What did you do on your 70 series today? (12 Viewers)

[jayp2]

Found a local shop that specializes in injector/pump work and will gladly rebuild 1HZ injectors and pump (hopefully not soon).

Going to pull my injectors and have them tested and rebuilt if necessary in a couple weeks

I'm looking at this as preventative maint....

$20 to test all 6

 

[jkrenzen]

Found a local shop that specializes in injector/pump work and will gladly rebuild 1HZ injectors and pump (hopefully not soon).

Going to pull my injectors and have them tested and rebuilt if necessary in a couple weeks

I'm looking at this as preventative maint....

$20 to test all 6

How many km on it? You get any indication it might be time to replce them? I'm thinking of doing the same

 

[Felde]

Got it nice and muddy first,

then took it in style to a vintage car show

The Ugly Kids Corner

Cheers Ralf

 

[jayp2]

How many km on it? You get any indication it might be time to replce them? I'm thinking of doing the same

About 133k miles and seems to run well, at least thats the consensus from a couple people I know that are more familiar with 1HZ's than I am.

For me its piece of mind to pull them and have them tested....if I have to have them rebuilt then so be it then they will be good for more miles than I am likely to put on this rig

 

[jayp2]

Got it nice and muddy first,
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then took it in style to a vintage car show
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The Ugly Kids Corner

Cheers Ralf

It looks like the Adams Family of cars......the LC is "Wednesday"....that rig on the right is "Uncle Fester"

 

[jblueridge]

Kubelwagen!

 

[Felde]

Kubelwagen!

Yep, and a WW2 breezle beetle, correct 'VW Type 82' (the 2x4 version). The chassis was made July 1945, but the body is 1938. The owner said it may probably even a prototype, as it has a few design features neither the civilian KdF vehicles nor the later Type 82 or Type 87 had.
The engine is a periode replacement, taken from a firepump though. Very cool car nevertheless.
The Küberwagen is also an original; including shrapnel holes in the firewall and a shot through the door, with the bullet sticking in the opposite side door pillar. Would be a bit creepy to me to drive a vehicle probably somebody was killed in

 

[JuanJ]

Yep, and a WW2 breezle beetle, correct 'VW Type 82' (the 2x4 version). The chassis was made July 1945, but the body is 1938. The owner said it may probably even a prototype, as it has a few design features neither the civilian KdF vehicles nor the later Type 82 or Type 87 had.
The engine is a periode replacement, taken from a firepump though. Very cool car nevertheless.
The Küberwagen is also an original; including shrapnel holes in the firewall and a shot through the door, with the bullet sticking in the opposite side door pillar. Would be a bit creepy to me to drive a vehicle probably somebody was killed in

Hello,

Does it have a limited slip differential?

The limited slip differential gave the Kübelwagen good off-road mobility, sometimes more than the Willys M29 Jeep had. This differential compensated for a transfer case.

Yes, it is a bit creepy to drive a vehicle somebody was killed in.

On the other hand, it is likely that that Kübelwagen dodged Allied and/or Russian munitions while moving along the front lines. The things it saw over the years, the stories it could tell. A reminder that, in a sense, machines may have a soul.





Juan

 

[jblueridge]

A reminder that, in a sense, machines may have a soul.

Yes.
I have several machines that I like more than I like certain people.

 

[OGBeno]

Zo Reken review – Toyota Land Cruiser becomes a safe space in conflict-ridden Haiti

Debates on national identity and foreign aid are par for the course for car riders – though this documentary is itself tangled up in the country’s complex power structures

amp.theguardian.com

 

[Guyute]

Little things. Amber is back in town

 

[FJ73Texas]

Replaced a light in the dash that activates when the e-brake is applied. This light will also come on if the brake fluid level is low as well.

Never realized it was burned out until someone else asked me about it. Need to pay attention more to the dash lights.

 

[jblueridge]

That light also comes on if vacuum pressure is lacking.

 

[Gun Runner 5]

For the first time since the original build, my truck now has a proper (OEM) rear fuel tank. I suspect it’s the first time the “sub tank” light has ever been illuminated.

 

[SNLC]

H152 input shaft swap today and assembly of trans/tcase. In prep for mating to a 1HDFTE.

Cheers

 

[bj70bc]

^^cool

 

[robmobile73]

Replaced a piece of rusted out flex pipe today. Hopefully good for another 3 years. When my flex pipe runs out I'll pay someone to make me a proper custom exhaust out of tubing.
Nice to have it back quiet again.

Tomorrow will install a manual hot water valve for the heater. Rust in the cooling system is too much for the vintage air servo valve to open and shut fully. Even after flushing more than once.

 

[SNLC]

^^cool

Long dong on the 1vd input! The bellhousing on them is super long too. I suppose with the v8 the engine sits a fair share farther forward than with an inline six.

I know the 1vd is a sweet engine but man, I am an inline six kind of guy, been working on inline sixes since I start turning a wrench. I just like them for a Cruiser. For v8, just go LS!

Cheers

 

[Rigster]

Long dong on the 1vd input! The bellhousing on them is super long too. I suppose with the v8 the engine sits a fair share farther forward than with an inline six.

I know the 1vd is a sweet engine but man, I am an inline six kind of guy, been working on inline sixes since I start turning a wrench. I just like them for a Cruiser. For v8, just go LS!

Cheers

Agreed. Nothing beats a straight 6, especially in diesel. That is why all the heavy equipment run them.

That said, I really did like my 6.6L duramax v8 I had for many years, but that is the only v8 diesel I liked. I knew a feller with an old international with the 2-stroke "screaming jimmy" v8 diesel and that thing drove me crazy and I didn't even have to drive it!!

 

[SNLC]

Agreed. Nothing beats a straight 6, especially in diesel. That is why all the heavy equipment run them.

That said, I really did like my 6.6L duramax v8 I had for many years, but that is the only v8 diesel I liked. I knew a feller with an old international with the 2-stroke "screaming jimmy" v8 diesel and that thing drove me crazy and I didn't even have to drive it!!

And thats the thing about the FTE right? 40+yrs of Toyota engineers redesigning and updateding and redefining the original in-line six diesel. It started with the “H-series” and ended with the FTE.

The result of those decades and redefining it and redesigning it is the 1HDFTE and man I can say from experience this is the best inline six diesel I have ever worked on, by far.

Cheers