New member... Hello there VI. Bit of an intro....

[slowandsteady BJ]

So... rolled out to the garage yesterday and started the fuel bleed process.

The manual lift pump did its job great and filled empty lines and H2O seperator just fine. Once the air was all out I cracked the injector caps loose and cranked it till diesel was leaking out the top of the rebuilt injectors. Then tightened the caps back up... took a deep breath..... quick glow and voila!.... Purr purr purr!!!

It didn't even hickup once. I thought the garage would be a cloud of smoke but there wasn't a puff to be seen. So F'in sweet! Jay you must have rocked the injector rebuild because I had forgot to attach the throttle cable. The little "B" sat there at idle after 9+ months and ran happily ticking over without shaking, smoking or missing at all. Makes me proud, 537000 Kms and still I have faith in the old girl.

I was so happy I sat in there, up on jack stands with no wheels and reved the motor like a little kid. LMAO at myself!

Anyway no pics of any of this because it all still looks the same. Jayson is stopping by to help me bleed the brakes tonite (solo attempt and a complete bleed proved futile) and Ill throw on the old 35's on and go for a test run.

The exhaust is a bit loud for my taste so Ill have to get moving on the turbo.

Cam

 

[crustyBJ60]

awesome...

cheers
crusty

 

[Toshi38]

good to hear its running!

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

Slamed a bunch of stuff together in a rush late last night. Filled the diffs with oil and with no other preperation or troubleshooting headed to Mt. Siker to meet Jay, Rob and Andrew. I left a bit early so if something fell apart or blew up they might be behind to help me out.

The H20 temp gauge did some funny jumping around antics but later calmed down. Air in the coolant system at a guess and other than that the old girl ran well for her maiden voyage. It handles like dog sh*t on the road and feels like its gonna fall over in the corners but off road I was really impressed. Even with A/T and open diffs it climbed like mule with only the odd clunk and bang here an there. One of the bangs was a tree but that was my fault (thanks for picking up the broken pieces jay)

I think I might reinstall the rear sway bar and look into adding a leaf in the front. Got to move the shocks around a little too but thats about it. All in all not too shabby.

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

Found some engineering mistakes on the last outing..... not surprising really. So I got them sorted out over the last couple of days.

Heading out on the wheelin trip was great although not everything was finished that should have been. I ran with no bumpstops and was missing 2 body mounts infront of each rear tire. Not too big a deal but I got it all dealt with today.

I cut the Ford front shock mounts off and straightend them out. I also moved them 1" forward and 1.5" up. Then measured the shock travel and built the bump stops 2" shorter than that. "borrowed the bumpstop idea from Ken"

On the rear I also mounted the same bumpstops and moved the upper rear shock mounts inward as the rear pass. side shock would contact the exhaust pipe under compression. And I put the sway bar back on and extended the links.

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

The other thing I found out on the trip is that the exhaust is way to loud. Decending down the mountain the woodland creatures must have thought the old Pacific trucks were back on the logging roads because the little "B" sounded like it had a thundering jake brake. Andrew could hear it in "his" truck even when I was way behind him. The note is even more obnoxious under load above 2100rpm.

I did design the exhaust to work with a turbo as the turbo will muffle the noise a lot. So next on the list.... yep....forced induction. Can't wait to get goin in this step. Gonna be rockstar!!

 

[Radd Cruisers]

Wow, that thing with AT tires just plain works, I was blown away at some of the climbs you made with this rig.

With the few mods you made and the the rubber you are getting, ARBs hooked up and maybe throw in some roof sliders and your golden...

Looking good

Rob

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

Wow, that thing with AT tires just plain works, I was blown away at some of the climbs you made with this rig.

With the few mods you made and the the rubber you are getting, ARBs hooked up and maybe throw in some roof sliders and your golden...

Looking good

Rob

Thanks for the positive comments Rob. Can't wait to get the turbo goin. Ive had to "re think" the intercooler setup as the volvo cooler in the above pic won't work for me. Ill go without the intercooler for now and get started on the manifold.

