no...i really should...my main worry today is trying to get it inspected

 

i swear i remember someone saying that the timing chain / head gasket repair was well over $2000. the lowest estimate i had for just doing the head gasket was $1000.

 

i think that other thread looks pretty good so far

 

What is this I hear about taking it to the dealership.....That is cheating!

 

no,no,no.....just seeing how much that costs....for curiosity sake.....

i don't have the $$$$ for anything right now, let alone having someone do stuff for me.

 

OK, that sounds better. You had me worried 92

 

The other thread is looking good man!!! I'll do a good read through later today when I gots some time...

 

yeah i'm loading it up based on what i remember and the pics i have.

few things....photobucket has the pics as i loaded them or moved them around. is does not and cannot keep them chronologically correct...so it's a big PITA to do that.

I'm trying to get the bulk of the pics in, details in as i remember them and then i will probably edit most of the posts as i see the need to fit more details in.

when it's all done, it should be pretty sweet.

leaving in 15 minutes to try to get the truck inspected...wish me luck.

 

I have very little experience mechanically and did a compression test on my 89 4runner. had great compression in 1,2 and 4 but #3 cylinder was at like 75psi. a friend of mine did a test and found out that it was a exhaust valve leak. so i went out and got a good used head an gaskets and swapped the heads by myself, never doing anything like that was a little daunting but so far have been able to pull it off, tonight well be the final test when i put the exhaust manifold on and turn the key. point is it isnt that hard to do the work yourself and alot less money.... goodluck on your test.....

 

Hey Jerry!!

Hope your inspection goes as planned. Just don't let em look at the oil pan!!

Anywho. Did your gasket set include a gasket for the coolant tube to the intake? The one Alex got didn't have one and he ended up on a wild goose chase to find the proper size O-ring to seal it.

This be the one...



By the way, I like the new thread. Great idea. People might give up sorting through the 121 pages of posts on here, 37 of which dealing with a pesky oil pan drop. hehehe.

 

no...no gasket there either...was told it was an O-ring...the remnants of which i did not get off....i used black RTV there....mistake??...we will see

 

Here's a pic of what FAIL looks like....but of all things, it was for the non-functioning E-brake....never even use the thing and that's probably why it failed....maybe if every now and again i would have, the things wouldn't be frozen up. Oh well, he said otherwise looks good.....oh and a cursory estimate of $300 to do the oil pan.....if that's not incentive, i don't know what is.

so now, i have to read up on getting those apart to lube them......coises!!


PS...that puddle is NOT from me...that's water that was already there....i'm dripping ever so slowly, not hemorrhaging.

 

damn. oh so close.

You didn't think you were done with projects, did you?

 

page 130, here we come

 

I believe we used an O-ring and rtv as well. Cross your fingers.

 

mine was still there....so i merely "enhanced" it.....hehehehehe

 

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

I searched and here is what i came up with.....BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! HISSSSSSSSSSS!!!!

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f2/e...-issue-189724/

 

ok...still booooooo, but i found that is caLled a bell crank...

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f115...-stuck-205384/

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f116...ystery-200271/

https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f123...repair-196923/

 

nice download-able thingamabob...

http://www.ebooksquad.com/2009/08/13...air-guide.html

 

I thought mine came with that o-ring...I know I had an o-ring and I think I put it there if I'm not mistaken. I could be wrong though and used an o-ring like it elsewhere or used an o-ring for that which should have gone somewhere else.

Did that help???