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At least you got it running. And for the rest of us- read ALL of the post!

Toyota head bolts are reusable! You don't need to replace them just because they've been used once before! Those look to be in particularly good shape- I wouldn't mind using them on my engine. Lol. A machine shop will clean the head for you. They take them and stick them in a hot tank...

Haha. Save the time spent teardowns and use it on a turbo somewhere in the future. ;-)

Are you sure it blocks the internal bypass? Because I just took and extra thermostat housing I have and a thermostat and torched it until it opened, and looked and it doesn't appear that it would be capable of sealing anything off. Are you entirely sure about that?

While that works, it isn't as efficient as wiring it to a switch. When it's always on, it cools until the thermostat closes again, then heats back up until the thermostat opens. This results in a freaking out thermostat. It'll work, but not as well as it could. I like the idea of an LED...

Hahaha, yeah. We do have the same year and type. Only difference is that yours is black and mine is white. Lol.

If you have the money to do it, IMO it's a good idea. They'll be cleaner than the old ones, and it'll definitely make your life easier in the future.

Alright, so I'm putting an electric fan in my 86.5 NA supra. I accidentally broke the stock mechanical fan while swapping the engine and happened across an electric fan while looking for a replacement. So I figured why not. However. The mount doesn't fit my car. So- big deal. I'm going to...

3p- Yeah, it's not too hard, but when you pull muscles in your back that refuse to heal, you tend to want to take the easy way out as much as possible, lol. And besides, you can do most everything short of machine work with simple hand tools, but yet people get air/impact tools. It's all just...

If not, get DTC's (diagnostic trouble codes) and post them up here so we can help you better.

Yeah- it has to relearn. The lack of backpressure will slightly increase horsepower though. That's about it.

It's the stock thermostat housing with the cover and thermostat removed. If you really want one, I have another one with the cover. But like I said, it's just the partially disassembled stock thermostat housing.

3p- It's much easier to torque something up than to loosen it from torque. The heat and torque from the crank make it incredibly difficult to break loose. And besides- you're going to break your back retorquing it, why break it twice by having to loosen it the hard way as well? Figit- just...

Clip- Thanks man. It's been lots of work, but hey- almost done. SM- Yeah... It does seem that 6 goes before the others. But whatever. Proper torque fixes that right up. :-D

With the camshafts in, 4 out of your 24 valves are going to be open at any given time. When you go to line the head up on the block, the valves will gouge into the head gasket if you aren't careful. When you take the head off, the valves are in danger of being bent when there down due to rough...

those pics were from before I started working on it this evening. After I took them, I got the intake manifold on, the distributor on, rewired my oil pressure wire and connector, and did some other assorted stuff. It's coming along!

some pics of the engine... Here's the bugger that caused all the trouble

My bad guys- I missed the part where you said you wanted to change it. I thought you were only pulling the head, not the belt as well. Sorry for the misread! As far as getting the balancer off, I've seen people take a flex handle with a 19mm socket, wedge the handle up against the chassis and...

I'll take some pics before I start working on it the next chance I get... way things are looking, that won't be until Tuesday. But I'll get them up. BTW- I saw a nice white NA earlier today in Prince George, VA... I'm wondering who it belongs to...

Well, after getting my head back from the machine shop and a few hours' worth of work, it's beginning to look more like an engine instead of a chunk of metal in my engine bay. The valve covers are back on, as well as the exhaust manifold, the lower portion of the intake manifold, the majority...