I got the truck fixed. The leak was caused by a loose head bolt, courtesy of the dude who built it at the junkyard. I took it down there and had him fix it. He adjusted the cyls cuz the compression was 95,50,110,100. We went round a couple time and got the compression to 125 all the way across. Now there is no motor shake, no backfire, and no valve tick. Im amazed and happy as hell.

 

Carb rebuild today. Took 4.5 hours. Heres some pics
Really dirty before


Torn apart and all clean






All finished and put back together

 

If its not one thing its another. Now I that I fixed the backfire, oil leak and properly adjusted the valves. I have a coolant leak. I can't seem to get into the black on this truck

 

i know how you feel their.

 

Yeah, it gets old doesn't it?

 

yes it does!

 

Blown head gasket........
Its a strange one but there is still a small bit of milk shake stuff on my valve cover

 

dagonit! wow... hope it works after this...

jeez, no rest for the weary, eh?

 

Yeah me too. The guys that built the motor at the junk yard want me to bring it down satruday and drop it off for them to work on it. He said a head gasket takes 8 hrs but Im pretty sure Ive done it quicker than that. But Im not complainin cuz they are doin it for free, being their fault cuz they didn't tighten the head down all of the way.

 

good. free labor is always a plus. just not the whole no-toyota-to-drive thing...

 

Exactly. I can still drive it. Like I said its a weird BHG but do I really want to make it worse. I hate not driving it but its savin me money at the same time cuz gas hit $2.99 today and the income is very limited around here.

 

ha. gas has been well over $3 for a loooong while here. i'll gladly pay $2.99 i filled up for $3.14 this morning (regular)

 

Hot damn thats outrageous. It stayed at $2.45 all summer and had been chillin around $2.85 till bout three days ago and it has been just goin up up up since then.

 

you are both lucky its up to around 3.559 for medium over here AND STILL CLIMBING.

ps. 8 hrs for a head gasket does seem long, but ive torn my engines apart about 6-7 time i think.

 

Yeah. Ive been inside a 22r countless times. I got scheduled with the guy for Saturday at 9 am sharp. He said that we should be done by 1. I hope its not down for too much longer cuz Im goin insane not drivin it.

 

i know how u feel, i want to drive my grey one so bad.

 

Whats up with your grey one?

 

enginelees again.

 

Damn I definitly know how that is lol

Here is my new wheelin club logo

The Trail Junkies

 

Nice build Z in colorado too Denver/Boulder we gotta wheel it up sometime.