Recent content by Jkm3141

My painted intake and polished valve covers are nothing next to that polished intake. Damn, that's beautiful prism1. How much work was it? EDIT: Your missing a strut tower bolt prism1.

Thanks, I did some searching but couldn't seem to find it. Thanks agian.

The original 5M-GE on my Mk2 had that issue, All of a sudden a huge cloud of smoke was coming out and the radiator had a hole in it. turns out all that was wrong was a hole in the upper radiator hose. run a compression test after replacing that radiator and see if its really a BHG. Best of luck...

yea, my problem was I only did work on the top end. I did no low end work on the engine, figuring I could get away with it. It's not the end of the world, assuming I can sell the head which is in great shape.

Yea thats what I figured.

Well, I pulled the motor this weekend and found the following chunks in the oilpan. The other bolt was in there as well but I lost it. it wasn't bent or anything however. Cyl 3 was the cyl that had the rod break. I also pulled the head and fortunately there is no damage that I can see to...

Does it crank over with starter fluid? many a time has that helped in diagnostic of issues on cars for me. if It does, its a fuel issue, obviously. If not, check spark and compression.

Approx. How much does a 7M-GE head weight? I cannot for the life of me find this information. Mabye because its 2AM....:aigo: I guesstimate it to be about 75 Pounds with cams installed but thats it. Thanks, -John

When was your last oil change? I would do one and check for coolant in your oil. You can never have too often an oil change and oil is relatively cheap. Its a great way to check for a BHG, from my experiances.

My memory says no, somethings are different on the body plugs for the harness wiring, but I am not sure. Let someone else post. I have an 88 harness and ECU that I don't need however.

Just wanted to say I got the OEM bolts. For an N/a they are perfectly fine. I got em through HPF and would recommend them as well.

Yes i did change the oil. However, after the gasket "blew" i drove it about 2 miles home. The damage was probably then. Its not a huge crisis, other than the fact i put quite a bit of money into the BHG last fall. I already purchased my future planned motor about 3 weeks ago, but was planning on...

when on my way to work about a week ago I noticed the car was producing slightly less power than usual, and within a min had rod knock. Obviously, I imedietly exit'ed the highway, but by the time I got to the end of the off ramp It had thrown a rod. My guess is that when the headgasket blew last...

i'm running a cherrybomb Glasspack which has a downward facing flange out of it directly off the header. It is incredibly loud and I love it. The previous owner had it setup on his Mk3, and i love the attention it gets at my college in my mk2. No one expects this tone out of an 'old toyota', and...

The EGR isn't fully blocked off because during the re installation of the head and intake manifold, I must have missed one of the brackets because I have one of the block off plates that a previous owner had made. When I get the car on a lift later this week I will install that, i just haven't...