6bt cummins NV4500 1996 LX450 swap (2 Viewers)

[Major Tom]

After wrapping up the hood sound deadening and epoxy work, I put a thermal blanket on the exhaust manifold and turbo. The noise level is acceptable inside the cab. I hear the turbo more than anything and may put the turbo ring back in turbo intake.

 

[Will Van]

Heck yeah! That’s nice and quiet.

 

[Major Tom]

Heck yeah! That’s nice and quiet.

It’s nice to run 75-80 at 2100-2200 rpm’s and feel all that power right under your foot. Ready to eat.

 

[Major Tom]

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@swankstar here it is. It's janky. The guy that built my exhaust system used some exhaust tubing to build me a temporary intercooler pipe setup.

 

[Major Tom]

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This is a major cluster F@&K having my AC lines wrapping around my intercooler piping.
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@swankstar watch your AC dryer lines. Mines’s a cluster F@#@ that I'll have to fix later.

 

[swankstar]

@swankstar here it is. It's janky. The guy that built my exhaust system used some exhaust tubing to build me a temporary intercooler pipe setup.

Is that temp setup what you’re still rocking?

 

[Major Tom]

Is that temp setup what you’re still rocking?

Yes sir! I’m still using it for now. I’m going to use it for a while and have some fun on the weekends while I figure out a different setup.

 

[Major Tom]

 

[SteelHunterFJ80]

After wrapping up the hood sound deadening and epoxy work, I put a thermal blanket on the exhaust manifold and turbo. The noise level is acceptable inside the cab. I hear the turbo more than anything and may put the turbo ring back in turbo intake.

Great video, lotta effort to go with those extra videography shots. So you just put sound deadening in between the ribs on the underside of hood? No where else (besides body)? Single layer?

Sounds great. I got a 1hd-ft that is pretty noisy and need to quiet it down a bit.

 

[Major Tom]

Great video, lotta effort to go with those extra videography shots. So you just put sound deadening in between the ribs on the underside of hood? No where else (besides body)? Single layer?

Sounds great. I got a 1hd-ft that is pretty noisy and need to quiet it down a bit.

Good evening! Here's what I did to mine.....

1. I glued the hood ribs back to the top of the hood panel and put sound deadening on the underside of the hood.
2. Put sound deadening in the roof, doors, rear lower hatch gate and rear quarter panels.
3. When installing the new carpet, I used the mass backing pad (below) under the carpet (I did not touch the factory sound deadening in the floor).
4. I also put some extra insulation in the roof above the headliner.
5. Added thermal blankets to the exhaust manifold and turbo.

Regrets:

1. Not putting sound deadening on the firewall while the motor was out.
2. Not putting sound deadening inside the front fenders.

 

[SteelHunterFJ80]

Good evening! Here's what I did to mine.....

1. I glued the hood ribs back to the top of the hood panel and put sound deadening on the underside of the hood.
2. Put sound deadening in the roof, doors, rear lower hatch gate and rear quarter panels.
3. When installing the new carpet, I used the mass backing pad (below) under the carpet (I did not touch the factory sound deadening in the floor).
4. I also put some extra insulation in the roof above the headliner.
5. Added thermal blankets to the exhaust manifold and turbo.

Regrets:

1. Not putting sound deadening on the firewall while the motor was out.
2. Not putting sound deadening inside the front fenders.

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Thank you, looking forward to following the same process. I have the interior floor and rear quarters done but not the doors or roof.

Now that is getting a bit warmer out, this is a nice job to do. Thanks for the detail!

 

[Major Tom]

Thank you, looking forward to following the same process. I have the interior floor and rear quarters done but not the doors or roof.

Now that is getting a bit warmer out, this is a nice job to do. Thanks for the detail!

You’re welcome! It’s my pleasure to help out.

 

[Major Tom]

My voltmeter starts dancing when I switch on my blinker. Could this be low blinker fluid or maybe an electrical issue?

I’m also wondering if anyone else has disabled their oil light. I deleted my ECM and I’m about to look over the wiring diagram and see what’s needed to disable it.

 

[mjosoba]

My voltmeter starts dancing when I switch on my blinker. Could this be low blinker fluid or maybe an electrical issue?

I’m also wondering if anyone else has disabled their oil light. I deleted my ECM and I’m about to look over the wiring diagram and see what’s needed to disable it.

Mine does the same, prob just old working.

As far as the oil level sensor, I’d just pull the bulb. Or, maybe use it for something else. Glow plugs or such.

 

[PIP]

Ground the oil level sensor wire to turn the light off.

 

[mjosoba]

Ground the oil level sensor wire to turn the light off.

Even better.

 

[Major Tom]

Ground the oil level sensor wire to turn the light off.

So go in at Pin 7 on IH2 and ground it? If thats the case should be an easy fix.

 

[PIP]

Yes. It's the one pink wire in the whole engine harness.

 

[Major Tom]

Yes. It's the one pink wire in the whole engine harness.

Now I'm thinking I may run that pink wire to my thermoswitch on my radiator fans to use as an indicator light.

 

[Major Tom]

I’ve been dealing with some shifting problems with my transmission. When I first cold crank it in the morning, it shifts easily through the gears. Once I’ve driven for a few minutes, shifting into 2nd and 2rd is reduced. Also, after driving and clutching for a while, the clutch will have more of a vibration feel when I push it in. My assumption has been that there’s still air in the hydraulic line between the clutch master and slave.

I decided to pull the slave and do some more plunging. I got tired of struggling to install my slave cylinder, so I bought some 3.5 inch studs to mount in the bellhousing as a test. It worked well. I spent some time plunging the slave and also adjusted the Toyota clutch master pushrod. It’s shifting much better and the vibration feel in the clutch has also disappeared.

Bellhousing thread size in my bellhousing is 5/16-18

I will probably buy some shorter studs with a higher grade steel. It took a while to get those nuts on.