Wayne (NSW) replied:

Rob,
A little more research required. You cann't have extractors and turbo, different exhaust manifolds.
Hilux did not come with factory turbo until 2003?
A rebuilt from the wreckers, if you could find one, would cost just as much as a new one. There is a little bit more to just bouling it on. Where are you going to get the oil line from, and where is the return line going to go. Is the turbo water cooled and again what about the water hoses.
Sorry if I have burst you bubble but it is not that simple.

Wayne

Truckster (Vic) replied:

Have you priced a late model 3.0 or 2.8 for conversion. Might be cheaper specially in the long run.

rebuilding a dead turbo can cost as much as a new one.

snow replied:

Pembo,
Picked up a unit for my '84 2.4 w/manifold from wreckers for 500-. Oil feed attached to t-piece at back of alternatorand return line attached to existing hardware. Took me approx 4 hours to install on my own.

Had 2.5 inch straight thru system attachedlocally for 150- odd bucks, adjusted fuel pumpmyself but was quoted 100- to have it done properly with EGT and test run etc.

2 years and 40 000 kays later no dramas.

Go for it...

Dale & Meaghan replied:

G'day Pembo

Someone will probably correct me if I am wrong, but you should be able to pick up a turbo, manifold etc. from a Surf from a wrecker to fit your motor. One of the dudes on this site I believe has done similar but I can't remember his name. He will probably come in on this thread.

Bones

fisho64 replied:

pembo i wouldnt do it if you dont really know what you are doing yourself, intercooler has nothing to do with oil or watercooled?
Oil feed is best taken from one of two places, depending where the pressure sender is. Either next to the vac pump feed or near the bell housing behind exhaust. One will have sender in it , other probably plugged. If not, T into the pressure sender. Return goes to the vac pump drain. Replace with a banjo bolt for vac pump and drill into the end to put a hosetail in it for turbo drain. There are 3 different manifold patterns, it depends what year yours is. Somewhere on one of these websites I put up a post with the different patterns but cant remember where, try a search. But it is fiddly and it isnt worth paying someone else to do a second hand one. So if your not able to do it yourself then buy a denco one or fit a surf motor maybe?