Mounts, Volvo Oil Pressure Sensor, & Turbo Question
Tom began welding the motor mounts today.
Pulled the engine and transmission and made space for him to fill in tomorrow the tack welds made and gussets he began today. They look great and should be plenty strong. I look forward to the second opinions here, truly, as (sing it all together now)
I've never done this before...
I was reminded, upon reviewing the Toyota's torqued old rubber crossmember mount, that I need to change that baby out. It's an unaddressed weak point and troubles me some. Trailgear has one, too:
TGHD Heavy Duty Transfer Case Mount
http://www.trail-gear.com/crossmembers
Same price as Marlin Crawler's HD version, but with a "Lifetime No Questions Asked Warranty"?! Yeah, I'm getting this one (edit: and did, and it's great). More vibrations, perhaps, as its a polyurethane mount, but this truck's not about comfort to begin with. That crossmember mount main centering bolt on the '84 Toyota truck is 27mm, and awkwardly accessed, for what it's worth...
I replaced the oil pressure sensor in the back of the head with the Volvo sensor, which is a little longer, but which has a tab I can bend (no PhotoBucket at the moment, so pics later). Like LukeWilson points out, this switch is one of two on the 1Z. I believe this sensor is what will work with the stock Toyota oil-pressure-too-high idiot light. The re-design of the coolant flange below this oil switch is getting custom fabbed, too.
Ok, turbo question (it's a stock Garrett GT-15). In the 2nd picture here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VW-1...r_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4cf6765b40
and then here's my own pic in my shop:
look very closely at the triangular gasket. The gasket clearly doesn't fit. The main center hole/port is askew where it should be - a lot. I can probably make the bolt holes work, but the gasket's main hole/port is clearly significantly off center.
There was no gasket between the turbo and the exhaust manifold when I removed the turbo.
So, with that said,
should I use this gasket?
Note - vendor says 'yes.' They also said they'd understand a return. The gasket doesn't fit. It's sold as fitting. Best case, it's a gasket that can sort of be made to fit. Interesting... Thanks for any thoughts. (Edit: ultimately, I used this old gasket and noticed a much better seal between exhaust downpipe and turbo.)