JaysinSpaceman
Veteran Member
Hi everybody,
I've been hanging out here collecting info and doing research for about a year and a half now in preparation for swapping a Tdi into my 1983 Toyota Hilux and I have officially started the engine swap part of the build. I have a full build thread going on over at the Off-road Fabrication Network but I wanted to post the TDI related bits here as well. If you want to see the whole build you can find it HERE.
So this is the truck I started out with. Bad L52 gearbox, sold the engine and and bed. It has received a W56 gearbox and will be getting a flatbed.
This is the transmission cross member that I built for it. The W56 is 4.75" longer then the L52 that came out. The cross member moves the gearbox back only 2.75" however, so that the engine has 2" more clearance at the fire wall.
And a shot of it under the truck.
As you guys will undoubtedly recognize this is the ahu engine that I picked up from Quality German down in LA area. It reportedly has only 66,xxx miles on it, so barely broken in. The adapter for the W56 gearbox came from Acme and I picked it up from Jimbote a few months back.
Here is the Cummins 4bt pump that will be finding it's way onto the engine. Thanx to all the various people that have posted about building their M-Tdi pumps and a big thanx to WestyMan for pointing me in the right direction for the internal mods.
I designed the the motor mounts in the last week or so and got them fabbed up yesterday and the motor is now hanging on it's own (although I still need to finish weld everything, but I will wait until I am absolute about the placement before I do). I am using Mercedes 300D engine mounts, hopefully they will quell the bad vibes.
Passenger side from above.
Passenger side from below.
Drivers side mount from below. It isn't easy to see from above so I didn't bother to try to get a picture. It is in the way of the oil filter a bit so I will have to run a remote filter adapter, but this is fine as I really want to add a remote oil cooler as well anyway.
And the last picture is of the ALH manifold (another from Jimbote) that I cut off in preparation for modifications. While I could have used it in it's stock form the connection for the turbo plumbing stuck up really high and would have been rather gangly looking and barely cleared the hood. The cut of portion will get a 2 1/2" aluminum tube welded to the length of the manifold. As well as making it lower I am hoping that it will also feed the cylinders more equally then the stock design, helping to make less smoke and lower EGTs.
That's it for today, I will keep posting as I continue to work on it. Feel free to ask away, I will do my best to answer the wherefors and whyhows.
Thanx for looking,
Jaysin
I've been hanging out here collecting info and doing research for about a year and a half now in preparation for swapping a Tdi into my 1983 Toyota Hilux and I have officially started the engine swap part of the build. I have a full build thread going on over at the Off-road Fabrication Network but I wanted to post the TDI related bits here as well. If you want to see the whole build you can find it HERE.
So this is the truck I started out with. Bad L52 gearbox, sold the engine and and bed. It has received a W56 gearbox and will be getting a flatbed.
This is the transmission cross member that I built for it. The W56 is 4.75" longer then the L52 that came out. The cross member moves the gearbox back only 2.75" however, so that the engine has 2" more clearance at the fire wall.
And a shot of it under the truck.
As you guys will undoubtedly recognize this is the ahu engine that I picked up from Quality German down in LA area. It reportedly has only 66,xxx miles on it, so barely broken in. The adapter for the W56 gearbox came from Acme and I picked it up from Jimbote a few months back.
Here is the Cummins 4bt pump that will be finding it's way onto the engine. Thanx to all the various people that have posted about building their M-Tdi pumps and a big thanx to WestyMan for pointing me in the right direction for the internal mods.
I designed the the motor mounts in the last week or so and got them fabbed up yesterday and the motor is now hanging on it's own (although I still need to finish weld everything, but I will wait until I am absolute about the placement before I do). I am using Mercedes 300D engine mounts, hopefully they will quell the bad vibes.
Passenger side from above.
Passenger side from below.
Drivers side mount from below. It isn't easy to see from above so I didn't bother to try to get a picture. It is in the way of the oil filter a bit so I will have to run a remote filter adapter, but this is fine as I really want to add a remote oil cooler as well anyway.
And the last picture is of the ALH manifold (another from Jimbote) that I cut off in preparation for modifications. While I could have used it in it's stock form the connection for the turbo plumbing stuck up really high and would have been rather gangly looking and barely cleared the hood. The cut of portion will get a 2 1/2" aluminum tube welded to the length of the manifold. As well as making it lower I am hoping that it will also feed the cylinders more equally then the stock design, helping to make less smoke and lower EGTs.
That's it for today, I will keep posting as I continue to work on it. Feel free to ask away, I will do my best to answer the wherefors and whyhows.
Thanx for looking,
Jaysin