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Fix a flat never did jack for me. Waste of money. Now a tire plug kit and a small bottle of soapy water. Saved many a tire with that, even on other peoples trucks. Cheap OBD2 = easydiag and the app for my iphone. Plug the easydiag into the obd2 port, fire up the app and you can not only pull...

body mounts moved 1" outboard on both sides but no "massaging " of the firewall yet firewall cut/trimmed and welded up cleaned up and mounted back up on the frame Bit more work to do but it is about done. Did not get a chance to fit the motor again to see how much I gained by the...

Moved the body mounts out an inch on both sides. I got them welded up and mostly cleaned up. Next up (today) massage the firewall for a bit more clearance. Cheers

Drivetrain placement is moving along... bolted the turbo and manifolds on the SD33 tight fit in the trans tunnel, going to have to open it up a bit and customize! Clutch slave is upper right and won't clear. turbo dump is pretty close to the inner firewall body mount At current...

Bought a ProCar Elite Lumbar seat yesterday for the drivers seat. I went with cloth in black. Should see the seat next week! Only doing drivers right now, will do passenger sometime in the future. Cheers

Doesn't sound like you were driving the 4.8L and Bogota is not exactly low elevation. Maybe not as high as Bolivia but still. And it shouldn't matter anyways as it is a fully computer controlled engine that will adjust for altitude. Sounds more like you were driving a TB42 or TD42 N/A or even an...

Hey man diesels are awesome, I have a super sweet one that was big coin to build. And also not so sweet one I am rebuilding to make it better. Thing is, I have had a few v8 Cruisers now too. An FJ60 with a v8 and now my 80 with a v8. And the best bang for the buck hands down is the v8. Your...

Exactly, I was just looking at a few last night in Canada and New Zealand. You could buy a truck like that, import it, upgrade it and still have some money left over if you went shopping with $28k. Cheers

Ya know I have seen my first Icon recently. One showed up here locally and is living in town. Pretty tall and narrow. Much more so than I thought it would be. Really doesn't look right to me proportions wise being tall and narrow. Also the Icon suspension is nothing to get overly excited about...

Test fitting As you can see pretty tight fit. Custom radiator for sure looks like the way to go. I can also gain 1-2" by doing something (custom) with the pulleys on the engine. Electric fans would be the way to go but I am doubting they can keep the diesel cool. Even with a custom...

$28k for a motor swap!? Unreal!

No way! The SD-series of engines sound absolutely awesome once turbo'ed. That is a sound I must have. They also respond very well to intercooling. Cheers

Alrighty, so the donor motor is a non-turbo or N/A diesel. It is a total dog, at least at my elevation and for me the only way to go with a diesel is to turbo it or get a factory turbo'ed motor. To turbo the SD33 and do it right requires a few things, such as turbo manifolds and also the turbo...

Axle shaft diameter, spline count, material the shaft is made from. Don't think anybody here said the Patrol axle is 100x better than the Toyota FF. The Toyota 9.5 diff is very strong. I think your question would be better asked of Aussies who have lot's of both trucks and most of your Aussie...

More like my most un-favorite things.... No room in the dash at all, Toyota crammed it very tight. Heater core location, I mean really Toyota!? Washer fluid bag hanging on LHS inner fender. Windshields that are extremely difficult to get to the "not-leaking" status. Door handles made...

And those two thousand words would all be cuss words. Sorry I missed your call last night man, I was neck deep in motor/trans yanking. I think it is fate. You know you are meant to have a Cruiser with a v8 in it. Yours goes and here comes a free vortec. What better time then now!? If the 3F...

Kind of a long story but I will try and keep it brief. The 83 hails from Germany. It was imported to the USA in about 1987 when the original owner moved here. I guess he is a Benz diesel mechanic and moved to Southern California, he brought the Patrol with him. He kept it until the late 90's...

Damn MQ is tall even with the portals on the floor!! Bumper sticks out to far to get a good hook on the engine too. Good to go, that is an Exedy Safari Tuff 12" clutch in there. :) Poor old MQ is gutted.... Just to prove the diesel will fit, here is an SD33 fitted to a G60 Patrol...

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Thanks a bunch! Wait till it starts coming together more though, I think it is going to be a pretty impressive truck and very cool to boot! Cheers