1984 Hj60 (1 Viewer)

[Radd Cruisers]

Well its a bit of chit and chat along with very little tech.

David from Santa Cruz called my last week and was visiting up in Whistler, once his visit was completed he shot down the sea to sky highway and jumped on a ferry to Nanaimo.

Once here we went through some glow issues and quickly solved that problem(which never happens when it comes to electrical).

Moving on we rebuild it leaking clutch master, for some reason we had a hard time getting it to flow, dissassembled it a second time and re assembled to our surprise it flowed???

Dropped some new brushes in the alternator and it seem to fix the low voltage problem.

Once that was fixed we noticed a very leaky coolant hose, the coolant was a brownish sandy colour, after flushing and replacing the line and refilling his engine with new coolant he was good as new.

David told me his fuel return rail was cracked and he had JB Welded the sucker, I was pretty sure the tinny return line would be plugged, it was his lucky day as I had a spare kicking around so I gave it to him.

The high roof righ hand drive vehicle was the first I ever drove and found it surprisingly easy to master, short of the turns signal and windshield washer.

Nice rig...............

 

[beanz2]

Did you sell him the 2H turbo?

Dave

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Tom sold his turbo to a guy in Victoria.

He purchased the rod kit, water pump and injector gaskets.

Not sure you will get it....... but I sent him off with that ARB Calender for you.

He was drooling quite heavily over the coil sprung 75s.

 

[beanz2]

Thanks for the calendar, Rob! I'll be sure to demand it from David

Coil sprung 75's? Do you mean the 79 series or the light duty 70's?

Dave

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Thanks for the calendar, Rob! I'll be sure to demand it from David

Coil sprung 75's? Do you mean the 79 series or the light duty 70's?

Dave

Oooops, yes Dave I did mean the 79s shown in the Calender.

David has taken back roads from Nanaimo to Victoria so lets see if he survives the trip???

Lucky guy is now going to Victoria through Souke which is some of the best wheeling on the Island I have been told.


Next stop is a short ferry trip to Port Angeles then a tour down the coast.

His next trip sounds to be Central America, maybe he will catch up with Kiwi Wonder(Arron Read as he is in Mexica at this moment).


I should post another thread for this question, but its late so here goes.


Arron called me from Mexico and is having troubles keeping his temps down.

When he left California after changing out his rad and thermostat he found the crusier to be running fine.

Now that he is running long hills at altitude he is watching the gauge rise quickly past 220????

We guessed it may be the size of the electric fan, he mentioned the unit he installed and I think it was 15 inches in diameter.

Rob

 

[crushers]

is he running a pyro? if so what is his temps as he is climbing? he might need to turn the fuel down a bit or up the boost on the turbo. does he have a boost gauge? it should be easy enough to build a grainger valve and install it. get rid of the elec fan and get a solid non clutch fan installed ASAP. if he is running those temps that head wil probably been on its way out.
if his water temp is getting that high what is his pyro reading?
cheers
Wayne

 

[Radd Cruisers]

is he running a pyro? if so what is his temps as he is climbing? he might need to turn the fuel down a bit or up the boost on the turbo. does he have a boost gauge? it should be easy enough to build a grainger valve and install it. get rid of the elec fan and get a solid non clutch fan installed ASAP. if he is running those temps that head wil probably been on its way out.
if his water temp is getting that high what is his pyro reading?
cheers
Wayne

Pyro and boost are all the same 950 tops on the piro and boost is around 7PSI.

 

[crushers]

bring the boost up to about 10, this will push more air into the mix and drop the heat a bit, and get rid of the elec fan. they are crap.

 

[crushers]

does he have a fan shroud?

 

[cruiser_guy]

His next trip sounds to be Central America, maybe he will catch up with Kiwi Wonder(Arron Read as he is in Mexica at this moment).


I should post another thread for this question, but its late so here goes.


Arron called me from Mexico and is having troubles keeping his temps down.

When he left California after changing out his rad and thermostat he found the crusier to be running fine.

Now that he is running long hills at altitude he is watching the gauge rise quickly past 220????

We guessed it may be the size of the electric fan, he mentioned the unit he installed and I think it was 15 inches in diameter.

Rob

What's he driving and where in Mexico is he? My '82 only started getting hot pulling hills in Arizona when it was 110F outside. Here in Central America and Mexico I can run with the A/C and still not get hot.
I've got a 4 core rad in the BJ60 with an AXT turbo running at about 9 lbs. The pyro reads 1200 - 1250 PRE-turbo when pulling the steepest hills.
Maybe he needs to rod the rad. In the meantime he can always run the heater up the hills, not too comfy but it beats blowing a head.

 

[Radd Cruisers]

does he have a fan shroud?

No shroud.

I have had no problem with the 1HZ naturally aspirated on some big long Island hill climbs, we are running a 17 inch electric fan.

 

[Radd Cruisers]

What's he driving and where in Mexico is he? My '82 only started getting hot pulling hills in Arizona when it was 110F outside. Here in Central America and Mexico I can run with the A/C and still not get hot.
I've got a 4 core rad in the BJ60 with an AXT turbo running at about 9 lbs. The pyro reads 1200 - 1250 PRE-turbo when pulling the steepest hills.
Maybe he needs to rod the rad. In the meantime he can always run the heater up the hills, not too comfy but it beats blowing a head.

