My Official OM617 Toyota Pickup Repower Thread

[dieselbenz1]

A vacuum solenoid from any car will work I've installed a toyota one.

[OM617YOTA]

Yep, current solenoid is from the Toyota, pre-conversion.

[Dan Stokes]

I'll look and see if I have a solenoid. A definite maybe.

Dan

[OM617YOTA]

Thank you! Much appreciated.

[OM617YOTA]

Replaced the ailing factory horns. My high tone was operating at about half power and my low tone not at all. Pushing the horn button to let some jackwagon know they were being a jackwagon resulted in a half-hearted "toot" that was difficult to hear in the cab. I imagine no one outside even noticed, certainly no one has reacted.

I replaced them today with a Stebel Nautilus. Holy hearing loss, Batman! If that doesn't wake up some soccer mom who's trying to kill her kids by paying more attention to her cellphone than her driving, nothing will.

I originally hooked the Nautilus up to just the normal horn wiring. Got about normal horn volume. Rewired it via relay(I used a good one, not the generic one that came with the kit) pulling power directly from the battery. Whole different level of loud; a relay is definitely recommended for anyone doing this mod.

Oh, and back to diesel stuff. Anyone have a preferred source for a turbo rebuild kit?

[nicholas]

I got my rebuild kit from Midwest turbo and later had them balance my new compressor wheel (after I unwittingly damaged my old cast wheel attempting to remove the wrong way) ... it turned out well in the end

[OM617YOTA]

Truck continues to do what it was built to do, here hauling a load of oak out of the woods.

[Stretch]

Wow have you upgraded the chassis and the suspension?



Round here the rozzers would pull you over for a chat with a load like that!

[Father Of Giants]

Originally Posted by OM617YOTA

Truck continues to do what it was built to do, here hauling a load of oak out of the woods.

This is so satisfying to look at, a hard working diesel is a healthy diesel.

[OM617YOTA]

Originally Posted by Stretch

Wow have you upgraded the chassis and the suspension?



Round here the rozzers would pull you over for a chat with a load like that!

The police stopping me never even occurred to me. Never been bothered before, and seeing what others get away with that I'd go "hell no" on, I very much doubt I ever would have an issue.

Chassis and suspension are stock; the flatbed is actually slightly lighter than the stock bed, plus the oak is pretty dry. Not quite seasoned for burning yet but most of the way there, it wasn't cut down yesterday. Overall the load is lighter than it looks, and even so there's a reason I didn't load it any higher than I did. Drove fine, no issues.

A utility trailer is in the plans.

Originally Posted by Father Of Giants

This is so satisfying to look at, a hard working diesel is a healthy diesel.

Thank you! It's been a great build.

Not at all diesel related, but I've been really impressed with that battery electric saw. Brought the gasser along as backup but never needed it.

[Dan Stokes]

Originally Posted by Father Of Giants

This is so satisfying to look at, a hard working diesel is a healthy diesel.

I'd say a hard working Diesel is a HAPPY Diesel! I know when Mutt get's going down the track at full load he smooths out, the exhaust cleans up, and he just HUMS! Happy sounds........ And SO happy that the 'Yoda is doing it's thing, too!


Dan

[OM617YOTA]

I was teasing my girlfriend about her pumpkin spice latte and Cheerios, and she said she bets there's a pumpkin spice something that I'd like.

Well, I found it:

https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/63665/10002/-1

Sadly it didn't do a darned thing. Can't smell it out the exhaust at all, even at the higher 1/2oz/gal dosage rate.

[ROLLGUY]

Originally Posted by OM617YOTA

I was teasing my girlfriend about her pumpkin spice latte and Cheerios, and she said she bets there's a pumpkin spice something that I'd like.

Well, I found it:

https://www.jegs.com/i/JEGS/555/63665/10002/-1

Sadly it didn't do a darned thing. Can't smell it out the exhaust at all, even at the higher 1/2oz/gal dosage rate.

Run a tank of veg oil with that additive, and it will smell much better.

[OM617YOTA]

Someone asked for photos of my throttle linkage. Apparently I can't PM images, so here goes.

[OM617YOTA]

Oh, a couple thousand miles and several fill-s later and I STILL smell pumpkin spice out of the fuel filler every time I fuel up. Nothing out of the exhaust, though.