shizzl Posted September 27, 2010 Share Posted September 27, 2010 discuss here > viewtopic.php?f=18&t=24289 yo, just scored an auction on tardhole...$415 thank you very much please cum again.... auction details were: 1981 transit van Was set up as a camper LD 28 turbo diesel 4sp auto Dyna power steering box Subaru front discs and calipers Toyota discs at rear Subaru leone seats 4 good tyres Certified Engine runs, smokes alot, possible turbo seals? so will go pick it up, get it home, check the turbo out. if the turbo is sweet ill just look for another motor to drop in it.. should be easy enough.. will lower it a tad to ease the towbar tongue loading as my trailer is quite low.. looks like someones put some effort into it, its even got a tacho, hope its for the diesel... win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted October 8, 2010 Author Share Posted October 8, 2010 picked it up today... set off from home at 8.30am and got home at 8.30pm....gay sat at vtnz for 45mins waiting for a wof check on my trailer....fail, bloody brake line fitting is corroded.. so carried on with no wof,lol.. got there, he chucked in the battery and it fired up mint,gave it a blat on the diesel pedal of power and the smoke was grey,then blue.. oil cap looked sweet,oil on the dip stick(cue indian paul henry joke) was normal but low, coolant looked good. so no transfer of oil or coolant etc.. so now my thoughts are definately turbo.. for some reason it has to be in reverse for it to start, so i think the inhibitor switch is fucked or something,needs to be sorted anyway... seems to idle fine,and the turbo sounds mean, love turbo diesels.... its also got a good radiator in it that looks kind of like a merc/bmw item..twin thermo fans,and a trans cooler.....WIN.. will get it off the trailer tomorrow and fang it round the country block, see how she goes.. oh ,and have allready done dirty desel single wheel burnout on the ramp of the trailer...yo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 well i dont think i can give the tranny any sackage as the front beam rolls under the leaves style and im not keen to de-arch the springs as itll make them arch the wrong way, not cool.. so ill keep it as is... the brakes work sweet although they pull to the right so ill check shit over before the wof in december.. i adjusted the fueling on it and reduced the smoke:air ratio by 90%, now its just a faint hint of blue, most likely the turbo. turbo looks to be a stock l28 turbo, so once i find out what else can bolt on ill look at replacing it, unless of course i can find a stock turbo for a l28... then ill also look at putting in a intercooler..its running 7psi... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted October 23, 2010 Author Share Posted October 23, 2010 haha just noticed both the front and rear ford badges actually say FRORD not FORD..lol... no progress here though,haent found a turbo for it yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted October 24, 2010 Author Share Posted October 24, 2010 was puuting it all back together and got to the last nut and what do you know i drop the fucking socket into the turbo!!! right into the comp housing...dammit so now i have to take it all apart again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted October 24, 2010 Author Share Posted October 24, 2010 ok after pulling it apart again to retrieve the pesky socket shes all back together.. took it for a fang down the rd and it never smoked at all... odd... i will however be putting a reg on it and flick it off... seriously need $ to get the stocky back on the track... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted January 27, 2011 Author Share Posted January 27, 2011 havent done squat to this in ages.. ive thrown some mid gloss black over it cos the matty b was shite... although shes not much better cos i couldnt be arsed sanding it back properly.. free paint anyway so meh....but the crazy cracks are still there..lol ive ripped out the old shelving and crap from the back so its a proper van now. want to get a wof on it, then pull the ld28t out and put in a 4l falcon motor,cos rego and rucs are too friggin expensive.. so, anyone want an ld28t? lol... oh also found that the brakes pads are around .5mm thick...yikes......replace or nah??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted February 2, 2011 Author Share Posted February 2, 2011 seeing as weve sold our proceed and were down to only 2 vehicles (2000 explorer,tranny van) and 2 transport trailers and a stockcar weve decided to get the van back on the rd.. so to do that i know i will need new front brake pads,cos its practically metal on metal... all in know is theyr subaru calipers, but model is unknown... also need to figure out how i can get it to start in park rather than reverse.. get the reverse lights to go... thats all i know of that itll need.. once it has a wof, the ld28 will come out and a l20et will go in will need to find out how it gets wired up...the exhaust off the ld28 should bolt straight on cos its got a l20 turbo anyway.. ill try and fit the ld28 trans to the l20,so i hope like fuk that works out.. mounts should all be the same.... just need an efi pump,the van has a elec pump but i doubt its a high pressure one.... choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted February 16, 2011 Author Share Posted February 16, 2011 pick up another ld28 this weekend, got it cheap, so why not.. will get wof,reg,ruc and sell i think.. on another note i won this on trademe, was an impulse buy... quite cheap i thought.. has a mild cam and flowed heads...vr motor. picking up a running manual vn wagon tomorrow night.. mainly after the loom,ecu...will see if i can fit the vn crank into the vr cos its a manual so has a flywheel.. choice bro Uploaded with ImageShack.us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted March 12, 2011 Author Share Posted March 12, 2011 pulled the old ld out the other night...what a mission...i pulled it out with the trans attached.. the driveway is now covered in atf...dammit swapped the turbo and manifolds onto the replacement motor...a few things were different on it compared to the other one.. but should still do the job. the old one had a water cooled oil filter housing, this new one doesnt....the sensors are different aswell.. the replacement motor appears to have a new water pump on it too..score got the engine and trans back in today, another bloody mission...but shes in,and 90% hooked up. just need to bleed the fuel system,fill the trans with atf, hook up trans loom,do up engine mounts etc,put exhaust back on and fire it up...hopefully oh,and this replacement motor doesnt have the rev/tacho sensor in the timing cover,gutted... i might have to try and take the old one out of the old motor and see if its easy enough to put into the replacement... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted March 19, 2011 Author Share Posted March 19, 2011 got the replacement engine in, but it wont fire up. not sure whats up with it. tehres 12v at the injector pump switch fuel flowing at the pump glow plugs glowing.. maybe the cranking speed is too low...does seem to be slow... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 got it running...the ip was bone dry.. fixed a trans leak from 2 pipes rubbing together. will get it into a sparky to sort the alt, i dont think its getting triggered..no light and no charge.. will also get them to sort the guages,they keep blowing the fuse out.. want to get the tacho sendor put in aswell...will need to take it off the old motor and put it in the new one. but this motor runs sweet as... once all thats done ill take it for a wof,cos my sister offered me some coing for it.. will sell to her unless someone else offers me good coinage.. had a big win today...scored a contract for next season-farm manager...less time to play, but more money...win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 took it for a spin down the rd this arvo...shit it goes good...twice as good as the last motor.. an i found the button that works the overdrive!! yus! when you put ya foot down it gets the mean black "im on diesel and boost" trail....spins the wheels pretty good too..haha gotta love quiet country rds.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shizzl Posted April 21, 2011 Author Share Posted April 21, 2011 well she got a fucking WOF!!!! list of shit that it needed as follows: park light dim...new bulb. $3.50 new wiper blades $18 remedy poor headligh..new bulb $20 fix oil/coolant leaks....20mins and some degreaser,tighten shit up.. that is all!!!! not bad for a $400 van...allthough i did put another motor in it and spent $270 on getting wiring un fried.. and new brake pads......but i havent lost on it.. my sister flys down from northland tonight to pick it up and drive it back home this weekend...good luck to her.. it hums along piss easy at 100kph,allthough the speedo seems to have died..they didnt even fault that on a wof..hahaha win so see ya later van.....some more pingas for my "new" project Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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