p1michaud
Expedition Leader
Thanks to a member of this board, I was able to meet a very cool 40 Series fanatic. We met up for a beer before the holidays and have kept in touch. This past Saturday he invited me to tag along for some passenger seat wheeling. Just what I needed to clear my blues after parting with the Bomb. :sombrero:
A group of guys were scheduled to meet up at a servo (service station) en route to the Glass House Mountains. I was riding shotgun in this cool 1984 BJ42, complete with power steering, 5 speed, 3B diesel, PTO winch and serious Simmex rubber. It's the blue one in the pictures. On the way we stopped to fill up on diesel and wait for another member to join us. He was at the wheel of a back 1975 40 Series Cruiser that had received a V6 engine converted to gas, 35" tires, lockers with low range reduction gears. Things were shaping up to deliver some very interesting wheeling. Here's where we ran into a bit of drama as they say. The old 3B was suffering from fuel delivery problems. Thankfully the driver of the black 40 happens to be a mechanic. After some troubleshooting, they found some air in the fuel system at the filter. The primed the system and bled the air out of the injectors. That got us about 100 m! We had to stop a few other times, with the same problem. We changed out the fuel filter, no luck. By passed separator #1, no luck finally bypassed separator #2, problem solved. We were sucking in air from separator #2 under load. Enough talking and time for a few photos.
Troubleshooting...
Troubleshooting again...
The cavalry arrives to help out...
One very well kitted out Hilux, I was really liking this rig mainly because it reminded me of my old Tacoma...
If that picture was not enough to make your drool, have a closer look...
Yes you read that correctly. Lexus V8 power, sweet sounding machine and lots of power to boot!
A group of guys were scheduled to meet up at a servo (service station) en route to the Glass House Mountains. I was riding shotgun in this cool 1984 BJ42, complete with power steering, 5 speed, 3B diesel, PTO winch and serious Simmex rubber. It's the blue one in the pictures. On the way we stopped to fill up on diesel and wait for another member to join us. He was at the wheel of a back 1975 40 Series Cruiser that had received a V6 engine converted to gas, 35" tires, lockers with low range reduction gears. Things were shaping up to deliver some very interesting wheeling. Here's where we ran into a bit of drama as they say. The old 3B was suffering from fuel delivery problems. Thankfully the driver of the black 40 happens to be a mechanic. After some troubleshooting, they found some air in the fuel system at the filter. The primed the system and bled the air out of the injectors. That got us about 100 m! We had to stop a few other times, with the same problem. We changed out the fuel filter, no luck. By passed separator #1, no luck finally bypassed separator #2, problem solved. We were sucking in air from separator #2 under load. Enough talking and time for a few photos.
Troubleshooting...
Troubleshooting again...
The cavalry arrives to help out...
One very well kitted out Hilux, I was really liking this rig mainly because it reminded me of my old Tacoma...
If that picture was not enough to make your drool, have a closer look...
Yes you read that correctly. Lexus V8 power, sweet sounding machine and lots of power to boot!
