I'm pretty sure certain markets got factory 12V starter 1HD-T's.
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I'm pretty sure certain markets got factory 12V starter 1HD-T's.
But by 1997 they would they not have switched from the 1HD-T to the FT?
Seems to have been established that it isn't from overseas, but I have a question. Wouldn't it be very rare to find a leather interior with manual shift? Hell, I don't recall ever seeing any imports with leather.
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1HD-T never had 12v system, Toyota started installing 12v starters only on 1HD-FTE. And probably this particular truck has FTE's starter.
Not really, for our market we have plenty of 1HD-Ts as well as 1HZs and small number of FTs - Toyota kept all these models on conveyor at the same time. The same as with petrol engines 1FZ-Fs and FEs, they were produced till the end. Mine is carb and made by end of 1997, has no ABS neither airbags. But at the same time leather interior. So engine does not really defines the year of production.
it's not fantasizing when LHD diesel 80's pop up on Craigslist from time to time in that price range. That's actually the opposite of fantasizing...it's called reality, try it sometime. And as @ZeGerman said, he imported a diesel 80 for nearly half that. Even if it was a RHD if done wisely it wouldn't take $7k to convert the dash and pedals etc..
Citation needed
New firewall, steering box, axle brackets, master cylinder, entire dashboard, center console, door cards, pedals, harness....there's a reason it's never done. You're making things up.
Next time one pops up I will will post up the link. And yes there is more to it than a dash, that's what half cuts are for, and the beauty is you either get a spare drivetrain or do what the local yokal here had done and just used the half cut to convert his RHD VX and sold the drivetrain etc...on a pallet.
Your original statement was not that they 'pop up on craigslist from time to time' (which is more than vague), but that you can import a LHD turbo diesel 80 series easily for 13.5k. As I said, make a business out of it and make some real money, if that is so easy.
Not true, every single 1HDT HDJ80 sold in my country had a single battery, 12v starter from the factory.
Not all of us can manage a swap from a halfcut (which is not a cheap process even if the labor is free), or fly 2000 miles to buy a vehicle slight unseen and then spend a week driving it back across the US. This must be factored into the cost.
If someone was able to source HDJ81's for dirt cheap in the US I'm sure @SteveJackson would like to give them a job!
If someone was able to source HDJ81's for dirt cheap in the US I'm sure @SteveJackson would like to give them a job!
I had seen converted from RHD to LHD, the first trouble to deal with is the under dash harness and harness for engine, secondary is the harness for cabin. And to make it working it takes a lot.
Driver's seat, front door panels, relocation of 4WD lever, hand brake, shifters are different. The trans tunnel shape is different. Foot rest. Wiper's panel, side mirrors, dash panel with tube frame, air ducts, HVAC system, brake lines, and etc, and etc. Never ending headache if not done with proper donor. Mostly halfcut.
Or you can do it simple way
Never seen one, what country are we talking about and can you give me the part number please. I will be happy to get rid of stupid 12-24v system.
I don't come on here to have pissing contests...but post #6 is actually my original post and I said "a few times a year". Arguments can be made all day when you take things out of context and create your own facts. But hey...as long as you feel like you're proving me wrong. And I'm not the one who said you can import them for that cost...re-read it and go back through and you'll find a post from someone who has done into for less than $13.5k. And there is only one on craigslist Seattle right now, waiting to here back on whether it's left hand or right hand and whether it's a manual or auto because the side description says manual but the poster wrote it had an auto...adventure king addition $16.9k negotiable. Not $30k by any means, but may be RHD.
That picture is hilariousI had seen converted from RHD to LHD, the first trouble to deal with is the under dash harness and harness for engine, secondary is the harness for cabin. And to make it working it takes a lot.
Driver's seat, front door panels, relocation of 4WD lever, hand brake, shifters are different. The trans tunnel shape is different. Foot rest. Wiper's panel, side mirrors, dash panel with tube frame, air ducts, HVAC system, brake lines, and etc, and etc. Never ending headache if not done with proper donor. Mostly halfcut.
Or you can do it simple way
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Philippines. I'll check it out this weekend and see if I can read the part number off the starter.
Australian 1HDTs come in 12V too.
Sorry, I did not want to come across that way.
I swapped a (new) 1HDFT into a 96 80 series in the US. The truck was clean with lockers and new leather on the seats. The engine was actually cheap for what it was. The transmission was rebuilt by us, so was the transfer. Obviously such a conversion needs a ton of small parts. Not counting luxury things like a G-turbo and intercooler and the work hours the above is a conservative 20k.
Yes, if you bring a high mileage LHD truck in from Europe, Latin America or the middle east, you might get away with less. But the European ones have usually huge rust issues, and the Central American ones often consist of 80% bondo.
You can of course go cheaper with a 1HZ and an automatic, no lockers, high mileage...
A low mileage 97 conversion with 5 speed for 13.5 is a unicorn or a scam, I am afraid.
cheers,
jan