Yup its pretty cool that they let me borrow them too. He told me that one was $150. Ouch! Glad I didnt break it. lol

 

Thats blue point baby.. isnt that the same as snap on?

 

wow dude, that is way worse than i thought it was... your workin really fast though, i'm sure you'll get it! i wanna see it out on the trails again! though i would recomend checking out the crankcase, it might need some tlc.

 

Do you know something I dont? lolol

 

Spent a little time outside tonight. Not much done. Took the water pump off. Looks pretty clean inside compared to other engines I have disasembled.


T-stat dont look bad but they are cheap insurance.


Number 1 piston was the only that I could see had a problem.


Here you can see where the edge of the gasket was hitting the piston.




Tried to clean up the block a little.




I need some tips on what to do to try to get the block prepped. After I did it I realized I probably should'nt have used a paint scraper/chisel. But scotch brite is okay right? What do you guys recommend?

 

before doing anything, shove rags into any and EVERY water and oil passage inthe block... it would suck to have some small debris fall into one of them and end up costing you a rebuild...

 

hahaha! no, just paranoid, thats all.

 

Anybody?

I had a vacuum over the scraper so I dont think much went in but if I miss a rag its gonna suck. lol

ENGNBLDR stuff should be here tomorrow. I found a machine shop near where I work and I asked them how much to resurface the heads, they said $35 per head. Is that good/bad? I know they do good work because we use them at work. Is there anything else I should have them do? I was gonna ask them to check the exhaust manifold surface to make sure its straight.

And the worst question for me... Should I buy a new knock sensor? 143 bucks from Toyota. Gayness. I figure it worked before why not after? Plus I dont plan on running this engine for another 100k. Doubt it'll even make another 30k.

 

ENGNBLDR stuff is here. Yay! I think I might have to wait for my next paycheck to have the heads resurfaced and start putting things back together though.

 

most often its the wire for the knock sensor that goes, so i'd replace that not the sensor. I usually go with a scotch brite pad to clean the block.

 

Hey thanks man.

Ill probly get one of those rotary scotch brite pads for my drill. That should do it.

 

thats what i do.. but be carful!! dont sit in one place too long, you dont wanna burn a hole.

 

burn a hole in the block??? weird... never heard of that before... at least not with a scotch brite pad...

 

I think he just means it will make an impression in the block. The scotch brite will take steel if you stay in one place too long.

 

So I'm gonna take the heads in in the next couple days. What do yall think I should have done to them?

Hot tanked?
Check and resurface both sides(head and exhaust)?
Have the valves taken out and cleaned? I dont know what thats called?

 

 

she sure is purty

 

...purty nasty

 

how do the valves look? your slowly inspiring me to pull the top end off of my 3.0 so i can fix a burnt valve. Any rough estimate how long it takes to get the heads off your first time?

 

Well that picture of the valves is all I've seen of them. The other side looks the same.

Fist time taking this apart for me was 14 to 15 hours all-together. I'm 18 with a very mechanical background, but have only been working on cars for 3 to 4 years. I dont know much, but I have done a head gasket on a 22re before. I dont know your background but once you get into it you find the "bad stuff" isnt too bad. You'll figure it out.