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No, I said that's a pic from BEFORE I started working on the engine.

yea so far I haven't messed with that one. I have no idea how to make it tighten up. I've turned the bolts till they've gotten to the end of the thread on the front of the threads all the way to the back of them and nothing happens. Here's a pic from before I started working on the car. just...

yea I noticed those nuts on but wasn't sure if it was ok to tighten them.

Well I've taken the car out for about 40 miles and it's just starting to sound like normal. I have two problems and I'm wondering if they're linked together. First off, my throttle cable is really loose. Does anyone know how i can tighten it? Secondly, I can't go over 40mph. Once it hits...

Oh and yea it's a JDM motor. The guy who owned it last had his original engine blow a head gasket and he ended up getting a crate engine from Japan

Thanks man I appreciate the compliments. It really helps to have you guys helping me out along the way. Well It's all done. I'm completely drenched and a little muddy, cos it's pouring rain outside and since I'm doing this at my parents house I don't get to use the garage since their car is in...

Okay here's the pic of the dipstick.

I think the oil is starting to settle. It's reading on the dipstick now. It's way over full....like WAY over full. I'll go take a pic and post it right now.

the cap that says oil. That's where I'm putting the oil in. If you're looking straight at the car, I'm checking on the left hand side there's the little dipstick and stuff next to the intake. Is there a chance that the guy put in a dipstick from another vehicle?

:( I don't know if I did something wrong or something right. I finished the project, put everything back together and started filling it with oil. I got through 10 bottles (1 quart bottles), and my roomate called me and asked how I was doing. I told him I was doing good but this thing keeps...

THE HOSE ONE OF THE BOLTS THAT HOLDS THE VALVE COVER IN PLACE. I put up a pic of the bolt to make sure that's the right kind. It's the kind the last guy put in. It makes me wonder if the bolt had enough grip on the washers. Also that's the hose. Is it a high temp hose or is it just...

Does anyone have any info on the hose that's next to the oil cap. Mine split, I called Toyota about it and they didn't have it. A serial number would be nice. Either that or can I just get hose of the same diameter at a hardware store and call it good? Or is it some kind of special high temp...

ok so far I'm just about done. I lost a bolt for the valve cover. I went out and looked for some but couldn't find any that were exactly the same. I found some that were M6 1.00 and I guess those would work but I wasn't sure if I needed exactly the same ones that I have. In fact I don't even...

I can't get all the oil out from where the spark plugs are. I've been putting the spark plug socket in there and I've gotten a lot of the oil but there's a little in there that I can't get out. Does it have to be spotless down there or will the oil run down into the cylinders if I take the plugs...

I bought new ones this morning. they fit perfect and they came with grommets. They're from CarQuest though so I'm not sure about not putting any sealant in there. Would that be the correct place for the sealant though if I put it in there.

Sorry about being so meticulous about this but I just wanna make sure I'm doing it all right. So basically 2 beads where I marked, and a very very thin bead all the way around?

Can I still use the old grommets or are those a "one-time-use" type thing?

yea the Fel pro one is the one I got that didn't fit

oh ok cool Hey since I have the valve covers off I figured I might as well clean them off. I'm almost done with the first one. It looked pretty much like the top one before I started cleaning it. Oh yea and all that stringy crap is sealant I had to scrape off.

I was gonna get them from Toyota but I called the toyota dealerships in like a 25 mile radius and they don't have them. They can order them but they don't have them on hand. I ended up calling my friend up who happened to be about 25 miles north and he found one that's some japanese brand but it...