Hi all!
As some of you might know I have a lot of projects, but a side-project just felle in to my lap.
It's a 1HD-FTE with an A442F trans!
How i got it is a long and weird story, but here goes:
A friend of a friend had the damaged remains of a VX100 sitting in his yard. it originally belonged to a friend of his, who bought it in Germany, but lost interest in it. (read financial trouble) so the partly dismantled car had just been sitting there for years.
Finally it was to be scrapped, no doors, no wings, destroyed interior, major damage to the rear ect. but the engine and trans was there!
So I got it, if I wanted it. I pulled the wiring yesterday and the engine and trans today.
The weird thing is that a lot of parts, like the pump, plenum and other parts, have been removed, but were placed in the cab...? One of the diesel pipes is missing too? So it seems that somebody bought the car for spares at some point or started removing the engine and gave up... Probably after reading how hard it is to get running in another car!
My plan is to put it in my HJ60 (talk about upgrade!)
But... Im okay with a welder, electronics is not my forte!
I know that there's a lot of electroublnics on this engine, and I will figure them out, but I might need some help! So if any of you have - or know some who has - used this engine in a transplant please let me know what to look for!
One thing I know will be a problem is that the key is missing! Does anybody know a way around the immobilizer?
Thanks!
Christian
P.S: while scouring the forum for answers I ran across one who had put out a vaguely similar question about immobilizers and he was hung out as a car thief. I must point out that this vehicle was NOT stolen, but a rear-ended wreck imported from germany.
As some of you might know I have a lot of projects, but a side-project just felle in to my lap.
It's a 1HD-FTE with an A442F trans!
How i got it is a long and weird story, but here goes:
A friend of a friend had the damaged remains of a VX100 sitting in his yard. it originally belonged to a friend of his, who bought it in Germany, but lost interest in it. (read financial trouble) so the partly dismantled car had just been sitting there for years.
Finally it was to be scrapped, no doors, no wings, destroyed interior, major damage to the rear ect. but the engine and trans was there!
So I got it, if I wanted it. I pulled the wiring yesterday and the engine and trans today.
The weird thing is that a lot of parts, like the pump, plenum and other parts, have been removed, but were placed in the cab...? One of the diesel pipes is missing too? So it seems that somebody bought the car for spares at some point or started removing the engine and gave up... Probably after reading how hard it is to get running in another car!
My plan is to put it in my HJ60 (talk about upgrade!)
But... Im okay with a welder, electronics is not my forte!
I know that there's a lot of electroublnics on this engine, and I will figure them out, but I might need some help! So if any of you have - or know some who has - used this engine in a transplant please let me know what to look for!
One thing I know will be a problem is that the key is missing! Does anybody know a way around the immobilizer?
Thanks!
Christian
P.S: while scouring the forum for answers I ran across one who had put out a vaguely similar question about immobilizers and he was hung out as a car thief. I must point out that this vehicle was NOT stolen, but a rear-ended wreck imported from germany.
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