So, I had a bad knock last year. Rod bearings were all nice and chewed up.

I was on a budget, so I went with a cheap rebuild kit that was like 300 bucks including a new crank. I had a leak that turned out to be a bad rear main seal and a defective valve cover gasket. I fixed those last week when I also had to do ANOTHER clutch( now it is still leaking lol and the rear main was bad)

Now, guess what. I am getting what seems to be some pretty bad freakin chain rattle. I used a steel main guide, but I have no doubts that something else like the tensioner is bad also. I had a professional do the machine work and the bottom end, and it seems like everything but that is going bad lol. Shows what kind of skills I have
So now I need some timing chain kit recommendations. I called my local Toyota dealership, WAY to expensive, and they don't really do "kits". They just gave me individual prices. And I don't like the NAPA kits at my work. What I was able to get through my work is an Aisin oil pump and seal, a made in Japan NAPA Altrom water pump, and now I am looking for good timing components: both sprockets, chain, tensioner etc. Something that will hold up, I DO NOT want to have to get back inside that motor again in a couple months. lol

enginbuilder? Go with genuine Toyota and pay up the cornhole? LC engineering (that's all I really know)

And what exactly are Double row chains? I found a cheapy kit through google search

Thanks guys

 

I am planning on going with engnbldr.com for my rebuild stuff, I have heard good things about them, the price aint bad and to make things even better, he is rights across the river from me.

 

engnbldr.....not just for the parts but for the service before after and during the sale.

are you doing all the work?

 

Yeah I will be doing it myself. It will be my fourth time doing a 22re timing chain. All the others turned out fine, this time I believe to be the cheapy Chinese tensioner or something.

Looking at engnbldr's website, I wish I had gone with him in the first place. A kit from him would have been about as much with what seems to be much higher quality.

 

Engine builder
Ted is great

 

Engnbldr, prices are cheap, parts are quality made. I do recommend the fel-pro headgasket kit to accompany.
I went through like 3 other brands of tchain gaskets to get that puppy to seal, before i used the felpro kit.

 

Yea, Get a different head gasket...don't use the rock head gasket. Go OEM for that.

My two Cents...