My 88 has been siezed since i bought it and has been sitting for going on 3months now. I know i need to rebuild the motor and probably has a warped out head but i really want to get in running if possible just to say it moves, lol. Any suggestions, mystery oil, breaker bar?
Siezed up tight!
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If its siezed with rust you could pour some wal-mart lubricant down each hole and let it sit for awhile. Just make sure it has drained out before you try to crank it or you will hydrolock it and bend the rods. If it wont drain you can just leave the spark plugs out when you crank it or try to turn it over with a ratchet.
Use a 1/2" drive ratchet and work the crankshaft slightly back and forth. Dont turn it too far counter-clockwise though or you will skip a tooth on the timing belt and have to reset it.
Just go slowly so you dont break a piston ring.
If its seized with heat due to lack of oil you are probably screwed
Use a 1/2" drive ratchet and work the crankshaft slightly back and forth. Dont turn it too far counter-clockwise though or you will skip a tooth on the timing belt and have to reset it.
Just go slowly so you dont break a piston ring.
If its seized with heat due to lack of oil you are probably screwed
I'm pretty sure it was infact siezed from lack of oil or just overheated (big coolent leak). I'm going to try to break the crank free anyhow cuz i hate leaveing things sitting.
Have you looked up prices on a motor and tranny? The 1jzgte's are going pretty cheap, ive found it hard to find 7m's that are decent though.
super7mgtepower;985029 said:
I have look around a bit but don't know any trustworthy sites. It seemed like all the 1J's for sale where only about $200 more than the 7m's. I don't know why but i want to stay 7m unless convinced otherwise or found an outstanding deal for a 1J.
I love the 7m motor but ive seen the 1j to, and acceleration is awesome from the stock twins, but they dont offer much part's for the motor unless you go big single turbo. It's all on how fast do you wanna go, all i know is damn good deals for 1jz and tranny for like 2000 through royaljapanesemotors.com check em out. 7m long block for 1100 to.
If you don't mind putting in a soarer 1jz, it'll save you a lot of money. I paid $1100 shipped for mine with an auto tranny (didn't use the auto though). I have a "how to" thread for putting the soarer 1jz stickied in the 1jz/2jz section. It isn't that hard to do at all. Just some wiring and getting the jza70 engine brackets.