ahahhah!! Nice!!

 

Lawl.

 

Well guys I've gotten another idea, and I think I might take it a step further STILL

My father's has this little GMC Sonoma that he said I can borrow for really as long as I need to (it's just a spare truck; he drives his 04 F150 daily)

The new plan might be a COMPLETE ENGINE OVERHAUL

I would like to pull 300k from the motor with no lower end work, just for bragging rights, but you don't always get want you want, ya know?

I think that if I'm going to tare all the way down and pull the entire front and top end off of the motor, I could to one more step and just remove the trans and motor mounts and just lift the dang motor out of the truck and rebuild it

It's not like it's burning oil or has any bad blow-by, so I could get away with just a re-hone and new rings. It would be good peice of mind to know that there's all new main bearings and rod bearings that are going to keep me going WELL past when the odometer reaches 300k.

I just think it would be the wise thing to do while I had the chance and oportunity. And it really wont cost me too much more. I'm already getting the entire gasket kit, so the only thing extra I'll have to pay for is the main and rod bearings, piston rings, and machine work, cause I would have both the head and block resurfaced just for good measure. I think I could finish the job easily in a week, plus it's probably going to cost me 400-500 less than a motor with the components I'm putting in would cost me already assymbeled.


Sound like a wise choise to you guys?

 

Heck if you have the time and talent then do the rebuild. It'll be easier to dial everything in if you have a nice covered shop to work in.

 

I have a garage, but I'll have to clean it up a little first and get me an engine stand too, to use for all of a week, lol. I may just borrow one

 

Do the rebuild for the love of pete!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

but I don't know any Pete

 

hmm... full rebuild...?
So you can do a new head with O/S valves too?

 

I don't know... that was one of the things I liked about the complete motor I was going to buy, that came already done...

I'll have to see what the machine shop can do, but probably not...


but I may have made a new decision about the rebuild

http://www.toyotacatalog.net/M1WebGe...6-14073E4D3286

but I want to call LC and see if that kit comes with the timing set with the metal guides, and if not ask if I can upgrade to it

 

Did you call LCE yet?

 

dangit, no... I got pre-occupied this afternoon installing my junk-yard goodies from yesterday

I need to ask them how much more a set of larger pistons would be with the master kit if I decided to punch the motor out a little

 

Dang your junkyard goodies, dang them!!!!!!!!!