I had planned to continue with Fiery this weekend, Ed and Tom being due to pop down and lend a hand. Chris popped down on Thursday to drop off some bits for Lil' Blue and helped me get the steering control valve back onto the rack (I'll post that as a separate refurb thread), we sort of popped down to the pub for an afternoon pint which ended up in Chris offering to stop over and give me a hand on Friday.
Changed the clutch release bearing
Old one still working well even if a bit manky.
New clutch lever gaiter from Toyota as it was missing
Cleaned block and sump of old sealant
A breeze to get off with this
New bead of Wynns gasket silicone.
I didn't get to take much in the way of photos after this point. We got the engine into the bay and then Chris spotted the engine mounts were too small.
I hadn't taken the time to really look closely at the Surf engine and Colorado engine as I'd assumed it was a straight drop in swap (even though Ed had mentioned I should a week or so ago
) . Actually there is quite a lot of stuff to swap over or remove
Engine mounts need swapping over.
Surf engine has a couple of lower brackets that the gearbox mounts to , these have to come off for the Colorado.
Oil Dipstick is on the wrong side of the block - means the turbo air intake pipe fouls on the dipstick.
Rocker cover needs swapping otherwise you lose a mounting point for the turbo air inlet pipe.
Sump needs changing (already done).
Flywheel needs changing (already done).
Heater hoses, the Surf had the hoses that include the Tee for the rear heater, needed to put the SWB Colorado ones on.
Turbo dump pipe from exhaust manifold to exhaust needs swapping over.
We did all these except the rocker cover and dipstick which probably added another couple of hours to our day.
Chris and Ed removed the transfer box and got the gearbox onto the engine, we spent some time while the transfer was out to figure out if was busted, still not 100% sure, it got put back on and I'll test drive it and see what happens.
Swapped over starter, alternator and aircon bracket as the aircon pulley was in better condition. Treated Fiery to a new set of belts.
Poured fresh oil in and found we had a leak from the oil level sender, drained oil and found the 'O' ring on the sender had gone. So used the sender from the Surf sump and refilled with oil. Now the oil was really leaking badly from the sender. What we discovered is that the 4 10mm bolts that hold the sender on the Surf are about 4mm longer the the Colorado ones, when I bolted them up the longer thread has pulled the metal sender holder away from the side of the sump.
Chris had a go at welding this up but my freebie welder is frankly pants and not up to the job.
We did take the opportunity before spotting the first leak to crank the engine over to build oil pressure and then start it for a few seconds to check it runs. Started really easily so all looking good on that score.
Tom stripped out the seats in readiness to put in the Leather seats from the VX, I bought these as a it of a gamble but now see they have come out of a LWB, so the rear seat won't fit over the wheel arch and the front seats won't flip forwards to allow a passenger into the back. Looks like I'll have to chuck them on eBay.
Refitted the rear prop this morning and bolted the bonnet back on, parked Fiery on the drive and wait for a mate of mine with a decent welder to pop over next week and see if we can fix the sump, really hope that works otherwise it's either engine out or front axle removal to get the sump off.
Not much to do after that and assuming transfer is okay before Fiery is back on the road.
Bravo Ben, you have a knack for nothing stopping you 
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