He did not say were in Mexico he was.

He called today wondring if he installed his thermostat upside down, he did not.

Factory new rad and hoses, also installed a new thermostat 88.

He is going to try the 82 thermostat, pretty sure this will not help, my guess like Waynes is he is not drawing enough air through the rad.

Could be a faulty theromostat????

He may call tomorrow.

 

[crushers]

No shroud.

I have had no problem with the 1HZ naturally aspirated on some big long Island hill climbs, we are running a 17 inch electric fan.

what are your egts? what is the hottest day you have been running the 1HZ on? if he is having heating problems then a shroud is nessary to pull air through the entire rad and not just the area in front of the fan itself...
why is he running an elecrtic instead of mech fan?

 

[Radd Cruisers]

what are your egts? what is the hottest day you have been running the 1HZ on? if he is having heating problems then a shroud is nessary to pull air through the entire rad and not just the area in front of the fan itself...
why is he running an elecrtic instead of mech fan?

We installed the engine low and forward due to clearance issues on the tranny hump, still ended up extending the hump by 2 inches.

Also the transmission shifter base from the 60 would not allow us to set the combo back any further.

This left us with the motor to far forward and down to accomidate the factory fan.

A shifter base from a 42 would have helped plus a small body lift would also make the install much easier.

 

[cruiser_guy]

He did not say were in Mexico he was.

He called today wondring if he installed his thermostat upside down, he did not.

Factory new rad and hoses, also installed a new thermostat 88.

He is going to try the 82 thermostat, pretty sure this will not help, my guess like Waynes is he is not drawing enough air through the rad.

Could be a faulty theromostat????

He may call tomorrow.

Problems with a Toyota in Mexico is NOT a good thing. There is almost NO dealer or support network at all. If he is at all close to Guatemala he will have MUCH better parts availability here if he needs any (parts in Mexico will likely need to come from outside the country, ie: take a long time with hefty duties payable).

 

[crushers]

We installed the engine low and forward due to clearance issues on the tranny hump, still ended up extending the hump by 2 inches.

Also the transmission shifter base from the 60 would not allow us to set the combo back any further.

This left us with the motor to far forward and down to accomidate the factory fan.

A shifter base from a 42 would have helped plus a small body lift would also make the install much easier.

i have doen a number of H55F installs and i know exactly what you are talking about.
it would have been much easier to build a customer tranny cover out of aluminum with the shifter hole exactly 3" rear of the original hole. you put a slight bend in the cover to accomdate the slightly higher shift tower. very simple, very clean.
i now understand why the electric fan was used. i strongly recomend a custom shroud be built. you can ship him a fan shroud off a BJ42 and cut the back section 3 ". on this section weld the 4 (i think it has 4) tabs to mount the fan to. the fan will need to be relocated towards the rear of the shround for best air pull. for bet results the fan should clear the hole with about 1/2" around it and be mounted so the blades are just inside the outter rear lip.
if a 17 fan will fit inside the shroud then send him one of those. the more air flow the better.
hopefully this will solve his heating problem.
how large an exhaust did you run? if the exhaust is being restricted then the temps can also be affected...
cheers
HTHs

 

[Radd Cruisers]

i have doen a number of H55F installs and i know exactly what you are talking about.
it would have been much easier to build a customer tranny cover out of aluminum with the shifter hole exactly 3" rear of the original hole. you put a slight bend in the cover to accomdate the slightly higher shift tower. very simple, very clean.
i now understand why the electric fan was used. i strongly recomend a custom shroud be built. you can ship him a fan shroud off a BJ42 and cut the back section 3 ". on this section weld the 4 (i think it has 4) tabs to mount the fan to. the fan will need to be relocated towards the rear of the shround for best air pull. for bet results the fan should clear the hole with about 1/2" around it and be mounted so the blades are just inside the outter rear lip.
if a 17 fan will fit inside the shroud then send him one of those. the more air flow the better.
hopefully this will solve his heating problem.
how large an exhaust did you run? if the exhaust is being restricted then the temps can also be affected...
cheers
HTHs

2.5 inch exhaust was installed at a local shop, as you may know the bends were prolly 2 inch from the crushing.

No mandral benders on the island....yet.

I will post up if I hear back from Arron.

 

[crushers]

i would say the 2 1/2" will be fine, it should flow adaquately for this application.
doyou have a shroud to use? if not i am sure someone on the list might have one kicking around... i think i might have one here to donate for the cost of shipping...

 

[HZJ60 Guy]

2.5 inch exhaust was installed at a local shop, as you may know the bends were prolly 2 inch from the crushing.

No mandral benders on the island....yet.

I will post up if I hear back from Arron.

Hey Rob, check your IH8MUD mail box.

TB

 

[Radd Cruisers]

i would say the 2 1/2" will be fine, it should flow adaquately for this application.
doyou have a shroud to use? if not i am sure someone on the list might have one kicking around... i think i might have one here to donate for the cost of shipping...

Very nice offer Wayne, I will keep you posted on his progress and possible parts needs.