Build '88 Italian Spec BJ 73

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Hello guys , I'm new in this forum and I wanted to present my Landcruiser . It is a BJ 73 "Made in Portugal", with VM engine 5 cylinder turbo diesel precombustion chamber , which develops a hundred horsepower and about 220 NM torque max .

Taken in 2008 , it was not very well , but over the years has been removed in its entirety and revised.

that's how it appeared , a disaster ! But anyway unstoppable

 

[coldtaco]

Welcome

 

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One day I decided to paint it all, so I disassembled the whole body to restore it

It really was not too rusty , here with us road salt does not exist ( it never snows ... ) It was sanded , plastered , sprayed first with an epoxy primer , later used two-component industrial polyurethane paint for white. The rear body inside was sprayed with anti-noise ( because I deleted the original tar sheets ) also the wheel arches have been treated with the same product .

 

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Welcome

Thank you!

 

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More photos of the work I've done, I also painted the dashboard , but could not find the same shade of gray - blue mother Toy ... I chose a similar color . The seats and side panels were coated with eco - leather of good quality that you should not mess with the sea water , in the bed I made a plan of plywood with rubber feet ( fit into the ribs of the sheet ) coated by a rubber sheet and then a sheet of pvc

 

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this is my small container for tools, gloves ... 2 speakers are positioned side forward

I placed a small souvenir from Cuba over the box

 

[Delancy]

I've seen more rust on new Cruisers than my '89 VMJ-73.

Love the seats!!

 

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I've seen more rust on new Cruisers than my '89 VMJ-73.

Love the seats!!

Yes please , the seats have been dismembered , repainted the frame , fixed some spring and completely covered by an elderly upholsterer , the panels have been redone . Indeed he did a good job ..

 

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This is my work done for the mounting of front winch and dedicated heavy-duty handmade bumper

 

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Other photo...

 

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And finally....

And for the moment is all!

 

[61Mk+]

This is a great little Toy, and it is getting quite the attention! Nice job, pal.
Curiosity: is that an Italian-made engine, the VM? And what size is it please? As well, what gearbox is in it?
Thanks for looking after for another Cruiser.

 

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This is the motor

VM HR 588 HT, This is original name, or VM66A in Toyota but they did not know more !

5 cilynders, 88x82 indirect injection
Turbo kkk 24
bosch rotative injection pump
distribution cascade gearing
108 hp at 4.200 rpm
200 n-m at 2.000 rpm

Vm are the engines that assembles Jeep on its diesel cars, for example

 

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[NM Frontier]

Nice work! I love seeing the different spec cruisers out there!

 

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Around 300,000 km I made a revision to the engine : floor cleaning heads , new valve guides , valve seat grinding , new head gaskets , cleaning circuit cooling , cleaning the oil circuit , new main bearings and connecting rod bearings , piston rings , cylinder liners cleaning



Head gasket




piston disassembled



One of the 5 head



Head side piston before




After little grinding

 

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Engine block semi - naked



The other side



the 5 brothers are in!




detail



Black paint for the block, you can see mounted the VE Bosch injection pump

 

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Another view

Group turbocharger / exhaust manifold It's a KKK 24 , set at 0.9 bar maximum peak boost

to the intake manifold I replaced the rubber sleeve that combines the two pieces of which it is composed

From the window of the motor / gearbox leaking oil , then we had to replace the rear seal crankshaft