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Hi, I have a 2005 LN167 with a 5L-E that unfortunately had a buggered block. I purchased a 5L mechanical block and unfortunately learned the hard way that you cannot tap a hole for the crank trigger sensor and call it a day. I am based in New Zealand and for some reason, likely due to rarity...

This might be a little irrelevant to this thread but I am looking at turboing my 5L-E using a ct20 turbo. Besides exhaust manifold, oil drain and feeds, and an injector pump tune. What other parts do I need to get and can I get all of these parts off of a 2L-T?

Update: I have figured out the problem, turns out the block had suffered quite a bit of wear and was causing the thrusts to misalign and get pushed out. Above is the photo of the centre cradle on the block. I have sussed a new block and crank and am getting some new oversized pistons as the...

This is immensely helpful, thank you. I will check on my injectors and valve clearances as I have no idea when they were last checked. Clutch is brand new as prior to discovering the crank was walking, I thought the noise was from my clutch and when I put the engine back in I thought I might as...

Hi, I am new and I have had a look on a few threads related to this topic, but had a few specific questions to my situation. I have a 2005 LN167 Hilux with the aforementioned 5L-E engine in it. The truck has done around 340k kms, and I have recently discovered that it had spat its thrust...