Beaver Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 so have been tinkering away on the turbo motor, got another turbo injector pump as the one on the motor was fucked. Whipped the rocker cover off to clean it up a bit and also needs a new gasket, Lo and behold I have the super rare two piece camshaft version! Fucks sake, and here I was thinking it was going to be straight forward from here! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Beaver Posted March 8, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 8, 2017 Small update. Massive thanks to old man KY for sending up a camshaft (thats not in two bits). Whacked that in and chucked the belt back on, engine turns over by hand with no odd noises or oddities (such as sudden loss in compression) which is a good start. I was hoping to compression test it but turns out its not really practical to do out of the car (cant bolt up starter etc without bell housing). Although might see if I can find a rb bellhousing for a loan as it will likely bolt up. Recent trip to Japan sourced a few goodies (crystal shifter, lace seat covers, stickers etc), and got my pine back on for some nice wheels so spent last night browsing yahoo japan. Also found a mooneyes visor haha https://wing-auctions.c.yimg.jp/sim?furl=auctions.c.yimg.jp/images.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/image/dr000/auc0212/users/7/0/8/5/mackys_1-img383x263-14818565326td6al22809.jpg&dc=1&sr.fs=20000 Need wof for nats so thats the primary goal (booked in for next weekend). Have done some work already that needed sorting so shoudl be straight forward. 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Minor progress. picked up a rb30 auto box and whipped the front housing/bell housing off and it bolts up to the rd which is good (internet never lies) and starter motor bolts up to. Next is to modify the l series flex plate Ky gave me (to bolt to crank, needs the centre bore made bigger) or find a cheap/free rb flywheel or flex plate so I can bolt it all up and comp test. Seems like a heap of work but I'd rather do it now and keep the wagon going than pull old motor out, fit this one and find its proper fucked. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Managed to get it all bolted up proper, apart from the flex plate. Couldn't find any bolts the right size (but have made the centre bore the right size). Starter and teeth on the flex plate look to line up which is good. Might need to play with the plate spacing from the crank but that's easy enough (bearing in mind this setup is purely for cranking the engine for a Comp test, will be using the real parts from the old motor so will all bolt up perfectly) 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Beaver Posted June 11, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 11, 2017 So I got around to compression testing this thing which didn't quite go as planned. Long story short I wasn't able to get enough juice to it (via jumper leads from a running car) so it was pretty sluggish to turn over and it wasn't cranking fast enough to build decent compression (Putting my finger over an open glow plug hole was enough to slow it down haha). Would get zero on a cylinder, then try again one same cylinder and get like 200 then try again and get zero again. One take out was that all cylinders seemed to behave the same and no obvious signs of one being worse than the others. So that said have decided to commit to chucking it in and hope for the best. Watch this space. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Beaver Posted July 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2017 Progress! Pulled this be front off the car and removed radiator ect to clear up some space. Have unhooked everything on the motor (I think) so it's pretty much ready to pull out. Have removed alternator, intake and a/c since the photo. Might wait for adult supervision to pull the motor out. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Beaver Posted July 22, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted July 22, 2017 And adult supervision arrived and advised me that the exhaust also needs to be detached haha, thanks Al! Nek minute 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted July 24, 2017 Share Posted July 24, 2017 Have been tinkering away, some parts on their way (new clutch kit, cam belt, water pump etc). Need to try and find some engine mounts that will work (cant find any listings funny enough, anyone have a catalouge with dimensions?). Need to move dipstick tube/fit one from old motor in the right spot). And find a handy dandy engineer/machinist to modify some oil lines for me. Thats about it really. Then chuck in back in the hole and hope it works. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Pictureless update sorry, phone died. Not super exciting anyway. New clutch kit arrived, fitted new release bearing and checked clutch and pressure plates are correct (they are, yay). chucked flywheel onto new motor, just needs torquing up then can fit clutch etc. So the new motor has holes drilled for two dipstick tube locations, with a plug (looks like brass) in the unused one. I need to chuck the dipstick tube from the old motor into the plugged hole in the new motor, and then block up the other one. Does anyone know of these are just pressed in/can i knock it out? And then do i just get angry with the dipstick tubes and pull them out? Also swapped oil pickups over, as the turbo motor is a different sump (which is why dip sticks need swapping over as well) so the old sump fits. need to find a gasket/reuse the old one with some goo and then can fit that. answer my silly queztions here please 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Sump on, dip stick swapped, new water pump, cam belt, idler and tensioner, thermostat blah blah blah still no luck with engine mounts. 