Sorry for not responding, I've had a pretty full weekend to say the least, so I have been off-line.
Besides building on the house, I've taken a burned (litterally) 12H-t and got it running again in my HJ61.
It came from a car that burned out and was pretty fire-damaged. The diesel filter console was melted off, the primer pump handle burned away, the oil filler cap melted down below the valve train into a perfect copy of the pluyg below etc. But after moving diesel pump, pipes, and everything else, I have a HJ61 that's running again, but damn, saturday was work from 8am to sunday 4am... Then up again at 0830 because the daughter wanted to... She's barely two, so hard to argue with on that!
But let me take it frokm the top:
RU12:
- I have plenty of space between the box and the rail for a sideshift like the Dyna one, I'll snap a pic later.
- The front diff is offset. just like Toyota.
- I have been unable to find a F12 or F16 to look at, but is it like the trucks I have driven, it will be a rod system. Although they work there's two drawback; one is noise, the other is more important; There's no room for a rod/solid connection, the 1KZ-t takes up a lot more room at the top than the Volvo B30 did.
And I prefer to get the top of the gearbox as low as possible as it will interfere with the floor in the camper compartment.
Mudgudeon:
I need my shifter forward of the engine, the Volvo is forward control
RU12:
I'd be really grateful, but it is too much to ask of you to fit them up, and if it works, I'd be compelled to buy it from you, for money which I don't have right now
But I'd love some pics of the R451 and your opinion. My thought was to split both down at the iron center flange and use the front half of the R452 in order to get the shifters, and the back halt of the R151 to be able to mate it up with the splitcase transfer. Does it sound right to you?
Thanks for your help and time!
