sweet.

 

That is one tired 22RE

 

lmao, tell me about man... I think it was way overdue for this overhaul...

I pulled the head off, and my sister happen to walk in the garage when I pulled it, and she seen it and goes "Oh my god, that was still running?!?!?"

lmao

I was just like "it's a Toyota sis, what do you expect"

 

Dude. wow. Looks good!!! lol!!!!


So, what's the hold up get it put back together!!!!

 

looks good super dood!

 

oh you know what, you're absolutely right! I should just bolt it right back together right now as is, and drop it back in the truck



this is a SLOOOOWWWWW process for me, and it's driving me crazy... I only get about 2-3 hours a day after work to tinker with it... and today I had even less time because of a meeting after work that I had forgotten about untill I actually got to work today, lol. So I didn't even get home untill about 7:30pm... but at least now the motor's in the garage and I don't have to be out in direct sunlight wrenching on it, and it's away from the mesquitos once the sun goes down, so I might be able to wrench on it a little later into the afternoon



thank ya brotha!

 

Trust me, I wish I could have taken the cleanup time on mine while it was out getting machined.

 

LMAO i secretly have a dirty mind.

 

looks good, do you plan on assembling the bearings & rings yourself when you get it back from the machine shop?

 

Lookin good, 'Bleeder dude! Ya know, if ya flew Abe to Fl, you'd would be done by now......!

 

yeppers!

I WAS going to just have the machine shop do it, but I just went ahead and picked up some plastigauge, and I'm going to do the darn thing's myself; how hard can it be; all I have to do is follow torque sequence and specs, and she'll be good to go

plus, now I really want to do it myself, just to say I did

the only thing I MAY have them mess with is the wrist pins... but we'll see; I can probably do them with the press at work


lmao

I'll save the plane ticket $$$ and use it on the motor

Thanks!

 

super get on steam

 

Looking good bleeder, THe machine shop should have no problem removing the bolts . I had one break off flush with the block , got the block back looking like new no problems. The wrist pins .. just heat them up and press them out staight.

 

Good stuff!

Give the broken studs a good whack with a 5lb hammer. Like a few nice hits. This should help it break free..

 

good luck man. i'm wondering how much longer mine is gonna last. i'm just over 300,000

 

well, I didn't get home untill about 6:15pm today (I seem to be putting more and more overtime hours in at work... oh well, it's good, cause I'll need the extra $$$ in a little while when I call up LCE to place my order, lol ), but I got in, ate some food, then headed to the garage for a little more tearing down



started off by getting the oil pan out of the way, to expose the guts








taking a little peak, cause I'm impatient, lol






then removed all the rods and pistons





which showed a little wear and tare on the sides






lmao, and the rod bearings, well, they DEFINATELY are shot...

one of the bearings on the #1 cylinder was actually cracked!













and then pulled the crank main caps

and at least I kept these organised I'm actually keeping all of the important motor stuff in baggies and labeled







and then lifted the crank out








and the main crank bearings were in just as bad of shape as the rod bearings, lol. it was getting into the brass on most of them...

















and the thrust washers showed normal wear; nothing crazy on those




there was a little wear on the crank, but not as bad as what the bearings suggest, lol









by the way, for anyone looking threw this thread having plans to tear into there 22re, here's a little trick I thought up

when removing the main caps, the two front and two rears should come off pretty easy, with maybe a few light taps with a small hammer. in my case, the middle cap was a PITA, and after 5 minutes or so of messing with it, I couldn't hardly get it to budge.



well after studying it a bit, I though up a plan, and it involved... a 3/8" drive extention



drop it down into one of the bolt holes, and give it a few light taps with a hammer, and it should raise right up!

it doesn't really matter what side; it works either way







tada!





but the rest of the pics I took today were some more "where does this go" pics












































so, I end with a bare block tonight









so who can tell me what in the hell the purpose of this is on the driver's side of the block, lmao






it's like, not even a real screw a false screw, lol

weird...



and a mud-dobber wasp nest, lmao






also, maybe one you guys can answer this for me... does the dip stick tube pull out of the block? I removed the bolt on the bracket holding it onto the block, but can't get the tube to pull outta the block, and I gave up before I bent it and mess it up

 

Damn thats pictures , thatsecond to last pic of the screw I have a block that cracked right thru that screw.

 

Nice work man!!!!

 

dip stick comes right out i tapped it lightly at the bracket should ome loose

 

yeah man, I don't screw around


any idea what the point of that fake screw is for? I almost grabbed my screwdriver, then I was like "hey wait a minute...", lmao