My timing guides are for surely broke and you can see where my tc is almost ate through.

 

Timing cover grooves

 

Tool I used to remove cam. I found how to make it on this forum.

 

Th pic where I'm holding the bolt. There were about four washers on it. I think I might just buy a bolt kit since I don't know what else the po might have done. These are my diagrams to keep up with bolts.

 

did the cover give you any trouble when you went to remove it or did you remove the head so it was easy?

 

I left the head on and yeah if was a bit of a task. I put a rag over a flat bar and pried gently at the bottom.

 

I have a chain to put in my 88' & i'm not sure if i'm just going to yank the head & be done with it or try to do it with the head on as you did.

 

I did a liquid block test and compression test so I figured my head was ok.

 

my engine has 190k on it
it probably wouldn't hurt to take the head off & clean all the old crap from the combustion chambers.

 

Your probably right on about that. I probably should myself but I just didn't wanna dig any deeper. Hec I'm already worried about getting my dang timing right since When I tried removing my cam bolt I moved crap around. Plus my chain was zip tied when I did it.
I figure if the gasket ain't broke then I ain't gonna mess with it.

 

Also my odometer says something like 347000 but I think the po did some work too it a good while back.

 

I dry fitted my new one to see how it lines up. I know if your at tdc then both the front rocker arms should wiggle. My right one wiggles more than the left. Is that normal? Or is looser

 

do you have the factory Toyota repair manual for your truck?

also is your engine a 22r or a 22re?

I have the 2 manual set for 1993 which covers the 22re

somewhere I also have the 1986 version but I am unable to find it at the moment

the last engine is did a timing job on was a 3 liter marine engine
I went step by step through the book & everything worked out great in the end.

 

It's a 93 22re. I've got the fsm downloaded from a forum and I've read like crazy all I could find. I've been going step by step and even followed some other tips.
I feel like I messed up when I had my cam zip tied while trying to remove that cam bolt and stuff moved. Nothing did a full revolution or anything but I did restab the dizzy and rotate everything to see where it would end up. I'll keep things updated as I go. I just don't wanna put this thing together and it not be right.
Hope you find the manual.

 

I bet a manuals nice though compared to a download. It's cool to have an actual book.

 

once you get the timing chain back on the engine I would rotate the engine over a few times & then recheck the timing marks.
I like to rotate it without the spark plugs in it with a breaker bar
if things are not right you will quickly know it
do even bother with the belts or any of that until you know the timing is "on the money"


good luck

 

Right on piglett. I will do that. Thanks for the advice.

 

I meant to ask. Can I just dry fit my timing cover along with oil pump and pulley to check my lower dots along with upper or is that even necessary?

 

When i did mine, i didnt take the dizzy out until i had the cam bolt loose.

 

I guess that's where I messed up.