DanS HJ-45
SILVER Star
OK, so here's some quick background on "the project..."
My Dad has a 1979 FJ-40 that is very nice, clean, straight, and has a nicely smogged 2F/H42 drivetrain. It's only problem is that it gets the same bad mileage that the F series do, and it burns petroleum. So, Dad bought a 3B/H55f from SOR a little while ago to swap into his 40.
I'm hoping to actually swap the engine/trans/transfer case into the truck perhaps in November (there'll be a real build thread, probably in the 40 section, when that happens).
But in the meantime, I figure why don't I at least make sure the engine runs while it's in the wooden cradle it sits in. It would sure make me feel better about swapping it in knowing that it already runs (and more precisely that I can figure out how to wire it), and it would make me feel better about stripping it down to paint it later.
So basically, it's a 3B (with a Safari turbo already installed) from an Australian BJ-73. Visual inspection shows it to be in decent shape, and I don't really worry about the engines SOR sells. Here it is for a general overview if it helps anyone identify anything in particular on it...
The EDIC on it has four wires. I'm not exactly sure what they do, or what they don't do, so I'm hoping someone has a diagram from the BJ-73 to clear this up. It doesn't seem to match my BJ-40 wiring schematics.
More tomorrow. My camera battery died, but I've been busy making cables to run from a battery to the starter, the glow plugs (and a relay to control the GPs), as well as a small control panel to control all of this. All I want to do is start the engine, idle it, and maybe rev it quickly once or twice just to hear it's general health and stuff. I'm not even planning on hooking up a radiator or anything, as it will not be running more than a minute or two if I'm successful.
If I wanted to plumb in a mechanical oil pressure gauge, would it be easiest to remove the oil pressure sender and put it there, or has anyone tried using the toyota oil pressure sender to run a plain american oil psi gauge? I did fill it with oil today, but I obviously don't want to damage the engine and a gauge would sure be nice, since we don't really know anything about the health of the engine, other than Marv said it was a good one (which I believe).
Dan
My Dad has a 1979 FJ-40 that is very nice, clean, straight, and has a nicely smogged 2F/H42 drivetrain. It's only problem is that it gets the same bad mileage that the F series do, and it burns petroleum. So, Dad bought a 3B/H55f from SOR a little while ago to swap into his 40.
I'm hoping to actually swap the engine/trans/transfer case into the truck perhaps in November (there'll be a real build thread, probably in the 40 section, when that happens).
But in the meantime, I figure why don't I at least make sure the engine runs while it's in the wooden cradle it sits in. It would sure make me feel better about swapping it in knowing that it already runs (and more precisely that I can figure out how to wire it), and it would make me feel better about stripping it down to paint it later.
So basically, it's a 3B (with a Safari turbo already installed) from an Australian BJ-73. Visual inspection shows it to be in decent shape, and I don't really worry about the engines SOR sells. Here it is for a general overview if it helps anyone identify anything in particular on it...
The EDIC on it has four wires. I'm not exactly sure what they do, or what they don't do, so I'm hoping someone has a diagram from the BJ-73 to clear this up. It doesn't seem to match my BJ-40 wiring schematics.
More tomorrow. My camera battery died, but I've been busy making cables to run from a battery to the starter, the glow plugs (and a relay to control the GPs), as well as a small control panel to control all of this. All I want to do is start the engine, idle it, and maybe rev it quickly once or twice just to hear it's general health and stuff. I'm not even planning on hooking up a radiator or anything, as it will not be running more than a minute or two if I'm successful.
If I wanted to plumb in a mechanical oil pressure gauge, would it be easiest to remove the oil pressure sender and put it there, or has anyone tried using the toyota oil pressure sender to run a plain american oil psi gauge? I did fill it with oil today, but I obviously don't want to damage the engine and a gauge would sure be nice, since we don't really know anything about the health of the engine, other than Marv said it was a good one (which I believe).
Dan