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Ok, here's what I was doing all morning...damn junkmail



but who the hell cares about that?

on to better pics

 

Without further adieu.......the pan, she is off...wahoo!!!!

here's how i did it.

supported the rearmost part of the diff with a bottle jack after jacking the diff up to get it straighter....



a reference pic for me....but let me tell ya....you cannot get a socket on these...and being that i only have one 14mm wrench easy found, this was a pain in the ass...too far under the truck to push or pull the wrench with enough leverage to do anything....I did the old "donkey press" with my foot while straddling a jack stand...not the most comfortable thing and definitely was worried about pulling the truck over on top of me...by as evidenced by me writing this, nothing bad happened (except a smashed finger...i only cried a little)



driveshaft off and out of the way.....




and SHAZAAM........



look at all the extras in there.....




OK...that's it for now.

 

Good work, Jerry

And, eeeeeewwwwwwww!!

 

rejoice!!!!!! Thank god it took ya long enough! Great work. So you are going to have the motor back together by sunday right?

 

thank you one and all.

Uh, sunday...not quite.....but now i feel i have crested the top of the mountain......feels awesome too.

gonna do some cleaning of the pan...got my work cut out for me on that one....going to work on removing what if any FIPG remains on the block...and then start the restoration part.

I'm pumped now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

good job man!!!! Glad to see that thing out and on the floor!

Need to get a pic of the bearings and have a look at them to see what all ya got there. I think you'll be alright though.

Clean up and keep on keeping on!!! You'll have it together in no time now.

 

yes, thanks alot!!

from what I saw of the crank it looked OK, but I will get some pics.

as far as that bolt you saw laying in the pan, that was NOT the bolt from the uptake tube (gotta find that) but, rather, a 1 1/2'' 14mm bolt likely from the previous head gasket repair from TOYOTA waaaaay long time ago. I have to wonder now if it ever was my headgasket or if it was my timing chain back then...doesn't really matter anyway, just can't remember that far back....but timing chain does not ring a bell in regards to that repair.

I'm currently draining the pan outside IE: have it tipped over oozing it's stuff out. Gotta get me some degreaser stuff...forgot that. and then work on getting the FIPG crap off.

 

A bit of kerosene will do wonders to that goop. Then I'd finish it off with break cleaner.

So that bolt was rattling around in there for what...10 years???

 

yeh i was thinking kerosene also.

i wonder how long ago that guide failed. that screen is very clogged.

i need to get some rubber gloves......but from where???? hahahhaha

 

um.. its actually spelled vitaly... but you didnt know.. so.. we're still cool.. Huzzah the pan she is off!

 

sorry, don't PUNCH me.

oh yes, I am pumped right now.

 

O quit being such a girl and get in there.

 

OK..on that one...yeah, i can't smell like kerosene at work.

 

a better look at the Pandora's box of stuff i found.....hey look my keys.....



and i sprayed it down inside and out with simple green



and gotta love kitty litter containers.....almost as much as pizza boxes

 

anybody got any opinion on these guys? was just messing around on EBAY and came across this.



oh yeh...like $20 + $15 shipping

 

 

there he is.

i was wondering where you were.

and , thank you.

 

Looks, uh, good?

 

What a mess of pieces parts in that pan. I can't believe there was a bolt sittin in there all that time.

About the smelly hands I understand. You gotta deal with folks and can't be stinky like that.

Honestly I'd just leave the sway bar out or disconnected. Mine is out on the 4Runner and I don't mind much. The body does roll a bit more but I also have runner coils in the back with garbage shocks. The runner is also heavier than the truck so it's going to roll more. I don't think you'll notice it too much. It might be a fresh rebuild soon your still not going to take the off ramps at 90...