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Wanted to post an update here. The swap is nearly complete, just have to add fluids and bleed everything. Regarding the motor mount welding, I actually did this with the motor in and the transmission bolted up. I realized that since hdj73 also switched the transmission I wouldn't have any wiggle room with the mounts since the trans was going back in it's factory position. If the frame was slightly out of alignment then by only using those photos as a reference I could wind up with things not lining up perfectly. I bolted the h55f in place and rested the mounts on the frame (still on the hoist) for welding, this gave me the perfect position for the motor.
For this conversion I also sourced all oem parts, mostly new for hzj7x or hdj80 land cruiserd, and some used from the ih8mud community. Much appreciated to all who helped with parts and information.
In terms of difficultly, I would not rate this conversion very high. Once all the parts were sourced I was able to get to this point in about a day and a half of mostly working alone. There was no custom fabrication or aftermarket mods to make this work, it is essentially what a factory HDJ70 would be, bar the transmission and upgraded clutch. Most of the hours went into redoing the wiring harness, repainting the engine bay, fixing some minor rust areas, and replacing parts on the motor as needed.
Electrical is all setup as it should be with the factory connectors, relays, and fuses (thanks to Dave Stedman of Japan 4x4). The only mod I made here was deleting the automatic glow system. I really just prefer a manual glow switch for a vehicle like this.
Vacuum routing is not exactly the way I want it to be yet, the IP didn't come with the idle up mechanism so I have those ports plugged. I will assess if I want to add this once I get it running and test the AC without it. I also needed to run a soft vacuum line to the booster resivour since the hardline that is needed to cross over the motor seems to be completely unobtainable. Eventually I would like to switch this out if I can find the part, I'm told the one that will work was not used in any land cruisers but a different Toyota vehicle that was fitted with an hdt. I don't know if that is accurate information.
Once it's up and running I will have it towed to the exhaust shop, which should be the last thing needed after this weekend. I'm still not set on the exhaust setup so if anyone has any suggestions they are very welcome - I am planning on a fully custom job. While it's there it will also be getting sliders and custom mounts for the PTO driveshaft. The hz radiator is a few inches taller so the shaft will not fit under it and connect to the winch.
Lastly, my 70 did not come with a heater so I have heater hose connecting the coolant passages in the back of the motor. I considered installing a heater but decided it didn't matter enough to me to put the time and money into that. I'll stick with ac only while I continue to live in southern California.
Anyway, here's a glamor shot of where I'm stopping for the day. I will post a video of it running when I get to that.
For this conversion I also sourced all oem parts, mostly new for hzj7x or hdj80 land cruiserd, and some used from the ih8mud community. Much appreciated to all who helped with parts and information.
In terms of difficultly, I would not rate this conversion very high. Once all the parts were sourced I was able to get to this point in about a day and a half of mostly working alone. There was no custom fabrication or aftermarket mods to make this work, it is essentially what a factory HDJ70 would be, bar the transmission and upgraded clutch. Most of the hours went into redoing the wiring harness, repainting the engine bay, fixing some minor rust areas, and replacing parts on the motor as needed.
Electrical is all setup as it should be with the factory connectors, relays, and fuses (thanks to Dave Stedman of Japan 4x4). The only mod I made here was deleting the automatic glow system. I really just prefer a manual glow switch for a vehicle like this.
Vacuum routing is not exactly the way I want it to be yet, the IP didn't come with the idle up mechanism so I have those ports plugged. I will assess if I want to add this once I get it running and test the AC without it. I also needed to run a soft vacuum line to the booster resivour since the hardline that is needed to cross over the motor seems to be completely unobtainable. Eventually I would like to switch this out if I can find the part, I'm told the one that will work was not used in any land cruisers but a different Toyota vehicle that was fitted with an hdt. I don't know if that is accurate information.
Once it's up and running I will have it towed to the exhaust shop, which should be the last thing needed after this weekend. I'm still not set on the exhaust setup so if anyone has any suggestions they are very welcome - I am planning on a fully custom job. While it's there it will also be getting sliders and custom mounts for the PTO driveshaft. The hz radiator is a few inches taller so the shaft will not fit under it and connect to the winch.
Lastly, my 70 did not come with a heater so I have heater hose connecting the coolant passages in the back of the motor. I considered installing a heater but decided it didn't matter enough to me to put the time and money into that. I'll stick with ac only while I continue to live in southern California.
Anyway, here's a glamor shot of where I'm stopping for the day. I will post a video of it running when I get to that.