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Toyota Landcruiser Bj40 resotration
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Being somewhat of a glut for punishment, I've decided to build my own turbo manifold. To do this, I created something similar to a design from IH8MUD in CAD (Rhino3D). (dwg available here.)
I also drew a T25/GT20 flange for a GT2052 turbo. Hopefully this is of some use to someone else. I got the Schedule 40 CAD from here.
I then got the parts cut out using a plasma cutter in 10mm plate steel. Half way through the order I decided that 10mm would be too think for the exhaust manifold connection and I should reorder it in 8mm. When I rang the machine shop guy he said that the piece was already cut out and he'd shave 1mm off each side on the surface grinder free of charge.
I got two manifolds connections and two GT20 flanges cut out. I then assembled everything as per the CAD drawing above, keeping we weld heat as low as possible to avoid warping. It actually held it's shape very well, even if the faces do look a little burnt.
Plasma cut to perfection! The manifolds bits are surface ground on both sides to 8mm, the flange connector is 10mm
Ready for welding!
Some welding underway.
Finito!
Happy days!
Anyway all I need to do now is
- sand the manifold to a clean finish
- find a GT2052 turbo
- mount the turbo
- run the oil lines
- run the boost gauge wiring
:-)
Link to full blog: -> http://bj40restoration.blogspot.ie
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Just though I'd share another update on my Landcruiser restoration journey.
The truck now has paint and is slowly coming back to life. I changed from red to dine beige as I think they look best that way. More to come shortly....
The paint process was as follows:
- Sandblast back to bare metal
- Thermal zinc coating (applied hot - sprayed on)
- Etch primer
- Undercoat
- Rhino liner (mixed with 10% top coat) on all hardwearing surfaces
- Top coat of 2PAC Toyota Dune Beige
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Hey guys,
I thought I'd post an update on how my restoration on the BJ40 was going.
OK, so things have progressed slowly since the last update but I can finally begin to see the finish line.
The truck now resembles a truck in a garage for repair as opposed to a rebuild!
As before, I'm going to let the pictures do most of the talking.
Additions since the last update:
- The turbo has arrived and has been test fitted.
- All the lights are installed
- Most of the badges / decals are on.
- Back seats and carpet is in.
- All glass and door seals are on.
- The doors are complete, all glass, locks and door skins are on.
- The odometer is rebuilt with white dials are ready to go in.
- The wiring loom has been stripped, checked and re installed. All wiring tape has been replaced.
- The clutch master cylinder is in.
- The brake master cylinder is in.
- The pedal box is in.
- The bonnet hold arm is on.
- The steering wheel has been rebuilt.
- Most of the switches on the dash are in.
- The handbrake is all in and working!
Things left to do:
- Plumb the brakes
- Wire the rear wiring loom to the rear lights
- Install the headlining
- Install the odometer
- Find a replacement steering wheel switch and install it.
- Install the steering wheel.
- Finish the front locking hubs.
- Finish wiring the dash
- Install the front seat.
- Install the rear door locking mechanism.
- Track the steering
- Get an NCT
- Tax and insurance - DRIVE!
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