Landcruiser lj70 [creepycruiser]

[Victor]

So i have just learned to make manifolds

In the making..

2018-10-06 11.37.15 by Vc1r, on Flickr

"Done" Just need to be fully welded, but that's for next weekend.. because of various reasons..

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Be it luck, or skills, dont know, but i built the whole thing on the bench, then testfitted, and had 1½cm to spare until i hit the strut

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Tight against the head too..

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It will end up quite high, but that's the only space i have so... And who would argue against a turbo sticking up out of the hood

2018-10-06 13.50.09 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Aaaaaaaand, doing all this fancy work means one thing.. Cant mount the old filthy lump garret calls a turbocharger, so have ordered a brand new Holset Hx30 That's good for up to 400Hp When i get that one (hopefully next weekend) and can test fit it, and see that everything lines up, then i will weld the hell out of that manifold

 

[Victor]

A couple of fresh pics..

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[Iwan]

Top job Victor! Good work on the manifold!

Thanks for sharing man..

 

[Victor]

Started on Saturday with chopping the rear end off again, as i've realised it was too short for my liking, and also the first bends i did prevented me from placing the airshocks where i wanted..

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Then, as i had gotten me some pipe, the bending began! Im going to bring it out over the wheels as in the picture, then up, and place the top of the "bed" just over the airvent on the back of the cab, this is about eyeheight for me, and im 184cm tall

2018-12-01 15.39.06 by Vc1r, on Flickr

First 2 done, taking notes for each bend on how many cm of piston is visible on the bender, and also where on the pipes the bends is, then it is easy to duplicate

2018-12-01 15.39.29 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Getting there.. The first "Main hoop" is made out of one 3m tube, all bent in one of these Pushy type benders, no pulling.. 9 Bends in total, and first try

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[Victor]

Outer rim on the "bottom" is spotwelded in place..

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Went out and got the hoses on Friday, well see if this routing works out..

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Just the small 6/8mm hose left for the hydrobooster to solve..

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[Victor]

Back to the rear!


Full speed ahead in the workshop this weekend to get the Airshock towers done and welded.. 13 months later..

The second side was a true PITA to get close enough to the other in angles and such, but in the end i got it good enough for me, it'll just be a trailrig for ME anyway so...

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Put a tube in between aswell to get em more sturdy..

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[Victor]

Had to do some cutting to allow flexing..

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Fully bumped, pleny of room..

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New mate

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So, to put some stress on me i sold the zook a couple of days ago.. Premiere is set to end of April.. not even 4 months..

2018-12-28 14.45.04 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Looking GOOD!! 5"

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Progressing on the rearend..

2018-12-30 16.19.56 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Rad is missing in the pic, but it will be between the shock and the outside pipe on the drivers side, mounted lengthwise..

2018-12-30 16.20.05 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Was planning to put baterys there first, but remembered what a fucking PITA they are to lift and move around..

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[Victor]

Starting off with a pic of the car with newly filled airshocks Such a good feeling

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So! Rear end is coming along nice, here i've started mounting the tank..

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Next in line, cooler, aluminium so rubber suspended all day loooooong..

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Battery shelf, 2x95AH should be enough, right?

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Out of M8 rod so had to make some specialty work..

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Put together a quick mount for the exhaust riser..

2019-01-12 11.15.17 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Kept it low to be protected by the cage..

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[Victor]

Bit of an update coming your way

Some maintenance before startup.. Had to make shute for the oil not to spill all over everything..

2019-02-09 13.25.30 by Vc1r, on Flickr

Gearbox is also drained, no pics though..

And onto hooking up batterys!

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Groundwire..

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Cant have to much ground..

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Fusebox and main switch..

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Reaally long wires yeah

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Nice shiny connector for all 12v sources..

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Also got the hydraulic tank rewelded, plugged 2 outlets and got a filler welded on, also on the left is a breather

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So now i am fiddling with the glow plug system, turns out have to change no.3 and no.6 glow plug (BLEH) and then just run the wires to a push button inside the cab..

So next week we might just get a startup Might..
Nästa helg så kanske..

 

[Chris Boorer]

Wow mate that is a great looking rig you have built there can't wait to see it finished and a video or its first run, your quite the engineer, and have way more patience than me

 

[Victor]

Wow mate that is a great looking rig you have built there can't wait to see it finished and a video or its first run, your quite the engineer, and have way more patience than me

Thanks!!

Well, last weekend everything that could go wrong pretty much went wrong.. I had one simple objective with that weekend, and that was to start it up and get a small test drive on the driveway.. Well, that didnt happen.. Motor oil leak, then a diesel leak at the injectors (Bad return line), then i filled the turbo up with oil due to a too small return line.. After that my tranny started spewing ATF fluid, aaaaand right after that our new methal lathe acted up..

