ARCHIVE Turning Toyota Pickups Into The Perfect Diesel Trucks By Using Refrigerator Engines

[ToyotaMatt]

this is interesting tech-time reading topic ...



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Some Geniuses Are Turning Toyota Pickups Into The Perfect Diesel Trucks By Using Refrigerator Engines - The Autopian

Toyota pickups are cherished as legends. They’re some of the stoutest and most reliable vehicles ever built. However, if you’re an American, you’ve missed out on the best in towing and fuel economy, because diesel options simply aren’t available. There’s a neat solution, though—you can drop your...

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[duncanrm]

Its like you read my mind.. I was only this morning looking around for repower options for a little project.. this is cool and much food for thought.. thanks.

My preference would be a little Toyota engine if one was still available new - I know the 1HZ is still made, I was hopeful the 3L or something may still be available.. it would certainly make mating it up to a transmission much easier.

 

[AirheadNut]

Having driven several old, NA diesel cars I cannot see how putting a ~50hp NA diesel in a Toyota Pickup would ever be practical unless it was limited to being a farm vehicle. Simply too gutless, especially at altitude. I have my reservations about how effective turbocharging will be from a reliability standpoint too: do these engines have piston oil squirters, for example? Will certainly be interesting to see what they can come up with.

 

[duncanrm]

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[jayp2]

l would just settle for a mid 80;s pickup......getting hard to find

 

[ToyotaMatt]

l would just settle for a mid 80;s pickup......getting hard to find

the best i can determine is 1/81 was the 1st production month of a North America Destination Market DIESEL P/U

- LN40

CANADA & USA

- 2WD only


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now , 4WD DIESEL


8/83 LN65

i have never seen a DIESEL LN65 4WD usa or canada pickup in my toyota lifetime ?

i have seen 2WD ones on vacation meet-hooked into the dealership service dept i was working at the time ....maybe ... 3 times total tops , all CANADA license plates , and in a local HOTEL for a good many days while parts were flown in to BWI airport by TOYOTA parts research division out at TORRANCE Long Beach head quarters at the time 1996-2008 circa era


all the TECHS Ran from these unicorns and no parts person knew JACK on how to look up any DIESEL specific L ENGINE parts

let alone a L engine or LN65 Chassis Body FSM ever existed at that particular dealer when needed that random HOT Summer Day ....3 times in my Toyota dealers lifetime window of survive and parts staff person bouncing back and forth ....


this occurred 2 of the 3 times , because i always naturally evolved into the Shop Forman's PET , like a teachers PET at high skool or whatever , because i had a yearn to learn and actually was interested in what i was doing , and not chain smoking MARLBORO RED's Hard Pack boxes 2 times per hour all day every day ....

this resulted in me having all the old FSM's in my paws at home in my shop or bedroom night stand like H55F fast upon reaching PET of Forman status ,

see ... they were never used , some in plastic ,

DIESEL anything cars and trucks and all land cruisers , and all first gen 4wd , and 82-85 Runners too


oddly i rarely saw a solid front axle 1st gen runner or 79-85 P/U of any model , but IFS 86-1995 and beyond were common place

the 1983 Runner was the 1st year and a 22R Carb ONLY , 84-89 were 22RE , 22R-TEC too ( TURBO ) and the SH#T SUCK Three-Point-SLOW 3VZ-FE 1st gen V6 toyota stuffed in a 22RE engine bay that should have NEVER been a thingy ???


the tight ZERO room now = ZERO air flow , and it kept heat in due to ZERO room or gaps for air flow ?



this = BLOWN HEAD Gaskets the V06 campaign recall never ending debacle , that was like TOYOTA messed up here hard core BIG TIME !


this is all i know ,

please add and discuss this whole pre -89 DIESEL Toyota engines topic ,

i know there DIESEL folks that know all the juicy tech facts in this forum .....


i am not one of them .........


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[ToyotaMatt]

Toyota L engine - Wikipedia

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[duncanrm]

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Wow.. this cutaway engine is a very cool image.. can anyone confirm if this is a 2L-TE or otherwise?

edit... confirmed, found the source image on Wikipedia - 2LTE

File:1982 Toyota 2L-TE Type engine rear.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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[duncanrm]

Here's the little 2L engine (2.4L, Indirect Injected, Rotary Injection Pump) in my LN85 1988 Hilux.

Its a sweet little performer, nearly 500,000klms on it now. Its had a fresh injector pump but its never been opened. Its breathing a little heavily when you open up the oil filler cap but its not using oil between 5,000klm services so I think its got a bit of life left in it yet! I am keeping half an eye out locally for a spare engine for it.