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Set of 180° headers and 3" pipe. Sorted.

$5200 inc DHL shipping from AliExpress haha

Never had that mentioned, your mileage may vary though. /All my rear buckles are attached to the seats, but I've still got at least some of the rear belts.

Should do. I've taken my factory 8 seater Hiace through with 2, 4 and 5 seats fitted and it's never been an issue at all. Even taken it back for a recheck the day after inspection with 2 less and it was never mentioned.

Finally got my van all back together (would have been much sooner if I hadn't borrowed a Bongo and kept working) New head, thinner head gasket, all new cooling system from pump to rads, fixed 3 boost leaks (secondary throttle spindle seals are 8-14-4 and I dare say will be fucked in any cable throttle 1kz by now!), rebuilt injectors, new glows, new ATF in the trans etc etc. Goes so much better than it has in the 7 odd years I've owned it! Think I may have overdid it with the silicone oil in the fan hub though, doesn't seem to want to disengage until it's cooled off well under operating temp ha

All the times you told me to mash the birds nest of loom and plugs with my foot probably didn't help that whole situation either haha

I'm at new head, recon injectors, new radiators (waiting for the main one to arrive from CHCH now), new water pump, new thermostat, fresh silicon oil in the hub, new throttle spindle seals to fix boost leak, new map sensor filter to again fix boost leak, new diesel hard lines, new temp sensor etc etc. Already full 3" exhaust, EGR deleted, catch can, but no poddy though ha. Manual pump would be nice, need a manual gearbox swap first though.

Pulled a 88c out today, have a genuine 76c ready to go in, think @GuyWithAviators has sent some silicone oil for the hub too along with a new fan shroud (I was missing the top half) and temp sender etc, once my bank account recovers a bit I'm looking at the 10 blade fan upgrade from the current Hilux etc too. Latest find today is the auxiliary radiator has over pressured and bulged out at the sides!

The head I just pulled was also a Kiwi head, at least 7 or 8 years old at this stage and had done well until recently.

Factory exhaust dump pipe is a big restriction!

Also She's a bit fucked there Jim. Meant to be 160psi opening, best was closer to 130psi, worst was a good bit less and dribbly + shit spray patterns all around. Won't skip injector servicing again!!

That was pretty much my concern too tbh Local diesel place said figure out the biggest angle I can do at once, then work it so I do the smaller amount first. So for example I need 105°, if I can get a 85° swing do the 20° first.

Yeap I'm blaming the injectors for sure, I've been putting off getting them serviced for years and have put likely well over 200,000k on them and I've got no idea if the previous NZ owner ever got them done either. Had been getting a hot smell when climbing big hills (hot hot not coolant hot) for months now which I'd been blaming on my 3" exhaust being a bit close to something, that with the dump pipe cracking all the time makes me now think the EGTs were getting way up there + the Mrs pointed out we'd been noticing more black smoke for a while too. Dropping the injectors off to Ireland diesel this morning for rebuild with genuine Denso parts and yeah have a Kiwi head kit here ready to go on, came with a thick grade 5 gasket so once I measure piston height I might end up getting @GuyWithAviators to send down a genuine grade 3.

Mint as, I thought that'd be the case but it's been 18odd years since I last dealt with stretch head bolts or really any head bolts that take more than 17nm to do up so thought I'd better double check ha

One more likely stupid question, torque to angle bolts, specs for the new head is 40nm then 105° then 105° again, easy enough. But it's a van and there's a big steel structural part over and around the rearmost head bolts, I can't see any way to get a 105° swing in the gap so would say a 50° and a 55° turn in place of the 105° be the go or should I be figuring out a way to tilt the engine etc way forwards to get the full 105?

Yeah between most people not bothering with the 100,000k injector rebuilds and others not keeping the coolant up to spec they've got a bit of a reputation. I'm one of the ones that kept putting off getting the injectors rebuilt, big pain of a job in a van, less of a job than the fucking head though haha

This feels like it could be a @Hemi question, maybe. So I'm starting to pull off the head from my 1KZ, 99.9% sure it's cracked etc, started by pulling off the intake and throttle body (think Toyota call it a venturi) to get at the injectors so I can drop them in to be rebuilt etc. No real oil or schmoo to speak of to be found in the intake etc, mint. Inj 1: bit of carbon Inj 2: same same Inj 3 a lot of carbon AND wet oil all over the tip Inj 4: carbon and a tiny bit of oil Same story with the glow plugs. So yeah, trying to figure out how/why there's oil there? Cracked from the cam valley maybe? If it was a ring issue I'd have expected the oil to burn

Got about 8 years out of my last Chinese head, till my slackness about getting the injectors rebuilt bit me in the ass.

There's a few different fixes for this, might not be 100% but apparently this way gets him within a thou everytime

Fuck gassy air con, boost = faster, faster = more air in the window, more air in the window = nature's air con. Solved.

Come on man, you know it's time to ditch these Hondas and slip into the opulent luxury of the Daewoo Chairman H

Might depend on the retailer, but I know my local Tradezone are happy to swap my Bunnings supplied bottle. The contract is with Coregas (although they are owned by the same company as Bunnings and Blackwoods anyway)

NZ safety Blackwoods, plumbing world, Tradezone are all possible places to swap them. https://www.coregas.co.nz/store-finder?query=Wellington%2C+New+Zealand&storeType[]=tradeNGoGasStockist Bunnings are the cheapest for sure though (they own Coregas)