Isuzu I-Mark diesel

[truckinwagen]

I have a non overflow rad from an early rabbit I have no use for anymore...

I want to do some burnouts too, but with the snow and studded tires it will have to wait.

-Owen

[maxfax]

I want to do some burnouts too, but with the snow and studded tires it will have to wait.

Tell me about it..     I appreciate my winter tires, but will be elated to to yank them off any time now!

That sounds like the radiator I need..  The one in there isn't that old, but when crack motor spit out it's last HG 4 or 5 of the rows in the core puffed up..    Amazingly the darned thing isn't leaking yet, but I'm not taking chances with this money pit engine I been putting together..

[truckinwagen]

if you want I can send it to you, might need some cash for it though, I paid a mint for it when I got it...

-Owen

[truckinwagen]

well, I got the brake booster pump installed today, forgot how nice it is to have power brakes.

I also got the bypass valve hooked up to a truck transmission splitter mounted on the shifter, and it works great!

in the low range position it bypasses boost, and in the high range position it closes the valve allowing boost.


the obnoxious whine almost completely disappears when the bypass valve is open, which makes me much happier about driving it around town/to work.

I found a perfect wheelbarrow to make a scoop out of  for $40 at lowes.
I think all I will need to do is narrow it, the shape is almost perfect.

-Owen

[maxfax]

You'll use a freakin wheel barrow, but not a mailbox?!?!?   

That's actually a brilliant idea..  I gotta keep that in mind...

[theman53]

Sweet the redneck idea I gave is going to be put into motion. That wheel barrow will take a beating that sheet metal would cringe at

[truckinwagen]

yeah, the more I thought about a wheelbarrow the more I wanted to do it!

its actually a really great shape, especially after being narrowed.
should be pretty easy to modify too, and being steel it will easily become a permanent part of the hood and be less likely to have trouble in the cold.

-Owen

[truckinwagen]

I drove the car around a bit yesterday, and it feels like the motor with its new found torque is pushing through the torque converter.

hit the throttle, and the revs climb, far beyond what was normal before, and the car then accelerates to match(with revs staying almost the same)

does not feel like the transmission is slipping, just like the torque converter is being spun beyond its stall speed.

probably wont hurt much, other than running really hot, which I can combat with an external oil cooler.

and when I do get around to replacing the transmission, I will get one with a lockup converter.

-Owen

[truckinwagen]

DAMN!!!

I broke the return manifold while doing the injectors!




now I gotta figure out how to get them back together, brazing would be the right way.

wonder if there is any local help to fix it...

-Owen

[truckinwagen]

got the injectors cleaned up, surprised the motor ran as god as it did!

they were all loose in the head(part of why the return line got broken) and the tips look terrible.

they are very blued from heat:


and the erosion around the nozzle is quite bad(the large dark area is worn down alot)

[81 vw pu]

Ouch!! What if you drilled the short piece out the same size as the tube. Cut a piece off the longer tube and soldered / brazed it in.
Then use a short piece of rubber line in between for the correct length. Just a thought to get you back on the road for now.

[truckinwagen]

well, it looks like the tube is all copper, and the rings are steel,and the whole lot os brazed/soldered together.

so I am gonna heat it all up to melt the braze/solder to disassemble it, and solder in some new hoses between the rings.

if I can find copper the right size I will do that, but if not I will use some brake line(not as easy to bend, but should work nonetheless)

-Owen

[maxfax]

See if you can find some of that Nicop brake line..   IT bends like soft copper, but is indeed brake line..  Awesome stuff!

[truckinwagen]

got it sorted, I cut off drilled out and then soldered in nipples made out of 3/16" brake line.

should work OK, as its not under any pressure.

-Owen

[truckinwagen]

got the injectors back in, and put the starter I bought from the guy on the other forum(gonna have the shop replace the solenoid, which I think is the problem, and put it on the shelf for later)

fired it up(and guess what, the starter worked) and it idles sooooooo much better now, nice and smooth.

have not taken it for a drive yet, I am in the process of replacing the seat, which was so worn out that it stopped staying upright(wanted to recline all the time) with one of the plastic bucket seats I bought years ago for the green rabbit.

eventually I will replace the passenger one too, and remove the rear seat, never use it anyway, and the space could better be used to house a stereo of some sort.

-Owen