Notfarnow?
I figured he'd be all over this.
I think he put a VW diesel in his.

The V8 Iam talking is a diesel. I think it come out of a Humvee. the Isuzu motor I am thinking about is their commerical delivery trucks. their flat bed trucks or stake bed truck.

I know all about loudness of the Cummins. I have one. If you park that thing in an under ground parking lot in front and next to a wall, it will blow your ear drums. Why do you think its rougher and not good around town. I can't feel the difference that and my LC beside the actual size of the truck. I can't get into most parking spaces around here.

Yasin, diesel engines do not have plugs, wires or coils so availability of these items would be non-existent in Japan as well. The only regular maintenance items are probably filters, air/oil/fuel, which one can get from another country due to this wonderful invention that we're typing on. :cool:

My keyboard!?!

Sorry I am in a happy mood.:p

I don't think you have to smog it if its a diesel in CA. according to the guy I talk to, he just went to a inspection station and the tech gave him the ok. No more smog ever.

They just started requiring smogs on diesels now. It is just a visual inspection though.

The only time i ever hear anyone mention diesels, or wanting diesels, is on this forum.

And you live in the world's capital of all things motorized, Philadelphia. That settles it.

Bingo. Brain cramp for me.

You've really got me wanting one of those now, either that or a nice crew-cab Tacoma w/ diesel. Definitely post your mpg on highway when you get a chance. I assume that your 4runner was an automatic before? I wonder how the diesel would be w/ automatic? They are usually great w/ auto due to massive low-end torque.

I think that NFN has either a Toyota diesel or MB diesel in his 4runner. A VW TDI mill would not be suited to the weight and torque requirements of a 4wd 4runner.

Doh...that's right...Denis..thanks..and here I was looking all over the picture for plug wires and a distributor. Goes to show you how much I know about Diesel engines.

your engine swap in Ca will have to pass smog, diesel or not. Good luck at the referee station with the dmv.Took my neighbor about a year for them to approve a stock audi 5 cyl swap into his syncro vw

Interesting and congrats! Not to hijack... I thought all along diesels are expensive to maintain. Not so?

I would disagree with the general principle of that statement. In the (unlikely?) event of a failure, yes, but in general, no.

Because of the increased compression...the engine blocks are made stronger to resist all the internal forces. Also, no real ignition system means more reliability. I'm hoping that this low mileage, the motor is just getting at a break in point and should give me many trouble free years ahead.

The "half-cuts" are the way to go versus just getting a motor/tranny and wiring harness. We stole a lot of little goodies off that front clip to make the transplant go smoothly. Frankly, I don't know what we would have done if we didn't have the whole clip. I have since been able to sell a lot of little bits from it too which helps to recouperate my investment.

The conversion from RHD to LHD had very little to do with the motor and tranny. The biggest issue is lengthening the engine wiring harness. There are about 40 wires that have to be lengthened 30", that took the better part of a day with a soldering iron and heat shrink tubing. Other details were minor dash trim in the conversion of the auto to the 5-speed. The shifters were bent the wrong direction and the trim pieces are all bass-akwards. The pedal assembly also did us no good so a LHD one was fitted. We were able to source most of those parts from a local toyota wrecking yard.

Wiring was the biggest hurdle. I lengthened the main harness but I ended up hiring an automotive electrician to sort out all the other details and even he said it was not easy. He had to splice a ton of things into the main chassis wiring harness behind the dash and that looked like a rats nest of wiring... that was $700 well spent IMHO!

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I had the 4Runner up in West Seattle last night going house shopping with a friend. We were on these little steep windy roads traversing the hillsides...and the Runner did fantastic! Going down the steep hills, just put it in first, let out the clutch...there is enough compression there to keep you crawling down the hill without using your brakes. Then going up steep hills, you can lug it up in 2nd and it just powers right along. You can tell it makes 100% of its torque right off idle...there is no need to ever rev this motor above 2000RPM! And the sound echoing off the house fronts was addicting. Beth finally said she was getting car sick so my fun was over :( :D

Great to hear. I absolutely get this. I feel the same way about my diesel ML. The huge torque and the fact that the engine is never stressed makes for a whole different driving experience. It feels like you could drive up vertical walls. This is particularly cool in mountainous terrain, where my ML seems to leave everyone else very far behind. Also love the mileage. I've owned a lot of cars and I have to say if I could own only one it would be the diesel ML. Best all-around car I've ever owned.

Sorry for the hi-jack.

Very cool swap and I commend you for it. You'll have a ton of fun with that truck.

I think he built himself an exotic 4Runner.

wowee! that is SLICK, I would trade my granny's kidney for that truck.

I did a similar swap, but WAY over at the cheap & ugly end of the spectrum. $1400 1991 'runner, then bought a complete (but rusty) 1987 Toyota pickup with a NA 2.4l diesel.

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invited friends over to tear aparth the truck:
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Engine was pretty much a bolt-in. The old mechanical diesels just need 3 wires to run: fuel cutoff, starter, glow plugs.

The truck keeps getting uglier, but I love it more & more. Hacked the arse off it this winter to make it a 4dr pickup. VERY useful for me now, just need a ladder rack so I can lug lumber & plywood. Also going to put on a turbo and a bigger alternator over the winter.

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I really admire the factory quality swap of the OP's truck. I have seen those and they are a LOT more work than it looks. LOts of very friggy details, so hat's off for such clean work. Mine looks like it was done by a drunk, because, well...