Builds BJ70-MR Conversion to a PZJ70-MRS (2 Viewers)

[OGBeno]

Small updates…

Cylinder head installed, glow plugs installed, fuel injectors installed (rebuilt), new oil filter installed.

Water outlet with spot for temp probe for gauge:

 

[OGBeno]

FYI: Will have a bunch of extra parts I’ll be selling in Classified section. This is probably my last LC build and I don’t want sheeeeeeeeeeeeit sitting around afterwards.

 

[sark]

This is probably my last LC build

 

[OGBeno]

I should clarify: probably my last personal build. I’ll still build for money though!

 

[cruiserdan]

I should clarify: probably my last personal build. I’ll still build for money though!

 

[OGBeno]

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Look at old CDAN meme-ing shît up! He must have graduated from the flip phone recently!! .

 

[cruiserdan]

Look at old CDAN meme-ing shît up! He must have graduated from the flip phone recently!! .

 

[Rigster]

Look at old CDAN meme-ing shît up! He must have graduated from the flip phone recently!! .

My goodness! If HE can do it then there is hope for the rest of us...

 

[Broski]

OGBeno you are a legend in your own time.
I hope to have the privilege of meeting one day !!
And great thread

 

[OGBeno]

OGBeno you are a legend in your own time.
I hope to have the privilege of meeting one day !!
And great thread

Thanks buddy!

Hoping to get to SAS next year!

 

[joekatana]

Thanks buddy!

Hoping to get to SAS next year!

Perfect , sas is on my list for 25 also …… I still need to start building something to wheel though

 

[OGBeno]

Perfect , sas is on my list for 25 also …… I still need to start building something to wheel though

I’m getting my hybrid powa ready!! Prius on 35’s, yo!!

 

[OGBeno]

New PS reservoir:

Camshaft, spill rail, glow rail installed:

Correct oil cap:

 

[LJRay]

…ouch with the shiny stuff, my bank manager will have to call my optometrist…

 

[Combat Wombat]

The 5 banger!
Really keen to see how you go with this. For entertainment and also education!
Haven't seen many here in Aus
(except a bunch that the govt. bought for some sort of National Geological Survey in the early 90's)

I nearly bought a MWB PZJ73 back in 2011 and for some reason the gearbox felt alot nicer than all the other machines I had driven at the time.
I just couldn't come up with the $10,000 in time to purchase it.

What was your main reason going with a PZ conversion?
Did you have other contenders as well? (1kz/1hz etc)
I'm interested in others thought process when considering engine conversions.
(I don't really feel like sinking thousands into my 3F....)

 

[sark]

The 5 banger!
Really keen to see how you go with this. For entertainment and also education!
Haven't seen many here in Aus
(except a bunch that the govt. bought for some sort of National Geological Survey in the early 90's)

I nearly bought a MWB PZJ73 back in 2011 and for some reason the gearbox felt alot nicer than all the other machines I had driven at the time.
I just couldn't come up with the $10,000 in time to purchase it.

What was your main reason going with a PZ conversion?
Did you have other contenders as well? (1kz/1hz etc)
I'm interested in others thought process when considering engine conversions.
(I don't really feel like sinking thousands into my 3F....)

I believe he said the reason he went with the 1PZ was because was basically free from another vehicle or something like that

 

[cruiserdan]

because was basically free from another vehicle ...

Which actually means that by the time it is burning diesel fuel between the frame rails, it was three times what a 500 horsepower LS would have cost.

 

[sark]

Which actually means that by the time it is burning diesel fuel between the frame rails, it was three times what a 500 horsepower LS would have cost.

but then we can't masturbate over the toyota part numbers!

 

[OGBeno]

The 5 banger!
Really keen to see how you go with this. For entertainment and also education!
Haven't seen many here in Aus
(except a bunch that the govt. bought for some sort of National Geological Survey in the early 90's)

I nearly bought a MWB PZJ73 back in 2011 and for some reason the gearbox felt alot nicer than all the other machines I had driven at the time.
I just couldn't come up with the $10,000 in time to purchase it.

What was your main reason going with a PZ conversion?
Did you have other contenders as well? (1kz/1hz etc)
I'm interested in others thought process when considering engine conversions.
(I don't really feel like sinking thousands into my 3F....)

It was, as @sark mentioned, an almost free engine.

After my 3B blew up, I found this power plant for a great price. And it was a factory motor placed in my body; ergo, with little mods I could easily adapt it to work in my BJ70-MR.

The transmission behind this was the venerable R151F; but I bought a new H55F from my friend Kurt @cruiseroutfit (33030-60850) and a new mechanical BF1A and it was easily game-on to transplant this power train into the 70.

It will not be fast; it’s not Land Speeder;
It’s a Toyota Land Cruiser…. it will not be anything exciting but it will be a factory set-up, and if you know anything about me, I’m 100% OEM Toyota Motor Corporation all the time for my world, for better or worse.

System integration is important for me; When you pop the bonnet and see the engine it will look like it’s supposed to be there, coming off the assembly at the Araco Yoshiwara plant assembly line number 1 between the years of 01/1990-12/1994.

Everything I need for its servicing is available from Toyota.

Another kicker, as stated earlier in this thread (if you haven’t read through it), is that it was basically a low-to-no mile 1PZ acquired from the mining surplus industry. I believe it might have been used as a test engine or possibly as training engine for mechanics.

In any event, after almost 4 years with no Land Cruiser as an available vehicle for me to drive, I feel as though I’m getting close to getting this rig back on the road. And, for kicks to the guy, I do run a Land Cruiser shop for a living.

This truck fũcks…. I’ve had incredible adventures in this truck for the past ten years all around the US. I want to continue its life and I want to transition it to a more suitable worldview for extended life. It’s going to end up as simple camping rig and a bike carrying rig.

It’s going to put a smile on my face every time I put the key in and turn. There will be no bling to this truck. It willbe a simple implement to allow me to have fun with my friends and traverse this great nation.

 

[Combat Wombat]

Really inspiring stuff.
Kinda reminds me of what my uncle says,
"the best thing you can do with a vehicle is what you can afford,..... and complete before you're too far gone to really appreciate it"