Howdy folks,
So, I picked up an 87 BJ70 on friday, it was ridiculously cheap, as the kid had recieved it as a graduation gift a couple weeks before, and didn't like it ...
Anyways, the body's good ( rear quarters need doing but that's it) and frame is good but the engine may or may not be. ( main reason it was cheap, but I have other 3b's around I can chuck in so I'm not really worried.)
Toyota put a new head on it a year or so ago, and apparently, a few months ago, when taking it to a mechanic to get an exhaust leak fixed, he noticed the blow by tube being a bit smokey, and told the owner that he had bigger problems...
So, hearing this, and seeing that the oil pressure guage is reading LOW...makes me wonder.
blow by tube doesn't look to be any smokier or leakier than my old 40's 3b, but I don't want to drive this thing till I'm comfortable it has oil pressure.
long story short, put some glow plugs in it today ( old ones were all shot, which is why the kid couldn't start it, and it smoked like an SOB when it did) it had 14v glow plugs in it, and I had 4 of those around so I put them in , just to get it running. starts fine now, with no smoke
So, first question, what is the correct voltage of plug for an 87 24v truck? I put those 14's in thinking they probably weren't correct, but figgered it'd be ok for a few starts .
Second is the oil pressure, when the truck is not running, and the key is turned to on, should the oil pressure warning light be on?
next thing is to put a mechanical guage on it and see what it reads. the stock guage only comes off the bottom L when its revved up a bit, but if it's anything like the guages in the old 40's, I don't really trust it.
I'm thinking of borrowing the sender off my 40 to see if that changes the guages reading, but still, I'd rather see a mech guage with a number....
open to other ideas if anyone has something I should check. I cleaned up the connections on the pressure sender, but it didn't change anything
all in all, I'm pretty stoked about this thing, I get the occasional pang of guilt when I think of the kid selling off the gift for too little, but , I can live with that....
thanks
ryan
So, I picked up an 87 BJ70 on friday, it was ridiculously cheap, as the kid had recieved it as a graduation gift a couple weeks before, and didn't like it ...
Anyways, the body's good ( rear quarters need doing but that's it) and frame is good but the engine may or may not be. ( main reason it was cheap, but I have other 3b's around I can chuck in so I'm not really worried.)
Toyota put a new head on it a year or so ago, and apparently, a few months ago, when taking it to a mechanic to get an exhaust leak fixed, he noticed the blow by tube being a bit smokey, and told the owner that he had bigger problems...
So, hearing this, and seeing that the oil pressure guage is reading LOW...makes me wonder.
blow by tube doesn't look to be any smokier or leakier than my old 40's 3b, but I don't want to drive this thing till I'm comfortable it has oil pressure.
long story short, put some glow plugs in it today ( old ones were all shot, which is why the kid couldn't start it, and it smoked like an SOB when it did) it had 14v glow plugs in it, and I had 4 of those around so I put them in , just to get it running. starts fine now, with no smoke
So, first question, what is the correct voltage of plug for an 87 24v truck? I put those 14's in thinking they probably weren't correct, but figgered it'd be ok for a few starts .
Second is the oil pressure, when the truck is not running, and the key is turned to on, should the oil pressure warning light be on?
next thing is to put a mechanical guage on it and see what it reads. the stock guage only comes off the bottom L when its revved up a bit, but if it's anything like the guages in the old 40's, I don't really trust it.
I'm thinking of borrowing the sender off my 40 to see if that changes the guages reading, but still, I'd rather see a mech guage with a number....
open to other ideas if anyone has something I should check. I cleaned up the connections on the pressure sender, but it didn't change anything
all in all, I'm pretty stoked about this thing, I get the occasional pang of guilt when I think of the kid selling off the gift for too little, but , I can live with that....
thanks
ryan