Builds Moonshine - A Build Thread (1 Viewer)

[robustbambi]

Congratulations on the engagement, house, and diesel stuuf! Those are some exciting updates for sure!!!!!!!

 

[norsk]

Glad to hear of your successes, both in vehicles and in companionship

dougbert

 

[onemanarmy]

Any other benefits to changing the fuel type on the registration? The FJ 60 doesn't need emission inspection anyway because of age, regardless of fuel.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Johnny,
Good info, I don't think there's anything we need to change in Texas. If there is no one has caught me yet. I just told the safety inspector it's a diesel engine now which exempts it from testing the engine for excessive pollution. My registration still comes in like normal.

PS you just motivated me into reorganizing my garage.


PPS,

Just read your recent post completely, I feel like a douche for not congratulating you first on your engagement and your new house.

Congratulations on the engagement, house, and diesel stuuf! Those are some exciting updates for sure!!!!!!!

Glad to hear of your successes, both in vehicles and in companionship

dougbert

Thanks guys!!

Any other benefits to changing the fuel type on the registration? The FJ 60 doesn't need emission inspection anyway because of age, regardless of fuel.

Correction, the FJ60 does not need a sniffer inspection, but there is an "emissions" or "tampering" component to the safety inspection, at least there is in Wake and Durham counties. If your emissions systems are absent from the vehicle then you will fail. They don't have to work properly, the just have to be there.

The part I circled in red on the inspection form used to be "pass/fail" instead of "N/A". My truck would never pass inspection in Wake and/or Durham counties because it was desmogged, which is different than how upstate NY operates. That realization really pushed the diesel conversion.

 

[StevoJonesFJ60]

Congrats on the engagement, the house and having a "Legal" Diesel truck.

I went through the same thing as you mentioned with the voltage fluctuations, if you haven't yet look at my 6BT swap thread, I think I posted what I did to fix that using a voltage regulator. I know for sure I used a common ground for everything (Frame/Motor)

 

[Tapage]

being busy Johnny uh .. ?

Looks like you are doing quite well .. with more space at your new place .. I see good things coming for you your family and your 60 .. ( until you start adding extra members to the family )

 

[Phares]

Congrats on the engagement. No man deserves to be happy. Just don't sell the Shine!

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Congrats on the engagement, the house and having a "Legal" Diesel truck.

I went through the same thing as you mentioned with the voltage fluctuations, if you haven't yet look at my 6BT swap thread, I think I posted what I did to fix that using a voltage regulator. I know for sure I used a common ground for everything (Frame/Motor)

I'll read through it again. Thanks man!

being busy Johnny uh .. ?

Looks like you are doing quite well .. with more space at your new place .. I see good things coming for you your family and your 60 .. ( until you start adding extra members to the family )

Thank you sir, very busy. No new members to the family, not for a long time if ever

Congrats on the engagement. No man deserves to be happy. Just don't sell the Shine!

Thanks buddy! I'll never sell Shine, I'll be buried in her.

 

[Cruiserdrew]

I'll never sell Shine, I'll be buried in her.

RIGHT

Let's see:
Engagement
New house
New wife
New kids

You'll be shopping for a 100 series soon. Or maybe a minivan!

Congrats though!

 

[hman913]

You'll be shopping for a 100 series soon. Or maybe a minivan!

I think Toyota has good deals on the Sienna right now. Get it!

 

[GLTHFJ60]

RIGHT

Let's see:
Engagement
New house
New wife
[STRIKE]New kids[/STRIKE]

You'll be shopping for a 100 series soon. Or maybe a minivan!

Congrats though!

Nope, no kids. Thank you sir

I think Toyota has good deals on the Sienna right now. Get it!

Get outta here.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

I went through the same thing as you mentioned with the voltage fluctuations, if you haven't yet look at my 6BT swap thread, I think I posted what I did to fix that using a voltage regulator. I know for sure I used a common ground for everything (Frame/Motor)

Stevo, I went through your thread twice and couldn't find what you did for the voltage regulator.

In this post, I was asking some wiring questions, but not about the VR:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/showpost.php?p=8124698&postcount=458

Some time later you mentioned that you were having charging issues again, but you never listed what the fix was:

https://forum.ih8mud.com/showpost.php?p=8514651&postcount=574

Got any insight for me?

 

[mcguirejohnson]

Great build man! I hope to run a similar drivetrain combo as you in the future.

Mj

 

[StevoJonesFJ60]

Sorry I thought I posted up the fix,

I tied the alt into the stock toyota harness, and was having the voltage fluctuate, so when i tested the alt I could see that even though the regulator was tied in correctly the Alt was not correctly reading the voltage of the battery, thus it was putting out ~25V I Tied the output of the alt direct to the battery with a 6GA wire and then everything worked out great, no more fluctuation, alt was reading 14.43 V if I remember correctly.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Sorry I thought I posted up the fix,

I tied the alt into the stock toyota harness, and was having the voltage fluctuate, so when i tested the alt I could see that even though the regulator was tied in correctly the Alt was not correctly reading the voltage of the battery, thus it was putting out ~25V I Tied the output of the alt direct to the battery with a 6GA wire and then everything worked out great, no more fluctuation, alt was reading 14.43 V if I remember correctly.

Where is your 12v reference for the voltage regulator?

I've currently got a heavy (2, 1 or 0, can't remember) gauge wire going from my alternator output directly to the battery, but I'm still getting fluctuations.

My VR is wired like this, with the "12v from battery" source in the image below connected to ignition switched power from the Toyota harness. Think the fact that my VR is tied into the factory harness is the issue?

If I hook the VR directly to the battery as a permanent fix, think that would introduce unwated drain on the battery if it sits for a week or more?

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Also, thanks for the help SteveO

 

[StevoJonesFJ60]

Yes That might be it, I have a wire run directly off of the battery to the 12V terminal on the VR.

I would try changing the source to the battery and see if that helps.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Yes That might be it, I have a wire run directly off of the battery to the 12V terminal on the VR.

I would try changing the source to the battery and see if that helps.

Will do. Thanks again man

 

[Gibbs]

Johnny congrats

Stop playing with your truck and clean up those pine needles/leaves.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

Johnny congrats

Stop playing with your truck and clean up those pine needles/leaves.

Thanks man!! Cleanup will come when it's warm more frequently