Recent content by Rightnut

Thanks GTS all help I can get is welcome. I tried to post a video but won't allow it. I'll do my best to keep to a thread but my time to do work is really tight as I do not have a workshop to work in. Working under the sky with no lighting is also very difficult as is. itseems as though there...

Hey fellas. Been on this site a while. Would like to thank you all for the wealth of information given earlier on this thread. I have recently purchased a 2lte that's had an engine swap to a 1kzte but it may have been done by a 2 year old. It's an auto which turned out to be completely burnt. It...

I live in zambia and we have bad fuel everywhere. Many 1VDs running around with no problems. You just got to look for a decent looking station and ur fine. Low sulphur is available.

I believe the ring gap on a turbo engine is larger than a non turbo due to the extra heat... so gonna have to research and see what I will have to do... this seems like it's gonna be a long proccess

I read somewhere that someone did the 5L-E with a turbo but had no luck... the 5le one uses vacuum on the sensor for fuel delivery... someone mentioned using a turbo sensor and see if it would work... unfortunately he had ripped off the turbo system before he tried it... that's where it ended so...

Well with my one it was the gauge... and also my fuel gauge was iffy so changed both same time... actually have 2 temp gauges now... got an external glow shift combo with temp, boost and egt

Good day all... Well as the title says... I have recently come across an old 5L-e that I'm planning on doing a rebuild on... and I'm toying with the idea to use it in my LJ78 and pulling out the 2L-TE... can I use the manifold and turbo on it with my ecu and boost sensor? I have been...

Yip time for an external gauge... cheaper than a overheated motor repair

Haha ok fair enough. I only had mine 3 months but have known the cruiser for about 3 yrs.

This is my solution to fuel guage and temp guage. Those gauges are so old with that silly heating coil around the lever for the guage. Well I butchered the old hilux LN145 dash and this is my result