260c ones are very close but about 10mm taller, so having a think about that 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Had a thing. It needed some stuff done do it. Saw manu, tried some stuff, realised we are idiots/I'm an idiot and did it the easy way. Oil line feeds the turbo and the vacuum pump for the alternator. Ordered new engine mounts ex Japan (wallet not happy but I know they will work). Last few things are to fit crank pulley, flywheel and clutch, and pull the stud out of the old block for the sump. then it's time to go back in! Aftet this photo I put the engine mount brackets on and it will be in the way of the factory turbo inlet pipe so will have to bodge something up for that 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seedy Al Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 @Beaver 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Beaver Posted September 25, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted September 25, 2017 Have been uber slack for the last few months, things gt too hard. Finally got around to buying some engine mounts (arrived today), after the replacement ones sourced from Japan didn't actually exist. SO have some out of a 260c which are very similar and will/should bolt to the car, but possible some fiddling of the engine brackets to get it sitting right as they are a bit taller. So this weekend will look at getting the flywheel and clutch etc all bolted back up, and have a crack at putting the engine back in the hole. Progress. Hopefully. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Beaver Posted October 1, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted October 1, 2017 Bit more progress, got all the bits on that weren’t on. Next step is too try jam it back in the hole Boring picture so here’s a dam 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted November 10, 2017 Share Posted November 10, 2017 Big thanks to Seedy Al and Joe for helping me out a few weeks back getting it back in hole. As suspected, the new mounts weren't going to work as is, so have passed the brackets onto a friendly neighborhood rapstar/master fabricator to work some magic. As an aside, according to the NZTA database, this is one of two wagons registered in NZ, and the only with mighty diesel power. 0800 COPS 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 So I got the engine mount brackets reMANUfactored @Steelies and got around to bolting them up, engine is now in place and the bolts go in the right holes. Next is to put everything else back together and give it a crack at starting etc. schedule before Xmas is hectic so might be a while/I’m a useless cunt 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted January 7, 2018 Share Posted January 7, 2018 Had a sudden rush of motivation after getting back from a lush 2 week road trip down south (mostly as I'm sit of this hunk of crap block the garage haha), but also wagnats. Fitted starter, motor alternator (including all oil plumbing), power steering pump Plugged all the mystery wires back in. Plumbed in injector pump Swapped over lame ass rocker cover for the original one. Filled with oil. Had a crack at starting it, but cant get it to fire. I know little about diesels so not really sure on where to start.... In addition in actually making it work, also need to get a shorter belt for the alternator as I'm not longer running an A/C compressor (it never worked). If I can get it to start, then ill move on and chuck the front of the car back on and the radiator etc. No pics, because it all looks pretty much the same Discussion/help 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beaver Posted January 8, 2018 Share Posted January 8, 2018 So turns out the injector pump isn’t doing it’s job and is only spitting out miserable amounts of the go go juice so something isn’t quite right. Going to try swapping over the fuel cut solenoid from the other pump to see if it’s the culprit. Plenty of fuel getting to it, just not out of it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Beaver Posted January 13, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2018 Huge thanks to Joe and Al for their help (Joe on the tools and Al to cast his watchfull over our problems. Injectors fixed the issue by the way) ill just leave these here 22 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Beaver Posted January 13, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted January 13, 2018 So it was actually a long storey to get to this point.... Fuel issues appeared to just be lack of sufficient bleeding and battery needing a proper charge so got that sorted. Then got it running briefly but then the cam belt tensioner slipped and the belt spun. So refittied that with some bigger looking bits off the iron final motor (for the tensioner). Got it running again only to be greeted by a intermittent but viscous knocking noise. Called in the heavy hitters (master mechanic Al Borland) who suggested it might be diesel knock from dodgy injectors, and this was supported bu the noise going away instantly when cracking the injector line on one of the cylinders. So we replaced that injector with one from the old motor and hey presto, no noise. Then it started knocking again but we traced it to a different cylinder, so said fuck it let’s just swap the lot of them. Which we did, and this seems to have done the trick. Couple of test runs up and down the road and no dramas. so next up is figure out why the alternator isn’t charging, track down a oil leak (looks like rocket cover gasket), piece the rest of the front of the car back together, and do something about the exhaust (currently nothing). Was going to just get someone to tie the turbo into the factory system (it’s in the right place) but after hearing it with no exhaust I don’t think that will cut it so perhaps just a simple single muffler setup and a bigger diameter pipe. Again, huge thanks to joe and al for their help (and JB the other night) 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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