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That's a beautiful piece of work. Nice job!
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been away from home a while. managed to get some time on the cooling bits. could not find any beam clamps locally so i made some up. shroud is ready to fit and made a simple m16 x 1.5 adaptor for the 1/8npt durite sensor i will be using for cyl head temp gauge (stock gauge is no good) un linear response. im going for a painless performance F5 dual fan controller, not heard so many bad things about them, seems like it'l work! . just got to wire it all in .
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...psgmmlhzec.jpg
regualr steel beam clamps will work if you can find em
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...psl4orvepi.jpg
small adaptor making durite sender as long as possible
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...psmyywujw5.jpg
sensor location for fan control is at the moment bottom inlet to rad
http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/m...psayuwfe91.jpg
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That's an impressive looking fan unit (big motor and massive blade pitch). I see from a previous post they are 2 x 9" 755cfm 7.5A spal suckers. I will be interested to hear about performance. Where did you get them? Tim
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timsrv
That's an impressive looking fan unit (big motor and massive blade pitch). I see from a previous post they are 2 x 9" 755cfm 7.5A spal suckers. I will be interested to hear about performance. Where did you get them? Tim
kool it , paso robles CA. pn: VA02/AP70 -LL40 . i was hoping the shroud would make up for the compact fans, should use 100% of rad instead of 43%. when your guessing a design just squeeze what ya can! if it runs50% duty it'll be excellent, wait and see i guess
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kool-it , paso robles CA. (also on auction site as kool-it)
. couldnt find any on the shelf over here
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Just discovered the diesel thread... nice work. I am a new owner of one of these. 89 master ace surf. I imported it from BC to Washington state. Working on getting a couple new break parts in and the cooling system before I can put some miles on it and see what else she needs.
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good luck with it, plenty of road testing to be had with Toyota that's for sure :-)
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finally, i got 240km munched today. Passed the big test last week, still weeping on a rear brake cylinder (drum) and needs tracking, but good to go.
its a hoot! like driving a motorized see saw.. bobs up and down under the 1700 kg weight, panoramic view, slow as f**k bieng the auto diesel, but its got character and its got gadgets and 4wd , whats not to love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG1L...layer_embedded
now to make the interior a little less purple , and get some running water inside, make it more camping equipped
like to report back so far the Painless F5 seems fairly sensible,
it ramps up the first fan for a few seconds, then ramps in the second, at 50% duty set at your lowest setting i.e 160f, then your highest setting (the other POT) for 100% duty will be set at your higher chosen temp by dialling in the pot perhaps 200f .. the controller creates a linear rise of fan speed per degree set point between low and high from 50-100% duty on the fans.
reading of coolant measuring the head temp using the durite, the sender is gauging just below the inlet manifold, reading is stable at 194 slow , 203 fast moving, but it seems fairly unconnected with the fans on and off cycle i am seeing (alot). really it would be ideal to get not only a sender with the kit, but also a LCD readout so you can actually see what your setting the F5 to. is there any easy way to measure the coolant temps while running without installing another gauge?
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Wow Adamh,
not only are your mechanical skills impressive but your video/music editing was very enjoyable:thmbup:
thank you for sharing those ideas that I can only enjoy vicariously thru your skills!
On a side note if your ever able to get a hold of some rear taillight assemblies I could totally use a set.
Nice documentation and thank you for sharing!!
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Awesome post and video!!! Thanks for posting. :thmbup: Tim
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JDM VANMAN
Wow Adamh,
not only are your mechanical skills impressive but your video/music editing was very enjoyable:thmbup:
thank you for sharing those ideas that I can only enjoy vicariously thru your skills!
On a side note if your ever able to get a hold of some rear taillight assemblies I could totally use a set.
Nice documentation and thank you for sharing!!
looking for a tail light myself, i have a cracked one, seems like they are quite rare . i have seen them with orange lenses up top but not clear ones which is what is on the other side of my van.
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i would like to report back another successful 150 mile drive.
ambient temps was 51F / 11C
speed varied upto 60mph, it was also raining on and off
running temp is a constant 194-198 deg F (90-92deg c) peaking once i think at 201f (94c) after a long slow climb on a hill. (according to gauge)
i have seen it run 198-203 but on a much hotter day with ambient temperature 77f (25degc).
it was raining today so i got free charge cooling!.
boost is nominally 2-5 psi when just coasting about, when freewheeling its zero of course.
when foot is down i am showing only 6psi max.
The gauge i am using is fairly low cost so i expect a psi or two either way tolerance.
Given the fact it a low HP engine (85ps) and 3500lb weight constantly on boost i think it would be advantageous to intercool it, wether i get the time or not is another factor, it certainly has the room where the stock air filter fits to squeeze in a cooler and fan and a drop the air filter lower
i have not yet dialled in my F5 fan controller properly but it seems to work good, i set the ON temperature fairly low on the POT , so it comes on at a low temperature , i am unsure what the actual temperature is but the way i see it as soon as the thermostat opens at 180f the fans should come on so the 'low' on potentiometer should be lower than the thermostat.
i dont know at which road speed the fans make no difference, i think i'll wire in a dash led so i can have a look at the fan habits at higher speeds.
there is a speed signal cut off for the fans which picks up off the vehicles speed signal wire so if i can find the VSS wire i may use it later.
its a ball driving these vans :)
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Hey hopefully you're still active on these forums. May I ask what that large box is in front of your center console? Is that the ice box? I ask this because I have been looking at making a custom subwoofer box with cup holders in the same position and now that I see this box, it's perfect! Now I just need to find one.
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That is in fact an icebox. Actually, none US spec vans usually got a hot/cold box while the US vans just got the optional icebox.
