Recent content by Behemoth60

What was temp outside when starting? On a warm summer day it probably should start slightly better than that... but not a lot. This is life with an old diesel... they are hard to start, smoke on cold starts, and make the neighbours nervous. This is just what it is. This will never start as...

Ah... vintage 3B's. This is the extremely narrow topic on which I am a world leading expert. I've been wrenching on these engines since the 90's. Owned several, rebuilt a few. driven many 100's of thouhsands of kms on as far back as 1987. In short, your engine is fine. Drive it and enjoy...

factory frame vs. custom Square tube: Much Factory frame is nice.. A big upgrade, actually. it has the right bends in the right places, and lots of things are easier because of that. Especially the whole steering, panhard, sway bar setup. I am keeping all that. I also think it is just...

Another 533 days have passed since the last update. Looking back, I first talked about this build in 2008. So.. I've only beein working on this for.... 17 years. But, I indeed, HAVE been working on this project. Plan B is underway. Shortened 2005 Ram 2500 frame. 79 series cab. a...

Almost definately a boost controller. It follows the theme of the other unnecessary accesspries already described. Boost controller is another common accessory for people who are easily fooled into buying snake oil solutions to problems they never had in the first place. <If you ain't tuning...

Before about 2 years ago... consumer 3D printers were a hobby that enthusiasts would tinker with. 'A 3D Printer's project print prints for 3D printers' was the saying. But the latest generation, they are now really 'tools' to actually make usefull things to actually pay for themselves, without...

Look what I made... a 3D printed 'Single' center vent duct for a RHD HJ61 so I could install a guage into the 'Right hand' side center vent, and all the air is properly ducted into the remaining 'left center' vent. I used a Einstar 3D scanner to capture all the critical dimensions and...

My guess, that's the cable and mount for a missing/broken aftermarket electromagnetic energy recepticle.

Put your frame number (i.e the LJ70-xxxx part) into ToyoDIY.com It will tell you everything you wanna know...