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On the fun side I did do a little camping/fishing trip during the holidays up to Lake Berryessa. Good times up there. Jonesing for a trip up to Snow Mountain, Knoxville OHV Park, or even up to Indian Valley Res someday if any of y'all are around these parts. Another fun add-on to the...

Hola brochachos. Long time no posts. Been a hectic bit for me recently with some family issues and job stuff. But just got in some parts for the turbonification. One thing I'd been concerned about was the fuel "mapping" with boost as my injector pump doesn't have any boost/fuel compensation so I...

All sorts of things slowly coming together right now. Rear Axle Swap: - Welded up the correct u-bolt skid plate setup and will paint it likely tomorrow. - Brake line tubing coming in Monday. Need to sort out a flare tool......I think my buddy has one. - Still need to figure out what to do...

Sorted! Definitely some design flaws which I could/should fix going forward. For now, the thing is in and works pretty well. Noticing the unit restarting every once in a while. Not sure what that's about. Could be vibration induced. Hard to say. But overall it works. For now (read it's just...

Sure man. Let me test out the prototypes first then we can sort something out.

Thanks @Toasty. Got them installed yesterday between all the rain showers we've been having. Running so much better now. No smoke, no knocks. All of them were set to right at 12MPa. I've got a nearly complete turbo kit just about sorted and I'm sure I'll have to reset the cracking pressure but...

New nozzles finally arrived and I got them assembled into the housings. These old mechanical diesels are interesting beasts. The old nozzles had worn in a really interesting pattern that I thought might have been part of the design but after comparing to the new ones it's not. Took all the...

Well, got some new injector nozzles coming in from Sri Lanka of all places. They're the Zexel nozzles made in Japan so hopefully they'll work properly. I'll just put them in the injector housings I have that are the stock zexels as well. Classic "not enough time to do it right but plenty of time...

More progress on the ole 4D56 diesel fuel issues. For starters here's what I was dealing with. The PO had noticed air coming in and assumed it was a fuel hose size issue. To address it he schmooed it up with some sealant which appears to have been breaking down (classic fuel eating everything)...

Got a screamin deal on a high pinion Dana 44 out of a full size bronco. Looking to retube it to get the length right. Just need to decide on axle lengths. I think keeping one side the stock length is fine, the other needs to be about 6" shorter. I still want to retube both ends since this has...

I'll definitely have to pick your brain on the links setup. I've got a Dana 44 I'm going to be building out for the front. First I've gotta narrow it down to about 61" WMS.

You want a set? I'm ordering revB since I got the hole diameters a bit off and didn't realize that both sides should actually use the same part. This works with the OME 14mm u-bolts with 97mm leg center spacing. P/N: OMEU55, OMEU59A, OMEU59B, OME59C, OMEU59D, OMEU65, OMEU72. For reference I'm...

This weekend I decided to tackle some work on the diesel injector side. I've been noticing a lack of power (beyond what a tiny naturally aspirated should make) so I did some testing on them to see what pressure they're opening at and what their spray patterns looked like. Moral of that story was...

You talking about the perches or the skids? Happy to make that happen. Just a little tweaking to get it just right but should be ready to roll soon.

recently I've been debating on swapping to a TDI at some point. Something about a 20-30 year younger motor with double the power output sounds nice.

Thanks for the pics. I've got the non-turbo version of the 4D56 on my MK1 and have been looking at add a turbo. I believe there are some differences in the engine such as oil squirters for the backs of the cylinders, oil lines for the turbo, and this boost compensator you can see on top of your...

Very exciting build! Looking great. I would greatly appreciate a closeup picture of that mechanical fuel pump you have on your motor.

About a month ago or so I would've said yes to that housing. But I'm just about done on this one I think. I think it was the one from American Canyon. I think they've crushed it since because I don't see it on there anymore. I'd love to find a set of those 4.9's at some point. The front is...

The other day I went through the injectors to see if they were the source for my lack of chooch (asides from being a 35yr old 4banger naturally aspirated diesel). Lots of testing and cleaning. Seems they're all opening at around 10MPa which is a bit low from the 12-13MPa range. Also one is...

As @Ozarker pointed out. These motors have a hard go keeping their heads straight. I was noticing pressure in the cooling system after only a few seconds of running which is a sure sign of a blown head gasket on these things. Super common issue. So the ebaymotors to the rescue. A fella in Spain...