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Thanks for the compliment ! I work with a guy who has a Liberty diesel . He loves it . Wish they would start selling diesels in USA . I don't know anything about a D4D . I have not seen one come up for sale in USA , and I spent many , many hours searching for a diesel engine .
Well , if i tell you where I got it , I really hope you don't do business with this guy . It was jdm engines corp in Houston . He is a liar and a scammer . I was told when I called thier office that thier engines are all tested and thier ad said they only deal with low mileage high performance engines . It had a cracked head , water and goo in the oil pan , a bad turbo , smashed in oil pan [ conviently missing from the photo ] and other broken connectors and brackets [ also not photo'd ] . He said it was only sold as a core , but this was not listed in the ad either [ and I did call them and ask about the condition ] . He said he would make it right , he told me he would ship me a new head , then he changed and said he would sell it to me !! ,but never did anthing but just stall for time , and it was just one lie after another . Some times he would even act like he could not understand english , other times he could communicate perfectly . He told me to just start it , it would run fine , there was nothing wrong with it , { yeah , oil pan full of water , turbo locked up , cracked head } He would change his story every time I talked to him . When I finally gave up , and gave him bad feedback on ebay , he messaged me and asked how much I would charge him to give him good feedback . I was hoping to at least get something , so I said I would take $850 for the new head and gaskets and bolts . He said , " oh I was thinking $25 " I told him to get #@$%^&* and he said he did not believe in feedback anyway . His ad did say as is , but ebay policy is , if there is anything wrong with an item for sale , it should be disclosed .
I do know they use a 2lt pump and " parts from the 1kz-te pump " can't find out much else because it is a " trade secret " . I used the 1kzte cam plate because it has slightly more lift . The 2lt cam plate would probably work fine also . The plunger springs seem to be the same , but I used the 1kzte . The 1kzte distributive head will not work . They rotated the bore the fuel cut solenoid screws into to the side and used it to hold the fuel temp sender , then added a socket to screw the spill valve into . There is no pockets for the governor springs , either . The bushing in the 1kzte head is identical , except the bore is 12mm vs 10mm and the delivery slots are a bit larger . I don't know where they are getting their plunger and spill ring , or if they are making them . VE pumps are all very similar , so they may be robbing them from something else . I think a lot of the cost is for putting the pump on the test machine and re-calibrating it . I have found a post on the net that tells procedures for how to set pump with someone following you and watching for smoke . Right now , mine only gives a light puff of black smoke when I let up quickly on the accelerator .
Yeah , I read in the 1kz-te maual about the idle fueling is supposed to help smooth the idle . I sure hope you can find out what is wrong with it . I would be afraid a rough idle might damage something . I agree with you , though , there is no way it could run that strong if the spill valve was bad . I did some more work on my pump this week , and it is even smoother now . No vibration in the soft top bows now , no buzzing from anywhere now . I'm very pleased with how smooth it idles . It runs and sounds great . Lots of power . By the way , Todd , your build thread was very inspiring to me . Something I could never figure out , or could not see in your photos , was where did you run your exhaust ? I could not find any room to run it on the passenger side . I would have liked to have found a route on that side . Thanks for posting the build photos !
The spill ring I made for the hybrid pump did not have tight enough clearance on the plunger shaft
. It ran fine , but when the engine was fully warmed up , the fuel in the pump is hot and thin , and it was hard to start . After some research on the internet , it dawned on me what the problem was . So I made a new spill ring that fit tighter . It now starts by just bumping the key , idles smoother , has more power , and my egt's are lower . I don't think any of this info will help out with an electronic pump , though . If you have too much clearance between your plunger and distributive head bushing [ bore ] . You would have similar problems . You would also have hard starting when hot , though . I would really like to see a photo of the exhaust !
The spill ring I made for the hybrid pump did not have tight enough clearance on the plunger shaft