Ive moved the rad and AC condensor back to accomedate an intercooler once my new one arrives. Hopefully all Ill have to do is fab some plumbing and clock the turbo. I think I've found a way to run the intercooler tubes under the batteries to keep it all clean and simple. Ill post some pics after I make some progress.

Cam

 

[Toshi38]

Looking great cam! Got me thinking about doing some work on my truck... once I'm back...

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

Time for some TURBO posts.....

Built a manifold.

Flange was cut at Victoria Waterjet from .5" SS (316) the Tubing was from Vibrant and are long radius shed 10 1.5" elbows and Tee's.

Clamped everything down all the time and preheated as stainless loves to warp. I actually tacked the flange to the table for nearly the whole process.

Tigged er up!

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

Built a pedistal.

Flange was a T3 SS from Vibrant as well. Built the pedistal by hand from some 1/8th plate. Cut everything with a zip disk the slow way wisshing I had a plasma cutter but I went slow and the outcome was just fine.

Pyro bung is from Vibrant as well and I mounted it in pre turbo. I then fitted the manifold to the block and the perch to the turbo and mocked it all up. I mounted the perch further ahead (towards rad support) so I could have lots of room for my down pipe.

I bulit the the perch with a taper to help collect gasses a bit. I dont think this is really nessary but I did it anyway because it cant hurt. It did however mean I had to run the 4 turbo to flange bolts from the turbo down to the threaded flange. Instead of from the flange up to the turbo. No big deal just a little more fiddiling around.

Welded it all up and bolted it on.

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

The turbo I have is a TBO 363 (T3) from a 87' or newer Volvo 740. Which ment I had H2o lines to deal with. I formed them with an imalgamtion of the Volvo lines and the Cruiser lines. I deleted the rear heater and the rear heater return line is now the turbo return. Pressure comes from the heater core feed (tee'd in) near the firewall. I contemplated not using the water lines for the turbo as many people just block them off but figured they were there for a reason so I took the time to make them work. Using a infared thermometer I pick up a 50 degree rise on the return (at idle) so they do in fact cool quite well.

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

Then I built the down pipe. Nothing special here but I did take the time to add a flex joint (from Vibrant) I had it lying around so in it went. I have a solid mount for the exhaust at the transfer case and the flex pipe is just downstream from that. I used three bolt flanges after the turbo and before the muffler so the pipe can be removed easily. The clearance between the transfer case and the frame is tight so the exhaust can be unbolted into three pieces.

Time will tell how the vacume shift in the transfer case holds up to the heat from the exhaust right over its head.....

 

[Toshi38]

wow looking great! can't wait to see how it runs !

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

Turbo is on and working great. What a difference!

I have scabed the intake and pressure piping together as an intercooler is comming soon. It all works fine for now but with 7/8 of a turn on the fuel screw I can reach 1200f easily. Here are some pics.

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

New tires got here as well. Actually I had to wait for the rims...but they showed up yesterday so on they went. I haven't driven anwhere yet but they seem good. My backspacing measurements worked out but I will have to mess with the 4runner calipers to get some more clearance between the back of the rim and the caliper.

Tires are 37x12.5 R17 MTR Kevlars
Rims are Pro Comp 17" 2.5" backspace

 

[gamaman1]

somebody needs bumpers, armor and rear slider windows

 

[asutherland]

Cam your truck is looking BEAUTIFUL man. Are you doing anything tomorrow? I have a few things I wanted to do on mine...

 

[slowandsteady BJ]

Cam your truck is looking BEAUTIFUL man. Are you doing anything tomorrow? I have a few things I wanted to do on mine...

All booked tomorrow.... got to demo a workshop with an excavator while drinking beer in the sun. Real rough...

 

[Toshi38]

Hey Cam, were did you end up getting your rims from? I've got to start looking for some for myself.