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  1. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    Thank you Aussie! That is just the kind of info I was hoping to attract. I so so appreciate Mud and help like what you just provided. Thanks mate!
  2. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    The Omani started life as a 1HZ diesel so the fuel lines all should be fine. That is, unless they are obstructed like those in the Holy Truck.... Thank you for mentioning this.
  3. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    It has been a while since I last updated this. The Omani Diesel has taken a back seat to the Holy Truck (a petrol 80) because I am trying to ready the Holy Truck for shipment to Florida. Part of that was trying to figure out where we went wrong on the Terrain Tamer springs for the rears of the...
  4. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    The guys are about to get to serious work on the Omani and try to sort out the power issue--and also the truck is getting pretty much an entire new Terrain Tamer suspension: This is actually a set of parts for the Omani and for Mister Blue, the 2003 diesel 105 that we really have not started on...
  5. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    I'm glad you started a thread on the truck. Always interested in another manual diesel 80!
  6. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    That's a beauty! I so prefer the 80 without all the plastic on the side! The Omani is going to get all that deleted when we get to the physical renovation. Did the seller tell you how much boost is on that 1HZ? I have a turbo kit going on my 1HZ pickup that is very conservative, meant for...
  7. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    It is not there yet. I definitely feel a boost above 2K RPM but power below is not where it needs to be. The guys are saying it may be because of some of the functions that need to be implement such as a fuel restriction when you are at the end of the steering travel--or maybe the fuel...
  8. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    I picked up the Omani Diesel today to use as a daily driver. I think she needs the heavy duty transmission now. You have to be judicious getting into second. We have the new Terrain Tamer springs and suspension items arriving on Friday; then the truck can get up to a normal height.
  9. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    The guys were buttoning up the engine when they asked about the timing belt. The engine has essentially no time on it after the last time the belt was changed, but that, now that I looked at it, was 3.5 years ago. And some of the wise heads advise that the timing belt has a calendar life in...
  10. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    The engine is going back together I think it is a thing of beauty; worthy to be passed down to my sons!
  11. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    The engine is going back together. But beforehand the head is getting another careful cleaning: Starting to look like an engine again: My goodness it has a lot of valves: And the injectors are back.
  12. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    I'm not going to say you are wrong about any of that. In fact I have very conservative AUS turbo kit on the way to Florida by way of Canada that will go on my 1991 diesel 75 pickup and will be installed by @cruisermatt as it happens. I wanted to experiment with that. And I am considering...
  13. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    I will admit it, partially it was an emotional thing. I had bought a HDJ81 RHD to LHD conversion that in the end, defeated my best efforts. The only thing I really liked about it was the engine, which had only 219k km indicated on it and seemed to run fine. And I had a 450k km 1HZ in the...
  14. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    Nice, right? This machine shop is more industrial than automotive. I really enjoyed having a look around I also learned today that the crank was out at another shop undergoing a flame metal deposition process to fill in a grove that the rear main seal had worn in the crankshaft. This is a...
  15. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    I went by the machine shop today for a look. Old piston: New sleeves in the connecting rod; it seems to me that the diameter of these dowels is bigger on these diesel pistons than what I recall seeing on the 1FZ pistons, which would make sense.
  16. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    New pistons have arrived!
  17. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    We are going to port this a bit The block is out to be checked for dimensions before we order new gubbins.
  18. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    One of the main bearings was showing significant wear, that that that had anything to do with the blow-by
  19. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

  20. John Young

    a 1997 Omani diesel 80

    A lot has happened in the last month. The truck was back together and went for registration testing, but unfortunately failed. We also found too much blow-by: Out she comes
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