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Ok slight change of plans. The truck cert guy said I should really really not bother with an engine repower without getting it registered first. I've spent the last day or so researching the TD42 and can only dream. 

So quick question: What is the neck called that the thermostat housing bolts to? I'll need to find a new one but don't know the name. I'll likely have to shop in England so have to find one. I could always fabricate one but would rather not. The other thing I could do is get a generic pommy 6 cylinder and just hope the VTNZ dude is under the age of 50 when first registering it. 

To try and scrape through in the meantime I have retapped the bolt holes with a more course thread and jammed some bolts on and glued the t-housing on with right stuff which I have had good luck with in the past. I didn't have the right length bolts so improvised. m presently having it sit cold full of water and I'll check throughout the day to see if it weeps. There is a chunk of cast iron in the water pump so if it stays water tight I'll pull it off and go fishing for it somehow. 

7 minutes ago, ThePog said:

 

Same same, starter wiring, single wire to the fuel cut off.

Plus peripheral stuff like glow plugs and associated relays.

Also I have a good short block here if you can find a head and ancilliaries, but I guess a complete engine would be better.

Are you please able to chuck a tape measure over one by any chance? I can take some pics/measurements of the engine bay first if you like. 

20 hours ago, Nominal said:

Take The Pog route with a TD42

How hard is the wiring on a TD42? I know the isuzu is one wire for the fuel pump and starter each. Simple. 

13 hours ago, HumberSS said:

What about that TS3 Commer knocker. That thing needs a home. If your dead set on the diesel going into the c20 then perhaps the SB chev ends up in the Morris!

The TS3 is waaaay too wide. As is the daimler V8. 

What will fit so far that I have in stock:

Isuzu 4b diesel (with some mods)

Holden 202

Essex V6

Slight issue is that the truck cert guy wants to know the GVM as he thinks it is for a car cert person. I sent him the sales brochures I had and a guess. See what he says I guess. 

44 minutes ago, flyingbrick said:

OK, broken housing ideas time.

My vote is as follows.

• bolt housing into place with single remaining fastener.
• Take a pair of good vicegrips, use these over the housing flange and that tab of unbroken steel to clamp things together.
• Weld up the jaws of the vicegrips so that they cannot come lose.
• optional: if you'd like the repair to be more professional, once the jaws are welded solid you may use an angle grinder or gas axe to cut the rest of the vicegrips away so that only the clamped and welded jaws remain.

 

Or, yeah i guess if you couldn't be bothered brazing up the thread and you don't have a welder then you could drill right down through a bit larger and use a longer bolt with a nut?

 

 

Im sure with enough glue and brazing rods I could make anything happen.

But I'm quite superstitious with my car projects and took this as a sign. 

Cheers. I pinged Matt from here.

Technically too wide but there is a really nice space between cross members behind the cab it would be perfect for. 

Which leads me to the next question...who signs off truck mod certs? 

I'd like whatever is easiest. Sadly I gave away the LD28 I had clogging up my shed for free. 

I'll chuck a tape measure over the 4be1 I have floating about. Even though it is a 4cyl it looks bloody wide. 

I couldn't be bothered. All for a straight 6 petrol. 

Therefore I'm open to ideas of where to go with this project. I do have an isuzu diesel in the shed but I really wanted that for my C20 chev. A detroit diesel would be a LOT of fun but I don't even know where to find one. 

Might have to browse FB marketplace to see which diesel engines are floating about nearby. 

Well that's a shame. I was just buttoning it all up for the 50 meter drive to my workshop to start on the rust and broke the thermostat housing. To add insult to injury when I lifted the top housing up the snapped off bit stuck to the bottom and dropped into the water pump which was pretty funny. 

I guess this means time to reflect. I might open it up in the chat thread for some ideas. I don't even know what this engine is even called let alone looking for a new housing. 

I'm not fussed about getting a cof. My local truck place are very accommodating of the shitboxes that cough and fart into the yard from my place. 

Paying RUC's on a petrol engine is a little stiff though. Hence farm rego. 

13 hours ago, cubastreet said:

Single digit MPG!

Glad you've got the valve unstuck.

So how do you find out the gvm?

The tare weight is painted on it. And that is 2530. 

According to this grainy sales brochure I'm guessing the GVM is 6000kgs which even with a deck will get my dozer around. But I found this website which seems to suggest it is nearly the same as my GMC Sierra which also gets a COF. 

Mine is a 550FG. So lord knows what that translates to below. 

So I finally got around to averaging the last three fuel fillups/mileage on my 66 C20. 

30l/100kms. Jeez. I don't think this Morris will have to do much to beat that. 

I'd love a TS3 in my chev C20. I did briefly think about putting in a 353t detroit until I saw how big one actually was.

14 hours ago, Sunbeam said:

Interesting. A turbo?

What the! I never said a barra would go in it. I've been misquoted 

10 hours ago, Bearded Baldy said:

Vague memory recalls it may have come off a datto powered forklift. Or that might be some other weird bit of gear i have.

The 125 units are good for around 100hp max, so should be fine on a rover haha. That 300a mixer on the snorkel would be my pick though.

100hp is plenty for me! The 125 flows 235cfm according to google. That is fine for the truck. 

9 hours ago, HumberSS said:

+1 for the ts3, man those are one phenomenal engine.

I mean there is no harm in asking for dimensions if the seller isn't too busy I guess...

@Bearded Baldy remember that impco LPG carb I stole off you? It would take the smallest tickle with a drill to bolt on without even using an adapter. 

Would also need a bit of love from a dremel to match the intake port to the carb. 

It's an Impco ca125 for anybody who knows anything about them. 

This would be lovely but doubt it would fit. 

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/trucks/parts-accessories/listing/4038114418

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