Ok, Sweet. Hopefully I can get this pig back together tonight, gonna try that ballpoint pen trick.. thanks alot guys for all your help, ill repost again when im done to let you know how it goes(or if I have any other probs)

 

Use some alcohol or whatever to get the plastic really clean with no grease. Otherwise, the glue won't stick as well...if at all.

Good luck.

 

ok..will do... gonna take couple hours off to spend with kids..thanks again

 

Oh, and make sure those manifold gaskets are spotless on either side and use the RTV on both sides...okay?

 

Yeah... ill make sure to do that... its gonna take a while tho...when i pulled the upper plenum off a piece of the old gasket fell in.. actualy make it into the head.. i can see it.. along with some other stuff (had a mouse nest under the plenum...vacumed real good but guess i didnt get evthing) so gonna have to clean up real good, gonna make a piece that fits the intake port nice and rig it to my vac.. hopefully that will do, otherwise i will be tearing the heads off too, and if im doin that im sendin them out to b re-done, hopefully i wont have to, cant really afford it now..been a long cold winter

 

Man, I know that feeling.....winter, engh.

I've done that before, so the shop vac ought to do it. T'would be nice.

 

leaning toward taking the heads off and sendin them out, noticed alot of carbon on the valves and all thru the manifold and plenum... surprised my egr hasnt need replace yet

 

The carbon build up is normal in those areas and won't hurt anything......although, it won't help anything, either. I suppose if you'd feel better sending them off and you have the dinero, it's definitely worth have them looked at.

 

well if u think it'll be ok, (which im sure it will) ill skip it.. like i said b4..cant really afford it any way... any idea what sumthin like thats costs... i know its alot harder than a chev or ford..special tools..shims..etc..not that it matters... its goin back together today... i need to work this week!!

 

actually they didnt...kinda surprised... thats awesome as id rather not use rtv( just in case i screwed somethin up and have to tear her down again) thanx again guys.. this project is going to b done soon(i hope)

 

The cost depends on the shop and what they have to do to it if it should need more than just an inspection.....like repairs and valve adjustments. I don't remember what it cost me to have the heads cleaned and inspected on my V6, though.

It's impossible for me to give you an honest assessment of whether or not what you're dealing with is okay. I can't see the engine. All I can tell you is that carbon is normal. If none of the valves look burned and none of the intake ports look heavily coated to the point of clogging, then you'd be fine knocking off what carbon you can with brake cleaner, a wire brush, scraper, and bottle brush. It would be a really good idea to check the valve clearances before it's all back together.

 

Ya... just talked to a local shop.. they said anywhere from $200(clean and inspect) up to $1,000 depending on what she needs... o well... just gonna leave it b for now, If I do have to get in there again, it will b alot easier next time

 

So... got the yota back together tonight, and me being the dumbass i am.. knew when i was putting the fuel delivery pipes back together(bet u can guess where this is going) that the brass washers had fallen into my drain pan...so now i have to pull the plenum off again and fix this mess(glad i didnt use rtv), and also being the dumbass i am, every time i cahnge my timing belt the pass side cam jumps a tooth...dont know why but it does... usually i get it right the second time..
Just thought you guys would get a kick out of this, hopefully those r the only probs i have.. gonna finish on weds borrowing a friends truck to do work tomorrow, ill post my new results when finished

 

so... got her runnin... still gettin code 52? and now when i give her gas i get a loud knock.. it runs fine at idle, and when reved in neutral, it only knocks when im under load, is it possible that a cam may have jumped a tooth when i replaced the tbelt? wouldnt that keep it from running at all, also now i get a gurgle when truck is shut off... no white smoke or anything in oil.. im thinking maybe vaporlocked... any advise would b appriciated