Recent content by EMTPrescue

I missed the resistance soec but have now read it. Thanks. I will try the Bosch plugs. I am amazed by how many stories there are on this and other forums on how heads have failed and bottom ends have failed on these and other Toyota 4 cylinder diesel engines. So much them being bullet proof and...

I am aware of the current draw. I was told by a mechanic that the circuit will draw the upwards of 80 amps in total which of course is 20 amps/plug. What I need 2 know is what is the resistance in Ohms a healthy plug. I want to measure that value at each plug to evaluate each plug individually...

We are now down to -20C for over night temperatures and my Cruiser will not fire no matter how many times I cycle the glow plugs prior to cranking it. The compression is healthy at 450lbs+ across the board and it has a newly remanufactured Fuel pump in it from Fred Holmes Fuel Injection in...

I am hoping somebody out there in Cruisier Land has experienced the challenge associated with the removal of the heater core from their vehicle. My SUV has developed a leak in the heater core dripping small amounts of coolant on the floor mats and fogging up all the windows when the sun goes...

I do know that there problematic and the weakest link the chain but I bought this truck 2 repair and sell so as long as I can keep it stock and not spend any more money on it my back pocket will remain happy.

So I finally dug into my Tcase engage/dis-engage mystery and more specifically why the 4H button on the dash did not seem to be doing anything. I consulted a very knowledgeable tech at a shop here in Calgary that has a great deal of experience working on a wide variety of these types of vintage...

I am in Calgary and am very interested in buyng it from you. Send me an Email to DCDubbin@Gmail.com. I am reluctant to post my phone number. Do you by any chance happen to have a boost gauge as well?

Your numbers all seem in line. Anything over 1000F for any extended period could be problematic. Try putting it back to 0 amount of static advance and see if your noise goes away. Failing that you may have to look at a timing belt but first look at all the other accessory pulleys like the AC...

With you having done all that work a few questions. How much boost are you running? What if anything have you done to address the inharent potential fuel starvation? What is your EGT operational range that you experiencing and taking me back to my first question why did you have the timing...

I would be careful with putting a Turbo on an engine that was designed as naturally asperated. The big challenge is the amount of boost that the turbo is introducing and what can the engine tolerate. In the theoretical world, boost can be the holly grail of increased performance. However...

500 - 650 degrees "C" is not at all very very low. It equates to over 1200 degress F and is very much near the piston melt down range. My question is where and why did was a pyrometer that is calibarted in the metric "Celcius" sourced to begin with? I have honestly never heard of such an animal...

The timing adjustment if it is loike my 2Lte is very straight forward. I feel compelled to ask you though why are your adjusting the timeing? Very little adjust tolerance is built into the ECU and going too far will generate a bucket load of hard codes in the ECU with your engine light...

Hello, I see that you are in Saskatoon. I have a leaking fuel pump on the 1990 LC SX5 Prado with a 2lte diesel. 75% of the labor invovled is in the disassembly and reassembly. As such, it makes no sense to me to not replace the timeing belt. Do you know where in Canada I can buy a new timeing...

So everyone, this new owner (me) of this old vehicle has been brain dead throughout these posts and even my original post was out to lunch. To clear things up, neither the HUB LOCK nor the 4H buttons are back lit. I have no idea where I got the idea that they are. The two "lights" that I was...

Thanks Oldblue but as I said, my 4H button does nothing. Pushing it does not engage the Tcase in high range (though I think it should) and it certainly does not lock up the front hubs. Pushing the button doesn't even turn on the back light.