I thought it would be easier the 2nd time around with the timing chain
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I thought it would be easier the 2nd time around with the timing chain
What a bear of a job. After 12 hours of knuckle ramming and cursing/praying, the timing chain replacement finally got done. This was the 2nd time around for me on a 22R-E and I thought that it would be easier this time, since I had done one earlier this year.
Was I ever wrong! I had a heck of a time getting the cover back on because my 95 4Runner used what appeared to be a metal head gasket (l left the head on), which kept getting mangled up after countless attempts to get the cover on. I wound up spending an hour just trying to get the cover on, and what finally worked was loosening up most of the oil pan bolts and then wacking the cover in with a rubber mallet from below.
The alternator also took over an hour to get on because the alternator was too snug for the lower bracket. In retrospect, I should have taken a grinder to the alternator and shaved off the lower attachment.
My distributor was 180 degrees off, but I finally figured that out after another hour of playing around with it...
I'm just glad the nightmare is over. I need a vacation from wrenching...
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Was I ever wrong! I had a heck of a time getting the cover back on because my 95 4Runner used what appeared to be a metal head gasket (l left the head on), which kept getting mangled up after countless attempts to get the cover on. I wound up spending an hour just trying to get the cover on, and what finally worked was loosening up most of the oil pan bolts and then wacking the cover in with a rubber mallet from below.
The alternator also took over an hour to get on because the alternator was too snug for the lower bracket. In retrospect, I should have taken a grinder to the alternator and shaved off the lower attachment.
My distributor was 180 degrees off, but I finally figured that out after another hour of playing around with it...
I'm just glad the nightmare is over. I need a vacation from wrenching...
Troy
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Yes, it is better to do that. The last time I did that, we had to remove the front differential and drop the drive shafts in order to get at the pan. The only reason it was removed was because my oil pump got chewed up into little chunks of aluminum.
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