Recent content by Mat Grant

Hi PB, thanks for this, i've downloaded the diagram. I completely missed that other thread with the diagram. I'll update when i've made some progress. Mat.

Thanks Lextreme and PB, that's a really useful diagram, i've downloaded it. Seeing the whole thing makes it easier to understand - the ECU in the middle with some indication as to the immediate externally facing circuitry :), the hardware it interfaces to, and what the signals look like in...

Yes - it's a 1978 Lotus eclat series 1 (Type 76) but has the later chassis and suspension from a 1990 Lotus excel (Type 89). This came from the factory with a Toyota W58 gearbox and diff from a Toyota Celica. This made getting a bellhousing to fit the 1UZ to the gearbox easier :)

Btw this is the Lotus my 1UZ is fitted to

Hi, thanks for sending this :) Btw where did you get these diagrams? All I have is the (Lextreme?) black and white wiring diagram. The sections you have pasted there are a lot more informative. Are these available anywhere? Looking at the top diagram, to "put a ground" on the AC pin of the...

Hi, thanks for the reply, that's really helpful :) So at the moment I'm not putting 5v on that wire when the AC is off - what does the 5v achieve? Is it just there to tell the ECU that the AC ECU is there? If I just put a ground on that pin when the AC is on - will this work to make the ECU...

Hi all, I've got a 1UZ fitted into a 1970s Lotus, the 1UZ is from a 1992 Soarer with the three pin ECU (40-40-40 plugs). I have air conditioning and it works well. However when I did the wiring on the car I didn't have any solid information on the aircon wiring for the ECU, so I just made the...

Hi, Only just saw this - I haven't been able to find one, it's a reminder to check the oil level on the dipstick every time i get in it :-) I may take the bulb out.... Cheers, Mat.

Not exactly, but I have fitted an early 1UZ with a w58 into a Lotus eclat S1 with an excel chassis. Mat.

Hi all, I've got a 1UZ from a 1992 Soarer, it has a sender for low oil level. When the car was not running and had no oil in it, I took it off and checked it by moving the arm up and down. It opened and closed the circuit as it should. But now it is installed on the car the light is stuck on...

Hi all, I've got a pressure cap on my 1UZ, but the nature of the car is such that the pressure cap is not the highest point in the system. It is topologically where it was on the original soarer, but as the bonnet is very low, it is low down. So I have a separate filler cap on the heater...

Thanks, I will knock something up Mat.

Hi all, I've got a 1uz (rear sump version from a Soarer) with a Bullet bellhousing connected to a W58. I'm left with a large air gap at the bottom of the bellhousing where rain / dirt / stones kicked up off the road etc can enter the bellhousing. When I bought the engine it didn't have a...

Ordered! rubber bungs not the welding kit :) But welding would be a good idea. Thanks, Mat.

Thanks for the replies and the parts reference - I'll see if my local Toyota place can get me those parts. Cheers, Mat.