Portuguese spec BJ73 1HDT A442 swap

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Did you ever figured out if the electrical wires for oil pressure and water temp could reach the other side of the engine?

Joe
Joe,
I need to cut them out of the wiring loom. I cut them back to the fire wall and brought them around the back of the engine. Oil pressure wire reached. Water temp needed an extension.
 
Happy 4th of July.
Have the shifter assembly mounted. I needed to "modify" the floor in order to get shifter linkage though the floor. Built a fiberglass enclosure to keep inside in and the outside out.
Using a RHD shifter base with a LHD shifter handle. The parking brake location interfered with LHD shifter to go into lower gears.
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I should've warned......

Once returned, you may start pulling off any and everything to blast, bake, and coat to match the prettiness of the rebuilt IP.

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Made the rest of the engine look like crap.....so started yanking what I could. Ha!

Ha! Looks great! Thanks again for directing me to Thompson Turbo. There were great to work with.
Funny I was thinking about that exact thing! Instead of making myself crazy, I'm gonna rub grease, dirt and filth all over the pump. Clean, dirty it's all the same, I just hate the contrast between the two!
 
I should've warned......

Once returned, you may start pulling off any and everything to blast, bake, and coat to match the prettiness of the rebuilt IP.

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Made the rest of the engine look like crap.....so started yanking what I could. Ha!
Chris,
Do you have a part number fur the nut that goes at the end of the IP drive shaft. In the timing belt side of the timing cover?
 
Suggestion on the 90 degree silicone intake hose, change it to a rubber one. Silicone hoses are normally designed for pressure not suction. I had a silicone 90 degree elbow before the turbo and I think it was collapsing, since I changed it to a rubber one I have not been able to duplicate the problem of unexplained loss of boost at random times.
Although your hose looks to be 4 ply and so it might be strong enough?
 
Suggestion on the 90 degree silicone intake hose, change it to a rubber one. Silicone hoses are normally designed for pressure not suction. I had a silicone 90 degree elbow before the turbo and I think it was collapsing, since I changed it to a rubber one I have not been able to duplicate the problem of unexplained loss of boost at random times.
Although your hose looks to be 4 ply and so it might be strong enough?
Very good to know. That you for the information!
 
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