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This discussion started out in the OEM section, I am moving and copying it here as anew thread:
Quote:
Originally Posted by cumorglas
/intentional hijack/
you do understand that you can't just casually mention a diesel swap like it's no big deal.
How do you like the sd 22 in it?
how hard was the swap?
where did you get the sd22?
i ask be cause i was seriously considering this swap my self. sd33 are available everywhere but fit is not nice and the swap would be awful. I think fit better but might need turbo for driveability.
better than replying here would be new thread in mod tech section.thanks in advance.
Casually speaking of Hijacking (LOL), I hijacked it for $900 cash in 2002 when everyone was holding on to their cash, if they had any!arty:
It sat in used car lot for over 9 months, they started out asking $2,500, but everyone was scared of it because the dealer could not start it, and the wiring and some of the plumbing, power steering hoses in particular were a mess. It was someone elses incomplete project that I took over as a chalenge. I got it running before I bought it, but it smoked real bad. The power steering hose on the high pressure side (they used a worm gear clamp, LOL!!!) busted just I got it 10 blocks to my driveway.
Took me 9 months to figure out what engine it actually was that they had used. The oil filter part number was my first clue and the SD22 on the valve cover the second. It was my first experience with a diesel. Turned out to be out of 1982 Nissan 720 pickup truck. They swapped the SD22 engine with its 5 speed manual transmission as a package along with its power steering pump, alternator and A/C compressor intact.
I have since rebuilt the transmisson, $1,000 major overhaul basically I saved, reused the case and fourth gear, fixed the fuel injector pump (another story), learned a bit about naturally aspirated noisy diesel engines (my Daughter says the whole school can hear me coming, LOL), had the drive shaft rebuilt and balanced (something they did not do), replaced the alternator, blower fan, starter, A/C compressor, A/C and power steering hoses, switched over to 134-a, added an electric fan for the A/C Condenser after the condenser blew up (I replaced it too) bypassed and rewired most of the critical wiring including the rusted and corroded fuse box, replaced the rubber in the engine mounts, and repaired one when the engine bolt sheared (had to drill it out of the engine sidewall, that was fun and scarry), and I installed a custom interior heater since the heater core was shot and I did not want to pull and waste the A/C evaporator and its R-12 refrigerant, since they worked for the first 2 years, just to get to the heater core mad out, and then I cried all the way to the bank with my 34 mpg deisel rig.arty:
It is a bit ruff on hills with the A/C on, except of course on the down hill part, LOL. I have to drop it into 3rd gear and slow down to under 40 mph going up hill in Austin when I visit my sister, but around Houston's, great concrete flat lands here, it does the job. The part I love is getting over 600 miles per fill up! arty:
But to answer one of your questions, the SD22 is a bit light on HP, 68 HP I think, and the top end on the rig is about (I still need to install the custom speedometer cable, roundtoit project) 65 to 70 MPH depending on whether or not the A/C is on and whether it is going downhill (LOL). It is easy to work on and easy to get to everything, just a bit under powered.
I found a group of Nissan diesel engine 720 pick up truck gurus that helped me with the smoking engine and fuel injector pump problems. I am told these SD22's and their fuel injector pumps last forever except for a $27 leather diaphragm in the dual governor body. It was the cause of the smoke in my case. It was making it run way too rich.
The motor mounts were just 1/2" thick steel plates welded to make a peice of angle, resulting in apx a 5"x5" angle 5" long and one big bolt holding it to the original 2.5 liter gasser engine mounts on the jeep frame. The rubber they used between the plate and frame failed so I cut up the tread area of a used steel belted tire and used that as I could not find a suitable part, or other material to use. The tire tread has worked exceptionally well so far.
Mike McGinness
South Houston, TX
Quote:
Originally Posted by cumorglas
/intentional hijack/
you do understand that you can't just casually mention a diesel swap like it's no big deal.
How do you like the sd 22 in it?
how hard was the swap?
where did you get the sd22?
i ask be cause i was seriously considering this swap my self. sd33 are available everywhere but fit is not nice and the swap would be awful. I think fit better but might need turbo for driveability.
better than replying here would be new thread in mod tech section.thanks in advance.
Casually speaking of Hijacking (LOL), I hijacked it for $900 cash in 2002 when everyone was holding on to their cash, if they had any!arty:
It sat in used car lot for over 9 months, they started out asking $2,500, but everyone was scared of it because the dealer could not start it, and the wiring and some of the plumbing, power steering hoses in particular were a mess. It was someone elses incomplete project that I took over as a chalenge. I got it running before I bought it, but it smoked real bad. The power steering hose on the high pressure side (they used a worm gear clamp, LOL!!!) busted just I got it 10 blocks to my driveway.
Took me 9 months to figure out what engine it actually was that they had used. The oil filter part number was my first clue and the SD22 on the valve cover the second. It was my first experience with a diesel. Turned out to be out of 1982 Nissan 720 pickup truck. They swapped the SD22 engine with its 5 speed manual transmission as a package along with its power steering pump, alternator and A/C compressor intact.
I have since rebuilt the transmisson, $1,000 major overhaul basically I saved, reused the case and fourth gear, fixed the fuel injector pump (another story), learned a bit about naturally aspirated noisy diesel engines (my Daughter says the whole school can hear me coming, LOL), had the drive shaft rebuilt and balanced (something they did not do), replaced the alternator, blower fan, starter, A/C compressor, A/C and power steering hoses, switched over to 134-a, added an electric fan for the A/C Condenser after the condenser blew up (I replaced it too) bypassed and rewired most of the critical wiring including the rusted and corroded fuse box, replaced the rubber in the engine mounts, and repaired one when the engine bolt sheared (had to drill it out of the engine sidewall, that was fun and scarry), and I installed a custom interior heater since the heater core was shot and I did not want to pull and waste the A/C evaporator and its R-12 refrigerant, since they worked for the first 2 years, just to get to the heater core mad out, and then I cried all the way to the bank with my 34 mpg deisel rig.arty:
It is a bit ruff on hills with the A/C on, except of course on the down hill part, LOL. I have to drop it into 3rd gear and slow down to under 40 mph going up hill in Austin when I visit my sister, but around Houston's, great concrete flat lands here, it does the job. The part I love is getting over 600 miles per fill up! arty:
But to answer one of your questions, the SD22 is a bit light on HP, 68 HP I think, and the top end on the rig is about (I still need to install the custom speedometer cable, roundtoit project) 65 to 70 MPH depending on whether or not the A/C is on and whether it is going downhill (LOL). It is easy to work on and easy to get to everything, just a bit under powered.
I found a group of Nissan diesel engine 720 pick up truck gurus that helped me with the smoking engine and fuel injector pump problems. I am told these SD22's and their fuel injector pumps last forever except for a $27 leather diaphragm in the dual governor body. It was the cause of the smoke in my case. It was making it run way too rich.
The motor mounts were just 1/2" thick steel plates welded to make a peice of angle, resulting in apx a 5"x5" angle 5" long and one big bolt holding it to the original 2.5 liter gasser engine mounts on the jeep frame. The rubber they used between the plate and frame failed so I cut up the tread area of a used steel belted tire and used that as I could not find a suitable part, or other material to use. The tire tread has worked exceptionally well so far.
Mike McGinness
South Houston, TX
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