Build Red Dragon - HJ61 Build

[cruiseroutfit]

Escaping the valley heat and getting into low range on some trails close to home.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

Taking the JDM Red Dragon down under in downtown SLC (cue up Men at Work)

 

[cruiseroutfit]

My Cruisers may be allergic to Saturday events at the LCHM

My blue 72 40 spit out a oil galley plug en route home from the museum in 2023. It blew a head gasket en route to CruiserFest 2025. And now, en route home from Cruisers & Coffee last week, my HJ61 spring a fuel link in the hose between the fuel filter and the injection pump. Fortunately, it was a tiny pinhole leak and I didn't event find it until I got home and notice the drip off the lead springs.

Leaking here:

I whipped the hose off and our parts engineer Olly worked on a solution and future offering. We did a bunch of research on the diesel variants that use the and their length and clocking. We'll have parts in-bound to build solutions for all the common Land Cruiser diesels. In the meantime, our hydraulic shop pals were able to re-hose mine in a few minutes. It's 235mm fitting center-to-center with 90* clocked 14mm banjo fittings.

In installed it this afternoon with 4 new union washers (94712-77121), a fresh Toyota fuel filter (EGF54072) and had the Mrs help me bleed the system. After a little purging, the 12HT fired to life and got a carwash.

 

[Knowbuddy]

My Cruisers may be allergic to Saturday events at the LCHM

My blue 72 40 spit out a oil galley plug en route home from the museum in 2023. It blew a head gasket en route to CruiserFest 2025. And now, en route home from Cruisers & Coffee last week, my HJ61 spring a fuel link in the hose between the fuel filter and the injection pump. Fortunately, it was a tiny pinhole leak and I didn't event find it until I got home and notice the drip off the lead springs.

Leaking here:

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I whipped the hose off and our parts engineer Olly worked on a solution and future offering. We did a bunch of research on the diesel variants that use the and their length and clocking. We'll have parts in-bound to build solutions for all the common Land Cruiser diesels. In the meantime, our hydraulic shop pals were able to re-hose mine in a few minutes. It's 235mm fitting center-to-center with 90* clocked 14mm banjo fittings.

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In installed it this afternoon with 4 new union washers (94712-77121), a fresh Toyota fuel filter (EGF54072) and had the Mrs help me bleed the system. After a little purging, the 12HT fired to life and got a carwash.

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I actually just barely had both hoses remade because I sprung a leak.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

I actually just barely had both hoses remade because I spring a leak.

Ha, must be the season. What was the 2nd hose you had replaced?

 

[Knowbuddy]

Ha, must be the season. What was the 2nd hose you had replaced?

The return line

Ha, must be the season. What was the 2nd hose you had replaced?

The metal line pictured.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

The return line

The metal line pictured.

Right on, I think I'm reading right that you converted the metal line (23801-68030) to a hose?

I'm going to build out a kit with 14mm AN Push-Lock fittings and a length of hose. This would allow one to build a low pressure (feed pump to filter or filter to injection pump) for a 2H, 12HT, B, 2B, 3B, 13BT, etc. One of these hoses fails on the trail and it would be a PITA to field triage BUT with the right fittings, you could build a hose in less time than it takes to re-prime the system


Does your HJ61 have the "billow" cover over the feed pump prime? I'm not finding it in the EPC but mine is marked 'Denso' so I can only assume original.

 

[Knowbuddy]

Right on, I think I'm reading right that you converted the metal line (23801-68030) to a hose?

I'm going to build out a kit with 14mm AN Push-Lock fittings and a length of hose. This would allow one to build a low pressure (feed pump to filter or filter to injection pump) for a 2H, 12HT, B, 2B, 3B, 13BT, etc. One of these hoses fails on the trail and it would be a PITA to field triage BUT with the right fittings, you could build a hose in less time than it takes to re-prime the system


Does your HJ61 have the "billow" cover over the feed pump prime? I'm not finding it in the EPC but mine is marked 'Denso' so I can only assume original.

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Mine does not have the cover. I will get a picture of mine when I get back to the house.

 

[kevin in okinawa]

I've never seen that cover either.

 

[cruiseroutfit]

I've never seen that cover either.

I'll pull it off an snap some pics. It just slips down over the top and has a Denso logo on the top.

 

[CruiserTrash]

Right on, I think I'm reading right that you converted the metal line (23801-68030) to a hose?

I'm going to build out a kit with 14mm AN Push-Lock fittings and a length of hose. This would allow one to build a low pressure (feed pump to filter or filter to injection pump) for a 2H, 12HT, B, 2B, 3B, 13BT, etc. One of these hoses fails on the trail and it would be a PITA to field triage BUT with the right fittings, you could build a hose in less time than it takes to re-prime the system


Does your HJ61 have the "billow" cover over the feed pump prime? I'm not finding it in the EPC but mine is marked 'Denso' so I can only assume original.

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Whoa, Kurt is stumped by a part. Wonders never cease!

At least we got the right man on the job for figuring it out!