Another TB42 to TD42 Conversion

So i had a day off yesterday, i happened to have a doctors appointment which kept me out of the office most of the day, however this was highly convenient as i had to drive right past Engines Australia, so i stopped off to pick up my rebuild kit (well 95% of it) i then drove past the engine machine shop and dropped it off to frank.

The kit was just missing the Finished Liners and con rods which will be supplied direct to Frank when they arrive later this week..

While there Frank told me that he had just finished looking at the cylinder head and was happy to report is was in great condition. All the valves were removed and looked perfect, and now i had supplied him all the new stem seals he told me that after a clean up, the valves would be re-seated with the new seals and the protrusions were being set today.

The block was about to be stripped of the welsh plugs and put in the hot dip, if the liners turn up today then the old ones will be pressed out and the new ones pressed in.. More photos of the machining to follow.

Here is a picture of what was left of the rebuild kit after i left the ceramic /Teflon coated pistons and the rod bearings etc with Frank..

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Are you using finished liners?

Semi finished yes, they will be honed etc to suit... EA just didn't have any of them left on the shelf.

Just having a bit of a thought, would there be any benefit to me running my existing TB42 in tank fuel pump in the diesel tank, thus pumping the fuel out of the tank and up to the lift pump / water filter thingo, or would this create too much pressure being an EFI system?

Should i just rip out the TB42 fuel pump and install the standard non-powered pickup & sender. Any thoughts ?

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Originally Posted by Andyh

Just having a bit of a thought, would there be any benefit to me running my existing TB42 in tank fuel pump in the diesel tank, thus pumping the fuel out of the tank and up to the lift pump / water filter thingo, or would this create too much pressure being an EFI system? Should i just rip out the TB42 fuel pump and install the standard non-powered pickup & sender. Any thoughts ?

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I think I once asked this question and the answer was that there is no point.
But can't remember why lol..

Thanks, my pump is a new one, i may as well just rip is out and sell it.

Now having settled on my turbo set up, & while also planning for the worst case, I have decided on the dump pipe I need. I will be sticking with the Factory set up so if I need to change the turbo to suit a fussy VASS engineer, I can do so without having to change the dump too.

I scored a used 3" Denco Cast iron Dump pipe off gumtree for $150, this will fit both the turbo that I want and if worst comes to worst the HT18 turbo which I could pick up as cheap as chips in order to get through the VASS certification. Of course I would never put the other better turbo back on again afterwards, that would be so morally wrong of me.

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What turbo have you decided on? Ive never seen a 6 bolt td05 housing. Did you change your mind?

I have decided on the Mamba TD05 16G 8CM (this is the same as the Kinugawa but has a billet turbine wheel as standard) this also has the standard 6 stud internal waste gate config.Attachment 55608

Well there ya go