Well, the head has been dropped off at the machine shop, and I picked up my zinc parts:
Now, every nut, bolt and bracket that hasn't been zinc'ed is going to make the engine bay look horrible, lol.
My fault.
I used a cheapo coolant, rather than Toyota red.
I kept telling myself i needed to switch back, but i never got around to it.
It took about 5 years to erode to that point.
I only have one picture for you guys today, my cylinder head's coolant ports:
Unacceptable.
I don't think the head can be milled down far enough to remove the defects around the coolant ports(ALL of the exhaust side, none of the intake side), so I have to begin fresh on my backup head. Tore...
I had the following done:
Hot tank
Line bore
Bore/ hone
Crank polished/ balanced
Rods checked
Rod/piston sets weight matched
Deck cut for mhg with timing cover
Shop purchased arp mains and all clevites
$1150
No assembly
Pistons and rods purchased seperately.
150 for everything.
I had about 2 dozen different parts, ranging in size from a tiny spacer for the throttle body shaft spring, to as large as the vacuum tubing manifold that bolts under the front of the intake, and all sorts of bolts, nuts, brackets, clamps, and accessory mounts. It cost $50...
Took apart the head...
Thankfully, I found that both exhaust valve stem seals on #5 had popped, and that's where the extra oil burning was coming from.
I also noticed that while the intake stem seals were a pain to pry off the guides, the exhaust seals popped off easy-peasy.
Obviously the...
Well, just for everyone's edification, here's how I wasted my money this morning:
Went to the junkyard and pulled the throttle body off a '96 Camry. Looked at the throttle seal and saw that it was pretty much the same od(15.25mm).
Brought it home, popped one of the seals out, and found out...
Ok, i just laughed out loud.
I was sitting here, reading JJ's responses with my mouth hanging open.
I couldn't for the life of me, figure out why he was so friendly and amicable.
Then i realized it was 7 years ago!
:D
So today, I did two things-
I dropped off all my stuff for zinc plating, and I pulled the head off my old motor.
I had planned on just cleaning up my head and dropping it on the new motor, but I have some investigating to do first.
Cylinder #5 exhaust port was very oily.
All the cylinder...
Didn't have to drill out the plate- I just unscrewed those two screws. Took awhile, as they were trying desperately to strip their heads out on my screwdriver. They are M3.5x.6x8mm long, if you need to replace.
Did you ever find a decent replacement for those seals?
I boogered one up while...
lol.
10 months later, and you just now got the engine from mostly apart to fully apart.
At least somebody has slower progress than me!
:D
Keep up the good work!
Thanks.
Well, since I had the front inner timing cover done, I could install the oil pan.
Also, I installed an oil pressure switch up front next to the timing cover.
This will activate a warning light and buzzer in the instrument cluster any time pressure falls below 5psi.
...so I'm hoping...
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