an1mal's Hilex Surf..

[an1mal_69]

Dim diolch lad,

Goin ghost hunting at bodelwyddan castle on sat night, so that's gonna be a late one + get some more truck work done

Be another cracker with a bit bit more rain to come.

[Calos]

Great to see you get started "proper" want to ride shotgun at Bala this sunday ?


peace
cal

[an1mal_69]

Had an hour on the truck this morn..







All that's left no is to disconnect as little of the life support to allow the motor to come out..prolly have it done this wkend

[an1mal_69]

Prop shafts off
Measly armour off (tank & TC)
Tank loosened for removal
Cross member loosened for removal
Exhaust off

Next;

Bumper & grill
Rad & fan
Split the front member
and organize the loom..separate the vehicle & engine looms

[an1mal_69]

Cool..cheers Vince

Will start disassembling under the bonnet next then..

[BUSHWHACKER]

And so it begins..
started on the inside exposing the harness, clocks and main dash plastics all off

You only need to get at the two multiplugs behind the Surf's ECU for 98% of the wiring, the other 2% is 12v supplies from the battery and ignition.

I do remove the clocks though, to add an extra wire to one of the plugs on the back so that the engine check light works. (there's and orange check light in the corner next to the Norm/hard light thats not used in the diesel trucks)

[an1mal_69]

And so it begins..



Spent a couple of hours cleaning the crud from underneath and giving it a general bufty, don't think it's ever been so clean.

So it's in the shed for the forseeable..started on the inside exposing the harness, clocks and main dash plastics all off

[andy_enuff]

I've thought about it - unfortunately they work fine - the drivers seat console side spline on the recliner bar that goes across the back from the motor to the reclining hinge seems to have come detached - but it looks EXACTLY the same as the passenger side one...

Squashing it together (as if trying to push the splines back in) doesn't make any difference - and it looks like the entire upholstery needs to come off if I need to get the mechanism out - unless you can shed any light?

[an1mal_69]

If the seat's won't necessarily fit in a Disco, and they happen to being 'beige' or whatever colour Lexus call it - I would be interested in having them - my drivers seat won't recline!

Blue I'm afraid..I'll sort you the motors tho when I finally start gutting (and i have the time of course).

Tidied the garage today..jus need a small patch in the footwell, and to free the brakes off on the cossie..MOT an tax it then there's room for the truck

[BUSHWHACKER]

If the seat's won't necessarily fit in a Disco, and they happen to being 'beige' or whatever colour Lexus call it - I would be interested in having them - my drivers seat won't recline!

Thought of just replacing the motors?

[andy_enuff]

If the seat's won't necessarily fit in a Disco, and they happen to being 'beige' or whatever colour Lexus call it - I would be interested in having them - my drivers seat won't recline!

[BUSHWHACKER]

you could wire the engine form scratch its just a lot harder you only really need the engine loom........!

It's not that hard really, 12 wires spliced into the loom near the ECU is all it needs to get it running and changing gears, 3 of those are earths.

You just need a 4 way fusebox, two 30a relays (ECU power and starter circuit) and a 30a changeover (five pin) relay for the fuel pump.
I wire the fuel pumps so they only work when the engine is cranking, then the relay switches over to constant running when the engine starts and the charge light goes out. This way the fuel pump will shut off if the engine stalls.

[Calos]

Sup Nik, have you made a start yet ?


peace
cal

[dannyboy77]

you could wire the engine form scratch its just a lot harder you only really need the engine loom and i just kept all the wires because i was a cheap skate and didnt want to buy new ones haha! from the engine loom you probably keep 5% of it!

as far as relays are concerned its easier to buy them and the holders as the lexus ones are moulded for the car and cant really be reused

the EGR you blank off anyway and the manifold can be closely examined once th engine is out

the exhaust system on the lexus i bought was rusted to hell! it fell off rather than unbolted off!

dont get to attached the lexus you wont want to take it apart otherwise haha!

[an1mal_69]

sorry about that but you know its worth doing it!

more power and front diff locks let see if you can brake the whole front drive train and the TC!

well count me in to lend a hand when you do it! have all the FSM wiring diagrams and other stuff to help you out!

That'll be awesome Danny, cheers..

So I went to get it on Sun, its as you'd expect from a £400 motor. In hindsight, I rekon I've been told porkies however. Flickering clocks, a common problem on the mk1's apparently , but not as easy-a-fix as a "dodgy earth". From what I've read a few capacitors need replacing on the circuit boards inside the clock unit, so i've got those ordered..packs of 10 too, so if others develop the same fault, giz a shout (providing the fix works).

Secondly, the guy pointed out a blow from the exhaust & said he'd just put a new manifold gasket on & it hadn't sealed proper, "I'll knock you a nifty off for that mate" (hence the £400 motor), so I never gave it a second thought. I've now learned that the EGR pipe splitting is also a common fault. I've not investigated, so I'm not thinking he's a tw@ yet, but it does seem the most probable.

Other than that I'm pretty chuffed with it, a couple of things dont work (which surprised me being a 'yota), the electric seat belt height adjuster, electric steering column adjuster & the memory function on the seat.

I've already ripped the airbox down for some induction goodness..might cut some silencers out of the exhaust, or slip a pair of cherry bombs in whilst I run it round