ah that makes sense. best of luck to you finding that electrical gremlin
1984 Toyota Camry / Vista with 1.8l turbo diesel 1C
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got my car to run and let it idle for about 30s, it stayed running. i still need to reattach all of the intake and turbo ducting, fix the low idle speed, and fix lots of small things, but my car lives. should have it running normaly by this weekend.
Hey does anyone know how to add a tachometer to the 1ct toyota engines? i would like to add one but im not even sure how it could be done with all the stuff around the crank pulley.
i appriciate any suggestions and advice
Hey does anyone know how to add a tachometer to the 1ct toyota engines? i would like to add one but im not even sure how it could be done with all the stuff around the crank pulley.
i appriciate any suggestions and advice
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Nice work glad to hear you got some life back into it...
I don't have experience with a tach install but I recall a while back someone commented here and mentioned it requires tapping into something on the fuel pumps ( If I remember correctly ) I will poke around and see if I can find any info.
I am also curious what rpms i am running at, mostly just out of curiosity.... I have been daily driving my Camry for the past few months and its been doing great, definitely likes the cold air and has been starting down to 0 degrees and running 15w40oil ....I try to keep her cruising around 60mph with the occasional push up to 65ish...any more seems like too much for this motor
I don't have experience with a tach install but I recall a while back someone commented here and mentioned it requires tapping into something on the fuel pumps ( If I remember correctly ) I will poke around and see if I can find any info.
I am also curious what rpms i am running at, mostly just out of curiosity.... I have been daily driving my Camry for the past few months and its been doing great, definitely likes the cold air and has been starting down to 0 degrees and running 15w40oil ....I try to keep her cruising around 60mph with the occasional push up to 65ish...any more seems like too much for this motor
Theres videos on Youtube of people adding tachometers onto other mechanical diesels using an Autometer tach gauge with a sensor that you clamp around the alternator that gets an rpm signal using the electromagnetic waves from the alt. I bought the parts to do this on mine but haven't installed it yet since I'm still focusing on my electrical issue first
ive had mine going nearly 90mph but the engine and turbo start to whine when i do that
but she will maintain 50-60 UPHILL in 3rd gear no problem though . lol
that sounds eaiser to do than modifying the crank, does it account for the gearing difference between the alt and crank?
yes, you get a $15 laser tachometer off amazon to check the crank speed and use the adjustment screws on the back of the gauge to calibrate it
ahh i should have though of that, thanks man
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Lol you are nuts but I'm happy to hear you've pushed the motor to 90. My rig hasn't seen over 75 and even at that speed I thought it could explode at any point ....There is a small chance my timing belt hasn't been changed since the early 90s...Convinced myself a few weeks ago that I'm not going to bother dealing with it, seems fine for now lol
i would have gone faster but the car had lost some significant power and so ive been working on it since that, i got it to run again like 5 mins ago but then it died with no indication as to the problem, so i gotta figure out why,
the turbo on this car is pretty quite ik im pushing it when i hear the turbo whine a little bit
ive also as a test while engine had felt like it lost power, i could still skip the wheels in first by dropping the clutch, only did that once though, the car did not seem to like it
Love to hear it, lol. I'm legitimately curious what these cars are capable of, especially the turbo vs my NA. I did just pull the trigger on a turbo manifold for a great price, but that's going to sit on the shelf for a while until EVERYTHING else is squared away on this car so I'm not causing more problems than I'm fixing
Well according to the documentation I could find the max top speed of my car( the 1.8l turbo variant) is like 103 mph but that when it was brand new. It's likely closer to 95 after all these years and with me rebuilding the top half of the engine. But I haven't got the engine running stable enough again to test if it can get anywhere near that kind of speed.
Funnything is even with the head warped and the head gasket leaking it still had a lot of low end torque just didn't have a lot of speed. I mean I was having to use 4th gear just to maintain highway speeds. So I probably before I decided to take the head off I lost and probably at least a good 30 to 40% of its horsepower.
So is your a stock NA or did it have its turbo removed at some point?
i see you said yours is the NA diesel corolla version i think this is a gasket kit for that car i found it on ebay
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Thanks, I actually have a few new gaskets including the exhaust manifold gasket that came with the car and are now sitting in my parts box. The turbo swap will be way down the line, currently I'm still diagnosing the turn signal issue, then I'd like to finish fixing some other small stuff like upgrading the headlights and replacing a broken glow plug along with the other 3. I definitely need to do the timing belt at some point as well and want to upgrade the cooling system while I have everything apart with the coolant drained since that's a known weak link on these cars and engines. I'm going to see if I can fit a GS400 fan in like I did on my SC400, and if so the GS400 radiator looks to have the same hose locations as the CE80 so I'd love to see if I can jam that amalgamation in for a massive cooling upgrade. I also still need to clean up the new wheels I bought for the car and get new tires to go on them. The last thing on the list is going to be fixing up the suspension since it has some garbage Monroe shocks that are clearly already blown, not to mention the dry rotted suspension bushings and probably needing new brakes while I'm in there.i see you said yours is the NA diesel corolla version i think this is a gasket kit for that car i found it on ebay
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Once all that is done, I shake down any other issues that pop up, and the car is running and driving an acceptable amount, THEN I'll swap on the turbo and mess around with forced induction.
Oh so you're going to practically overhaul the car to a factory condition before you start upgrading it yeah I should probably do the same honestly my car is pretty old I got the engine running somewhat reliably now but she's still not ready to go anywhere I got to get it running stably and reliably. Right now I think I'm getting some air bubbles in the fuel nipple for the injector pump cuz it looks like it's been crossed a little bit where it attaches to so that might explain why I can get her idling but then when I try to wrap it up a few times I have to like keep holding the throttle higher and higher just to keep it idling which is weird
**** my life I broke the fuel nipple attachment point for the injector pump