But!

Slowly we're getting there again!!

Machined a restrictor for the banjo on the turbo for the oil feed to slow that down a bit, went from 5.5-6mm to 2.8mm..

Then there's the return line, Holset apparantly reccomends at minimum a 19mm return line, i had like a 8mm. Oops!!
Machined a couple of hose connectors for 19mm hose, which i bored out to 18mm inside, that should do!
Then welded these to 2 plates that bolts to the block and turbo..


Turboside.. This one needs to get an addition though that points out from the turbo, as the hose will be hitting the manifold otherwise..

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And the blockside..

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And then! Straight on with the auto gearbox, transfer down first!

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Engine secured!

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Close now..

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Box down, and this is the axle on the torque converter that slips into the box, doesn't look right..

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Dismantled the whole front pump assembly

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This bushing is situated right before the seal, Does not look very healthy.. Whole innerside should be copperplated.. It has also spun with the TC instead of sitting still..

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So! New seal ordered, new bushing and threw in a new Torque converter aswell for good measure! Hopefully parts will arrive this next week!

 

[clivehorridge]

You’ve the patience of a saint Victor

 

[Victor]

You’ve the patience of a saint Victor

Yeah, i guess! It's pretty frustrating at times though!

Also, Back on square one! Everything back together and all seem to be holding up!

Pump in place again with a new bushing and seal!

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The torque conv. i got, too big!

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Oh well, up with the old one in the lathe and clean the axle up..

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Box in place, and testrunned, seems fine

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Fixed me a simple dipstick for the hydraulic tank on Sunday..

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And finally! Everything is back together now! Looking forward to maybe get a testdrive next weekend

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[Victor]

Well, since that gearbox STILL was pissing ATF fluids i decided it was time for it to find a fuck to fly off with and buy another one.. So got me a specimen from a newer Sprinter van this time, complete with converter, that has been sitting behind an Om602 for about 350.000 kms.

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Didnt have the long 12 point 30mm socket needed for the pinion flange nut on the boxes, so had to make one!

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The new box had a digital speedo, which also meant the housing was different then from mine, so swapped them over, and also the pinion flange which had 4 arms on the new box, and i had 3..

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And also some other good news, on Saturday im going on a full day roadtrip to collect a new buddy, so stay tuned

 

[Victor]

Ok, so remember how i told you guys last week about a roadtrip? Well, here's the reason!

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Got me a new transport, since i want to see more of offroadSweden and take the new build with me, and having a place with me all the time to sleep in makes things more fun..

On the way home, lunch by one of Swedens biggest lakes, Vättern

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Slightly hazy, but awesome view for a lunch

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Home again, at 10m long it's "only" 3.5 m longer then the yellow one

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And now for the fucking fun part of the weekend! Finally got my testdrive in the new thing! WOOFUCKINGHOOO!!!

 

[Victor]

Guess an update might be overdue? Hmm, Okay then..

I'm not gonna do a complete write-up since April, because that'd be a goddamn 3 hour movie, with all the shit i've dealt with..

Anyhow, i have done a couple of test drives earlier, and suspension was funky, so bought me a Currie Antirock sway bar and fitted that, also it turned out that the stock waterpump wouldn't have it, so invested in the biggest pump Davies Craig offers, complete with their Ecu and all for it..

Pump..

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Antirock..

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Snorkel..

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So, today was the day of another test drive, and boy! Ohboy! ohboyohboyohboy! It behaves really nice, bit stiff in the front now with the antirock, but i'll have it there for a while, and maybe later on move it to the rear to test it out..

You'll notice a Exocage in the pics too

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[Matt Vee]

This project is fucking awesome :O

What was up with the feeling of the suspension pre ARB fitment?

 

[Victor]

This project is fucking awesome :O

What was up with the feeling of the suspension pre ARB fitment?

Thanks!

Im guessing you mean the antirock.. Well, taking turns it would roll the body over very easily, or if you were out in the field climbing it would also "fall over" on the side pretty easily.. Could probably be that i'd need more oil in the shocks, but i decided on an antirock anyway because i dont have the patience to take on and install the same stuff all the time..

 

[clivehorridge]

Brilliant, waiting patiently for some crawlin’ vids now....

 

[Matt Vee]

Thanks!

Im guessing you mean the antirock.. Well, taking turns it would roll the body over very easily, or if you were out in the field climbing it would also "fall over" on the side pretty easily.. Could probably be that i'd need more oil in the shocks, but i decided on an antirock anyway because i dont have the patience to take on and install the same stuff all the time..

Thanks man, that was what I was thinking the problem would be, such a cool truck