Hasting Ring Co told me 220 to 260 grit hone at 30 to 40 degree cross hatch ....cheapo Ebay header was actually very nice for the price

great place to store it all
Found a better distributor than the one I had and tore it down and Rebuilt it with new factory signal generator new seals, new advance and new wires

 

probably the single most expensive part but cheaper where I found it....Factory Toyota found it in ...You'll never guess....... Dubai UAE and it was FedExed to me in THREE DAYS!
Factory Aisin pumps, 22re Performance numbered bolt kits for all of it made it easy to go back together and saved me from cleaning old bolts
Honed and New DNJ piston heads / wrist pins....New Hastings Rings... New king rod Bearings all STD ...New Factory Toyota Head gasket from Griffith Toyota made in ......Thailand ? ... say what ?
OSK Dual Row kit with Steel Guides, New Timing Cover

 

A/C Bracket cleaned up and epoxy painted with all new bolts from HD and Lowes specialty drawers
LCE block off plates everywhere I could use them
Intake wire wheeled clean...Head back from machine shop
Head torqued down New Head Bolts Then Applying a little upward pressure to the gear while
rocking the crank pulley bolt ever so slightly releases the tension on the chain a little to lift it on to the cam.

 

Bolt up the New Header

 

Install fuel pump drive and distributor gear on the cam then fuel pump and distributor
Factory new coil / igniter

Finished installing everything else
mark the old pipe and Sawsall offwhat I didn't need and clamp everything.....

 

So After I checked and rechecked Everything twice or three times I filled her with cheap regular 5w30 cranked her up and let her warm to idle then checked timing with a light and found my degrees btdc to be off ... With a Further study of things, I discovered That I inserted my distributor one tooth off when I inserted it. So I shut her down, fixed that and rechecked valve lash.. set timing to 5 degrees btdc....Did some city and Highway driving and so far so good.... Oil looks good , no consumption and no smoking, I also flushed the radiator so that looks good too.... Hopefully this will get me another 100k and God willing I'll be able to afford a long block then. Cheers to everyone here on Yotatech because if my FSM doesn't have it... I find it here.

 

always on the hunt lead me to this find that was missing a rear cab wall carpet and the two plastic trims behind the seat belts
new E brake line

I really did not want to spend the time to paint these
so I found new Aisins that were on sale and new center caps
new lug nuts all the way around

 

 

Found some plastic shelf liner used on wire Elfa shelves at The Container Store that would work to replace what the factory had behind the fender emblems

 

New oil pan bolts from 22re performance

 

Finally got around to de-grease, sand, prime and epoxy paint the new / used cross member. out of all the de-grease agents out there I have found Easy Off oven cleaner the best for the money....However DO NOT get it on your aluminum parts. It will turn them a dull grey and also don't breathe the fumes as they are very potent. I wear a good sealing type mask when using Easy OFF

 

So far this boot set up is working...I did get a newer style like
the one found on the top of the wheel well in this picture but the boot in this picture was too tall and interfered with shifting

 

Well hope it goes back together ok!

 

Yep,thanks... So far so good... I've driven her around quite a bit and response is good, power is better than before, oil is staying super clean.

 

Man that thing is nice, you have done a lot of work to it! How in the world do you find all those parts for it? Ive looked for a bunch of that stuff and came back with no results what's your secret?

 

Making quick work of this build. I guess i havent been on in a while, looking great!

 

Right on

 

Best part about this site in my opinion. Whenever I think about how much money I've blown on mistakes and changing my mind, I remind myself how much I've saved doing things I've seen others do on here. Your work is very clean.

 

Every day I check Ebay. Tip...Since sellers use different words to describe the same thing I search using with different key words for the same item I'm looking for. Ebay also has some sellers that specialize in just toyota parts new and used so I ask them if they have what I'm looking for.

Mike and his team at Griffith Toyota has a good start of Toyota parts for first gens.

I use Toyota Parts Overstock at Lakeland Toyota to research part numbers

I plug those part numbers into Parts voice .com to see who has those parts or if they are obsolete.

hope this helps

 

Thanks! I had a good starting point for sure with a 99.9 rust free truck from AZ. One day I plan to strip everything off to get the body done right and get her a decent paint job. For now I'm just enjoying wheeling around.