Well, I'm doing mine now, heads are off and i'm now cleaning the surfaces, I'm gonna use Toyota head gaskets only the rest will be aftermarket (just need time to find a 3.4 to swap the 3.0 out anyway). I'll even use the same bolts.

My question is, does anybody know how tight the head bolts go and in what sequence should I tigheten them?

 

Umm. If the head bolts are original Toyota , you 'll need new ones. The Toyota original headbolts are torque-to-yield (single use only).

Haynes manual or, preferably, the FSM will have the sequence and torque. Many heads are torqued 3 times when installing,, to get them up to proper, final torque.

Look here for more info:

http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-buchanan/93fsm/

Mike in AR

 

hey guys thank you for all your help. I've been lucky enough to locate a 3.4L with only 45,xxx miles for 1200 so im gonna do the tranny swap and start the engine swap after i locate the rest of the components i need. wish me luck.

 

That's a good question, all i know is that the recall was done to my truck back in 1998 and that the bolts use a thick washer and a 12 point 12mm socket to get them out.
Now, assuming they are factory, What would the consequences be if I reuse them? I really don't want to take the cams off.

thanks !!!

 

I think for the difference in price, I'd just go with new head bolts and not have to worry. If Toyota did the HG recall replacement, they may have used the same style , single-use bolts.

Mike in AR