The motor in the truck has a 2lte turbo set up on it, but the one I bought is bone stock NA. Agree that the old NA diesels are downright dangerous on our American freeways.
Quick 1000 mile road trip to pick up some “spare parts”. I managed to find a complete 3L out of a Hiace for sale, and very close to my small home town in Colorado no less! After calculating how much a rebuild would cost, being able to put a spare engine in the shed for less than I would pay for...
Had some film developed and found some pictures I had taken of a climbing trip to Idaho a little while back
More recently spent a day supporting friends on an ultra marathon at a remote aid station - yes that is a Tesla in the background :oops:
This is the only way to teach somebody I think, sadly it took me 3 crying girlfriends to learn that :flipoff2: Somehow the last one is still around - and can grab gears in the RHD and LHD alike