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Long time, no posts. Been a bit slowed down by a broken hand. But the transmission is out and the new clutch is here. Turns out the diesel and gas versions of the throwout arm and bearing are not the same. Weirdly the diesel version is a stamped metal part while the gas one is a forged hunka...

Well now we're in a bit of a pickle. Driving around yesterday I noticed that in third if I give it a bit of gusto I can hear what I believe is the clutch begin to slip. I hear revs go up but not accelerating at the same pace.................womp womp. Might be time for a new clutch. Anyone got a...

Well there’s nothing like having to use the project truck to get home because you forgot you rode the bicycle to the shed and missed the ferry back across the bay to get you to finish up the project quick. Made a lunch stop at oreilly and got some hoses, clamps, and a hose adapter for the vent...

Good day in the shed yesterday. Lots done. The exhaust is now done. I also swapped the OME heavy duty torsion bars out for the stock ones. I'll be doodling up and printing a set of those upper bump stops somedays soon so I can get a little more range on the front. Also made up a little...

Last night was a late one. Got the muffler mount sorted. One downside is I've got to remove the torsion bar to remove/install but that's not a hard go. Really wish I had a lift so it would be easier to get a shot of the whole thing. Only bits left now are the actual tailpipe and it's hanger...

Hell yeah man! It's coming together!

Well today was some good progress. Made 2" to 3" adapting section along with the spherical interface for the turbo downpipe. Also got in some final welding on the muffler section. This was the idea going into today. I needed to adapt from the 2" outlet of the turbo hardware up to the ludicrous...

Massive post dump. On top of all that I've been working on the airbox and exhaust. Decided to weld up a filter housing that will bring in the air from the snorkel to a donaldson filter. Still need to make the cover, install the riv-nuts, add a duck-bill valve for draining, and some mount...

Here's some pics of the turbo installed. Need to clean up plumbing and all that jazz. The one other mod I had to take are of was the oil filter mount which houses the oil pressure gauge and more critically for this, the turbo oil return hose. Turns out that feature is cast into the housing...

The original naturally aspirated setup I had on the motor. Had a great, high flow looking intake. but it wouldn't allow for the turbo to fit so it got the axe. Then here's the difference on the fuel pumps. The one on the left is the turbo which has the diaphragm to allow for more fuel under...

Ok party people. It's been forever. I'm not dead, the project isn't dead, there have just been some other fun things going on like a bike build and a boat trip. But back into it. A few months back I was able to get the turbo on. Sourced a turbo with exhaust manifold and bypass valve from...

On the fun side I did do a little camping/fishing trip during the holidays up to Lake Berryessa. Good times up there. Jonesing for a trip up to Snow Mountain, Knoxville OHV Park, or even up to Indian Valley Res someday if any of y'all are around these parts. Another fun add-on to the...

Hola brochachos. Long time no posts. Been a hectic bit for me recently with some family issues and job stuff. But just got in some parts for the turbonification. One thing I'd been concerned about was the fuel "mapping" with boost as my injector pump doesn't have any boost/fuel compensation so I...

All sorts of things slowly coming together right now. Rear Axle Swap: - Welded up the correct u-bolt skid plate setup and will paint it likely tomorrow. - Brake line tubing coming in Monday. Need to sort out a flare tool......I think my buddy has one. - Still need to figure out what to do...

Sorted! Definitely some design flaws which I could/should fix going forward. For now, the thing is in and works pretty well. Noticing the unit restarting every once in a while. Not sure what that's about. Could be vibration induced. Hard to say. But overall it works. For now (read it's just...

Sure man. Let me test out the prototypes first then we can sort something out.

Thanks @Toasty. Got them installed yesterday between all the rain showers we've been having. Running so much better now. No smoke, no knocks. All of them were set to right at 12MPa. I've got a nearly complete turbo kit just about sorted and I'm sure I'll have to reset the cracking pressure but...

New nozzles finally arrived and I got them assembled into the housings. These old mechanical diesels are interesting beasts. The old nozzles had worn in a really interesting pattern that I thought might have been part of the design but after comparing to the new ones it's not. Took all the...

Well, got some new injector nozzles coming in from Sri Lanka of all places. They're the Zexel nozzles made in Japan so hopefully they'll work properly. I'll just put them in the injector housings I have that are the stock zexels as well. Classic "not enough time to do it right but plenty of time...

More progress on the ole 4D56 diesel fuel issues. For starters here's what I was dealing with. The PO had noticed air coming in and assumed it was a fuel hose size issue. To address it he schmooed it up with some sealant which appears to have been breaking down (classic fuel eating everything)...