as some of you kno i sold my yota, anyways i sold to a friend of a friend. i was pretty sure it had a blown HG before i sold it. so i stopped by his house today to see how far he had gotten on tearin the engine down and saw this


there was like 2inchhes of antifreeze sittin there. the HG was blown in 2 differnet places, the first and 4th cylinder i mean the rings on the gasket was holdin on by a thread. i wish icoulda kept it and fixed it but i didnt have the money to let a shop do it, and i didint know how to do it. is that pretty normal for a blown HG?

 

lol, well at least HE'S getting something done... slacker...

lmao

jk man



I sold my 82 Monte Carlo to a guy, then watched him ruthlessly rip out the 350 I built for the car, and throw in a 454... killed me to watch him rip that motor out... but once that 454 was in and running good, it was so awesome, lol

 

when we pulled the heads off my friend's 83 ranger, it had a blown headgasket and cylinder 6 was filled with coolant.

 

A head gasket can fail any number of ways, but that one looks real bad because it let go in two places, but it fixable and will be good as new when its done.

 

hahah yea i kno. it kills me know he has the smarts to fix i tfro the cost of a few gaskets(65bucks) and i was gonna have to pay $500+ at a shop
yea 3 of the cylinders was completely filled with coolant.... it was bad
oh so normally one will just fail in one place? what causes them to fail in more than one place, drivin it with the blown HG maybe?

 

Way to bail on your Yota man... Shoulda ditched the dodge and kept the Yoat..

 

I didn't know how to adjust my valves when two set screws came loose in them in the woods.. at two a.m.. and all I had was tools, a haynes manual covered in mud/grease, and a half dead flash light.. But I got 'er dun. I had a head gasket on my '86 give up the ghost a while back, and I'd never done a HG before but it was easy.. all ya gotta do is take lots of pictures and buy a upper gasket set.. Shame to see it gone dude.

 

looks like fun....

 

i know man dont rub it in! btu im the kinda guy that would rather have it done right by someone who knew what they was doin then me doin. cuz im paranoid about stuff like. im kickin myself for sellin it now cuz i got a paper in teh mail from my insurance company tellin me how much my insurance is now. it went from $190 a month for the dodge and yota...... to $176 a month fro the dodge. so it was pointless to sell it. i was thinkin it would go down atleast 90 boucks, turns out they had me drivn the yota durin teh week and the dodge as a weekend warrior. so ill get me another yota before to long

 

i couldnt the yota wasnt as reliable at the time, got 10 MPG, and i couldnt trust it to drive to far

 

I too understand, I sold my '86 today... sniff... The guy picks it up next week, I felt like a little kid wantin to cry over spilt milk when the guy said he'd take it.. I hope I don't see it again, cause If I do it'll be in worse shape then when I sold her. Oh well.. I'm gettin a 85 Runner so who cares!

 

that dodge diesel he has is 5x's the truck that toyota would or will ever be..lol..i'd give anything to have my dodge back..*sniffle*

 

aww man you sold her! how much did you get if you dont mind me askin. throw some pics of the ole girl with the bracket lift on her. di dyou already find the 85 you rgettin?
thanks brosky. i love my dodge. power when you want it and i can accelerate goin up hills, i can also put it in 5th goin about 35 up a hill and stomp it an d roll some smoke. btu the yota was so dern fun to drive it aint funnny

 

I bought a 4runner with a blown headgasket last month, looked exactly like that when I pulled the head. Do the dude a favor and lay a straight-edge across the cam saddles. If it can be moved on either end, the head is done. And if the head is done, it got hot enough that you probably should do rings/rods/mains.

 

Lift never got done, I still have it, four new shocks, and all the suspension stuff to redo the IFS... I'm selling it and a 5.29 IFS front diff if anyone is interested..

PS- I got 1400 out of her, with a shot carb, bad clutch, and dents all over it..

 

oh yeah, and if your friend is rebuilding the engine he'll definitely need to look into boring his engine...
them cylinder walls look pretty glazed up..

 

he didnt rebuild it he just new gaskets and plugs and wires and whatnot on it.


and call me crazy, but im gonna try to buy the yota back at the first of the year. i miss it bad

 

DO IT NOW! NOW!!!! THERE IS NO OTHER TIME!

 

i wish i could buy it now bu till have to wait til income tax time. then ill carry out my plans for teh ole gal : 5.29s, lockrites F&R, and 35x10.50 swampers!!!

but if worst comes to worst and i cant get this one back, ill find an 85 and treat it with the works, you kno, 37s, locked F&R, armor, gears yada yada

 

THIS is a majorly blown head gasket(my 3vze #1 cylinder there).


In case you were still wonderin'.