my grey 80

[Jon Wildsmith]

The toyodiy diagrams of the vacuum piping should be good enough for you to reverse the mod Marius, only a couple of pipes by the pump were swapped round. Fuel used was measured by brimming it before and after at the same pump as it turned out and distance covered recorded by a calibrated digital trip meter. My 80 has replacement steel bumpers front and rear, drawers in the boot, spare wheel carrier, aux fuel tank with 125 litres of fuel in it and 100kg of roof tent and bars on the roof. Tyres are standard sized 275x70x16 Toyo OC HT's at 36 psi and suspension is standard height. Valve clearances and injection pump timing have been done fairly recently and it has a 3" turbo back exhaust.

 

[Marius De Kock]

The toyodiy diagrams of the vacuum piping should be good enough for you to reverse the mod Marius, only a couple of pipes by the pump were swapped round. Fuel used was measured by brimming it before and after at the same pump as it turned out and distance covered recorded by a calibrated digital trip meter. My 80 has replacement steel bumpers front and rear, drawers in the boot, spare wheel carrier, aux fuel tank with 125 litres of fuel in it and 100kg of roof tent and bars on the roof. Tyres are standard sized 275x70x16 Toyo OC HT's at 36 psi and suspension is standard height. Valve clearances and injection pump timing have been done fairly recently and it has a 3" turbo back exhaust.

I'll use Caron's 80 as template if I want to change back to using the EGR system but I'm very happy with the changes you made and the new found power it gave my 80. It's like drive a totally different truck. I have the 3" from turbo back exhaust so all I need is the pump time and valve clearance to be done and all should be good.

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

Been working out how I'm going to fit my new winch, with solenoid pack on the winch or in the engine bay, where to put the isolator, that kind of thing. Winch seems well enough made, has seals where it should to be waterproof, nice big motor



Freespool lever comes off with removal of a small bolt and has an o-ring to keep the muck out.




Going for an in bumper mount for the isolator, this seems the best compromise for access, for turning the winch off if the solenoids stick on, there will be another in the engine bay to prevent mischief.






The hand controller socket will go in the other hole to the left. The solenoid is going in the bumper below that other hole with a rubber splash guard covering, to keep splashes off Keeps it all moderately accessible if it needs messing with. Still deciding whether to use the solenoid it came with, which should in theory be up to the job, or fit the TG heavy duty one I have and effectively bin the supplied solenoid ...

Not actually fitted the winch yet.

The front springs were past their best and with the bumper recently fitted and a winch to add and still not wanting a lift I decided to give some Pedders standard ish height springs a try. Thought I might as well try some rears to replace the Milner uprated ones I've been using for a while as well because they were getting borderline since adding the back bumper, bit of a gamble though because Pedders they don't list spring rates or how much extra weight they're designed to carry for the stated ride height ...

With the Pedders fitted, I think the fronts should work out just about right when the winch is on. The rears are a fail and need 20psi in the air bags to not quite achieve the stated ride height Rather than refitting the Milners I've left the Pedders on while I use the OEM springs as a template to see about getting some custom made as there aren't many options for standard height springs.

 

[Chris]

Thought you'd have gone for a Lodar by now Jon. They're very reasonable

I've actually ditched both hand controllers now. I can wire one up if I needed to but they have proven very reliable under all conditions, along with the TG solenoids.

Chris

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

I might fit a Lodar later but I'd still want the hand controller socket wired in.

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

Mounted and wired up the winch. There's a good view of the drum and the free spool lever fits the existing hole Coated the electrics in ACF-50 just need to fit a splash guard and get the rope on and another job will be ticked off the list

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

Handy rope attachment method on this winch


Wasn't sure how easily 100ft of 11mm rope would go on but plenty of space



Big yellow hook isn't very subtle. Might replace that with a shackle mount

 

[Red Oktober]

love the look of that bumper Jon ...

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

Thanks, I'm pleased with it, and surprised it wasn't snapped up by someone else before I gave in to temptation

 

[Yotomotor]

Looks good John, just done mine, I will take some pics later. Wired my Albright in the engine bay high up as I could with a can solenoid as an isolater so I can turn he power on from the cab along with internal controls.

 

[Chris]

What about spraying the hook grey like the bumper Jon. It would blend then.

C

 

[sae70]

Looks good Jon Why not get rid of the hook completely! It's something that I've been considering myself for a while a lot of the Dakar style racers now just splice a large soft loop in the end about a foot in diameter and wind it straight onto the drum. When required they just pull the loop through itself and half hitch it around a shackle

 

[sae70]

Like this, jump to about 8min

http://youtu.be/sezYBt9Hd94?t=8m

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

I could spray the hook but I think I will just cut it off I might get one of these in silver.

Interesting video link Steven, I shall consider that as well thanks.

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

Sorted, for now anyway Short piece of ally bar (acetal would have been better I think) hole in the middle self amalgamating tape round the ends, zip tied so it won't vanish if the rope goes slack, hook gone.









I swapped the rear springs for some old ones I had in the shed, not sure what they are, probably OME, used to be black, 19mm wire 485mm free height, definitely not standard ride height so I was expecting it to sit unacceptably high but give more data for a spring maker. Actually sits ok, about 25mm higher than standard, I can live with that. Running about in it this morning it seems a good combination ride wise around town and giving it a bit of welly through a very potholed section of industrial estate road so might be sorted for springs after all

 

[Gary820]

Looks really nice, I like that bumper it's the sort of winch bumper I'd want if I was fitting one.

 

[Chris]

Sorry for the hijack Jon, but whilst we were on the subject of bobbly bits to go on the end...

I couldn't help nipping into the man cave.

Piece of HDPE, turned, slotted, split, off set, slipped on and screwed. I'm fed up of the hook being pulled in and giving me problems - like smashing my tow electrics.



I set out to make one of those shackle end things but didn't have a piece of metal the right size. That's for another day then.

 

[Jon Wildsmith]

I've seen rubber versions of what you've made there Chris, on ebay. I hadn't really thought about making my own shackle end thingy, I think I do have a suitable billet of 6082 T6 but that's a lot of milling to do on a lathe so probably not.

 

[chadr]

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That looks great - very subtle indeed.

What is the black cone shaped thingy to the right of the freespool lever?

 

[Chris]

Aerial mount with a blanking cap on.

Yes, quite a lot of milling Jon. Need some new cutters myself really. Some quite tricky profiling there too. I'd need to map and number the operations to do it all in the right sequence.