catfish21

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Cleaned up pretty good

catfish21

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Walls look real good to me

catfish21

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Why you say look how fancy 83 lol

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I mean using a direct link so we can see the photo in the post, rather than having to click a link

catfish21

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Hey how can I do that on my mobile phone I would love to be able to do that I guess I need a laptop

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Not sure how it looks on a mobile device...I can do it fine on an ipad, but I don't know about phones. I still have a dumb phone.

catfish21

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Man I just can't get over how well built and the craftsmanship that they put into these motors 33 years layer and you can still see the original crosshatch like the day it came off the show room floor unbelievable

catfish21

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Ok I just got my head from the machine shop and it looks great it looks gray like paint almost well the bottom is bare metal were he milled it but the intake and exhaust is that gray new looking color well my question is do I need to sand that coating off or just leave it is and bolt her up

gillesdetrail

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in the exhaust ports? Just leave it...a machine shop I used to deal with use to do that to my heads aswell.

HighLux

Pictures...please. Your toyota buddies out here on the net want a peek too.
There has to be a way. Get a photobucket account.

catfish21

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Ok here you can see how it looks well the bottom is shiney metal everything else is that gray color but he did mill the intake and exhaust its like its paint but its everywhere in the ports and all AMD Idk if I should sand it off the gasket surface or leave it

83

Do you just have a mobile and no computer?

This looks like a clean head to me. There's no paint. It would be pretty silly for a machine shop guy to paint your head without asking, and without charge.

83

Looking through your photos...good thing you're doing this work. Your engine looks like my 83 did. Whoever was in there last thought if a little rtv is good, a TON must be great. They even used red on the exhaust manifold! Wow.

catfish21

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Yeah they did a horrible job it was all inside the cover in the water passages everywhere I'm going to be so much cleaner with mine I'm gonna start tomorrow tryin to get her back on the road if I can stand the temperature it in the 20's and wind is bad and yeah I have just a phone I don't have a computer maybe the wife will surprise me for Christmas but I'll get some pics up when I'm cleaned up and my process and maybe you can post them for me

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Sounds good!

Yeah, cold weather has been getting in the way of the work I'd like to be doing on my camper too.

catfish21

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Got some stuff done today but boy it was cold hopefully I can get her back on the road by Saturday

catfish21

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Got all the timing components done today I'm gonna hopefully get my oilpan and head put on wish me luck for no oil leaks man I've went through 20 cans of brake clean making sure every thing is clean, but I.have a problem I can't get my old plugs out of my intake manifold to put the new ones in I bought the block off kit from lc I've soaked it in pb blaster tried everything and can't get them out so if anyone has a intake manifold laying around I need one bad

83

Looks nice!

What plugs are you talking about? What are you blocking off? EGR ports, or are you doing the whole emissions delete?

And what's that triangle shaped piece of metal towards the passenger side on your engine?

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Yeah I went through ridiculous amounts of brake cleaner when I did my oil & water pump, and head gasket. Might as well get things nice & shiny looking while you're in there! It's great to look at a nice clean engine, even if it's only for a little while. My oil pan & timing cover gaskets are still original so I know I'll still have some oil build back up on mine.

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There's one bolt on the oil pump that calls for thread sealant. You did that, right?

And I hear you on the leaks. I was really really happy when I drove around and my new oil pump wasn't leaking a drop.