up to at this point, the motor has now done 40,000km's and well and truly run in.
for a welcome, but here's another for showing off your stock diesel: 
