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The >1976 hood insulator there is an aftermarket solution, not too expensive, existing for a while, and not sure an OEM part would change much for this (example of Belgian seller but there are probably other sellers on other markets?). What would be interesting is to repro the pre 1976 hood...

Cute 75 from French firefighters

Did my first tests of the reservoir, no leak and fuel transfer well between both reservoirs =D - Was able to measure to useful capacity of the reservoir to 55L. That counts emptying the reservoir with the pump as much as possible on flat, and filling-up until the EVAP floats close (letting...

Made a schematic of my current setup for the Aux tank I'm hesitating to open the backup vent and use it for 2 purposes: - Easy venting while filling (but current setup to be tested on this point), also the pump line is getting up so fuel will stay inside most of the time, not sure how much...

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To finish this serie (until I test it in a few days) I'm at least quite happy with how the tank sits, it's flush with the body Hard to see it if you don't lie on the floor xD Front sub frame, transfer case, and rear diff are way lower than the reservoir so should not take too mush of a...

Pump connects into the main tank breather hose to transfer fuel Just had to do a notch in the protective cover and it almost looks like original x) Now the filler... Obviously the first idea was to create a Y on the original filler at the rear left. But we had to a accept reality and this is...

Ready to mount But first, the 4x4 vacuum actuator has to move, left side to right side of the chassis. Out New place with longer lines Positioning the tank Space for rear shock removal 2 stainless steel straps to hold the reservoir in place

Tank partitions Adding a tank plug (re-using the OEM one again), a reinforcement for the pump mount, and an extra filling breather that for now is not opened (it's a backup if current setup is too problematic with the air trapped). Closing the reservoir Time to solder everything Adding...

Long time no post.... Sorry for never finishing the Morocco story :( But I'm back with a new major upgrade for the Hiace... Making a custom auxiliary fuel tank (as nothing exist from aftermarket vendors). Many problems to solve and complex shape to make to get at least decent capacity. Luckily...

The center one, minus the text, would be gorgeous on a sticker with the proper shiny red!

Actually non-US cruisers got the beam flashing from 73.... That's how I discovered there was 2 versions of this part when I replaced mine and lost the flashing. The US version handles in separate wires front and rear blinkers (I think for some trailer switch option?) while the RoW use 1 wire per...

Worst case anyway 84310-60072 can be adapted by just exchanging electrical connectors (I did it). 60072 is all BJ4* any year, and all FJ4* since 78. 21010 is only 73-77 FJ40 US-market. 73-77 FJ4* ROW is long gone :(

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Be careful that in Europe we didn't get dome piston as far as I know (at least not on the F.5 in 1974). So mixing a US head with an Europe block you would need to be very careful you have matching chamber/piston style. I think Dunkane on this forum, which is in France, found an original F135...