Builds Troopy Trial No. 2 (2 Viewers)

[Owyhee Jackass]

Just curious if you put in a block heater while you had the engine out or how the 1HD starts/smokes when cold. My 14Bt smokes up half the block in the morning when I start it up this time of year.

Did you get your tach working? I put a tiny-tach in mine, but my cluster was tach-less. I wonder if you need to add the hall-effect sensor to the bell-housing to use your tach? Or maybe you could buy an aftermarket tach-sensor that attaches to the alternator and calibrate it to your factory tach. Not sure if that's possible.

 

[FJBen]

Just curious if you put in a block heater while you had the engine out or how the 1HD starts/smokes when cold. My 14Bt smokes up half the block in the morning when I start it up this time of year.

Did you get your tach working? I put a tiny-tach in mine, but my cluster was tach-less. I wonder if you need to add the hall-effect sensor to the bell-housing to use your tach? Or maybe you could buy an aftermarket tach-sensor that attaches to the alternator and calibrate it to your factory tach. Not sure if that's possible.

Are you talking like blueish-white smoke? Just white? Any pictures of this smoke?

 

[Willis]

@Willis any links or info about the swivel seat stuff?

I have zero help there. Came with a truck, kept it

 

[Willis]

Just curious if you put in a block heater while you had the engine out or how the 1HD starts/smokes when cold. My 14Bt smokes up half the block in the morning when I start it up this time of year.

Did you get your tach working? I put a tiny-tach in mine, but my cluster was tach-less. I wonder if you need to add the hall-effect sensor to the bell-housing to use your tach? Or maybe you could buy an aftermarket tach-sensor that attaches to the alternator and calibrate it to your factory tach. Not sure if that's possible.

The 1HDT isn't too bad, but does have some grey smoke for the first 10 seconds of start up. And then little trails of grey smoke for the first block of driving if I don't let it warm up all the way. The last 10 Toyota diesels I've owned have been like this. Old diesel or high altitude Bend Oregon idk.

I cycle the glow plug for like 10 seconds.
I've ran inline coolant heaters (the $50-70 ones you can buy at Napa) on the radiator hoses before with good luck. Just have to remember to plug it in overnight.


I just ordered a 1HZ tach from Australia, going to try to make that work.

 

[John Young]

This is a fantastic photo! Can you tell us if this model 77 has the 3 cylinder or the 6, and anything else about this truck? Where was the photo taken?

 

[Willis]

This is a fantastic photo! Can you tell us if this model 77 has the 3 cylinder or the 6, and anything else about this truck? Where was the photo taken?

3 cylinder model 77 eh?

This is a 1994 KZJ78 Prado, so it is coil springs all around and has a smaller 1KZ 3.0 Turbo.
The photo was taken in Christmas Valley, Oregon.

 

[John Young]

3 cylinder model 77 eh?

This is a 1994 KZJ78 Prado, so it is coil springs all around and has a smaller 1KZ 3.0 Turbo.
The photo was taken in Christmas Valley, Oregon.

Whoops! Fumble fingered. We have a 4 cylinder 22R RJ77 currently on loan to the Land Cruiser Heritage Museum. I was impressed by the Prado getting off the ground. In our drive across the US to the museum we had a lot of trouble getting to 65 MPH. I was accordingly highly impressed to see all four wheels off the ground on a similar vehicle.

 

[nonstopbike]

Great to see this truck in person over the weekend. Alex is a rad dude with a wealth of knowledge and a killer shop to boot. Made us feel like old pals with the shop tour and rundown on all the mods in person.

Very helpful as I continue my search for a troopy of my own, and decide on the ever expanding 'needs vs. wants' list.

Thanks @Willis

 

[Buckow]

@Willis any links or info about the swivel seat stuff?

Swivel Seat Base (Passenger) VW T5 2003-2015 VW T6 2015-

TUV-approved Weight: 15kg Hole Centres: 395mmx384mm Height: 27mm

www.justkampers.com

I put this one in my Troopy from a VW T5/6 from Just Campers UK. Absolutely nothing lined up and it seemed like all the bolts for the seat sliders needed to be counter sunk into the locking pins of the swivel seat base. I abandoned the project 3 times before finishing it. Maybe there’s another swivel option that would line up better for the fixing bolts but I was after the lowest stack height possible. It’s doable but I wouldn’t want to recommend it or show it to the inspections guys.


How’s the livin! These pics make need an alu cab pop top and some desert immediately!
The interior looks so good. Nice work!

So good!

 

[SKULLYOTA]

@Willis which Gturbo model did you put in this?

 

[Willis]

Grunter, set to 20psi

 

[SKULLYOTA]

Local celebrity

 

[destructomatt]

Local celebrity
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It's crazy the local news was doing a story on the safety of running MT's in the snow.

 

[coldtaco]

It's crazy the local news was doing a story on the safety of running MT's in the snow.

My favorite snow tire is a skinny MT siped and studded. This is for road use, not off the beaten path where the snow is two feet deep

 

[Willis]

It's crazy the local news was doing a story on the safety of running MT's in the snow.

They actually had a segment going about recommending studs specifically for California drivers...

 

[FJBen]

They actually had a segment going about recommending studs specifically for California drivers...

Just how many people are leaving California?? I swear every state is complaining (myself included) that Californians are invading their state...

 

[Willis]

Just how many people are leaving California?? I swear every state is complaining (myself included) that Californians are invading their state...

I was just taking a jab at Matt because he doesn't know how to drive.

 

[destructomatt]

They actually had a segment going about recommending studs specifically for California drivers...

 

[SNLC]

I find on the diesels a block heater in the nearest freeze plug to the oil cooler works best. It heats both oil and coolant in this location.

Cheers

 

[Willis]

Finally, after months trying to source the right diesel tach I was able to get one from a HZJ75 out of Australia. Utesandparts was able to source me one.
Plug and play, if you can find the tach wire in the engine bay that went to the coil for the 3F engine.

The black wire w/red stripe from the fuel pump sensor goes to the black wire /red stripe from the old coil tach on the 3F engine. (or pin 4? on the cluster, iirc. Also black/w red stripe)
The brown wire from the fuel pump sensor is just a ground, I ran it to the frame.



Also did a fuel pin and removed the factory airbag for a K&N filter. I'd like to figure out a decent box for the filter, but for now this gained me 5psi in boost, just replacing the air filter with an aftermarket. That was a surprise.

I got a spare dash pad too. Mine grew a crack over winter.