So here's a picture of the current status. The engine sounds great and the car looks awesome with the newly painted (wrapped up) front fenders.
However. There's no oil pressure. I'm certain I had oil pressure a month ago. But the wire had broken, so I made a temporary fix with a copper wire I...
The newly painted front fenders are installed and the engine is put back together. It looks awesome 😎.
It doesn't make sense to sand the rest of the body until all dent work is done. So that's what I've been working on.
Here's a bunch of pics all though it's not done yet. If you have a sharp...
So got started on the dents. First priority is rear right door. Here's a couple of pics before, during and after.
After attaching the bracket I used a glide hammer to knock them out.
I'll get startet on the rear corner next.
So what's new?
Engine is running nicely now. It starts really easy when I turn the key. Amazing. No leaks and oil pressure as well as coolant temperature works perfectly as well. Almost too Good to be true 🤞😬
Tonight I installed the newly painted, brake calipers with new brake pads. Also...
Thanks @cps432 you have a good point.
I need these two things from vintageteqparts. It doesn't have to be those exact ones. Similar can do the job as well. I just wasn't able to find any.
Coolant temp. sensor...
I got the engine running for 15 minutes today. The idle was a bit rough but nevertheless... Luckily there's a bunch of threads in here with things to try out for improving the idling.
I also realized that the oil pressure sensor wasn't properly connected. Got that fixed and boom, oil pressure...
Thanks for the advice @cps432. What you're describing is pretty much exactly what I did. I put the engine exactly at tdc and installed the distributor pointing more at 12 o'clock than what the FSM says. When it was all the way in it pointed at more like 1030 ish as the fsm says.
Does it run...
It's alive 🍻🇩🇰🇺🇸
In the first video the sound of the engine is much better than the second in my opinion. In the second video it sounds a bit like it's too warm and knocking. Or is it just me???
First video
Second video
It's alive!!!!
It seems that the timing was off! Now the engine is running. However!!!
- it doesn't idle very well.
- it's noisy as the valve cover isn't on and the exhaust isn't completely tightened.
- there is no oil pressure
- there seems to be a tiny bit of water in the oil.
- I didn't...
Alright, so with a guy willing to do the worst dents, and another guy to do the filling and painting things are moving in the right direction.
However the engine isn't starting. And I cannot figure out why...
Here's what I checked:
✅ Engine is cranking.
✅ Fuel pump running. Fuel is coming out...
@Xavier97fj80 Yes I did figure it out. Turned out to be the relay positioned on the inside of the right fender that had to be disconnected and connected again 😅.
I am in the finishing stages of overhauling the truck. Build thread: Danish landcruiser -...
I figured it out. The fuel line on the picture was a spare. The fuel line connecting to the hole in the fuel rail on the picture was hidden under the air inlet manifold 😣🥳