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I thought it was a mistake but narrowed it down as much as I could without making him feel insulted. I won't be going with them in this case. Thanks for the info

Makes me sad too..

My local Toyota dealer just quoted me over 600 bucks for valve guide seals..

Malleus, I didn't mean to make you sad.. is that because of my not using OEM seals?

A local shop did the head prep, I did the rest. I could have definitely done something wrong. I didn't use OEM gaskets for one thing.

That would also be my guess..

It doesn't have a noticeable smell, local weather has been relatively dry, and it doesn't smoke for more than a couple seconds.. after that I don't notice any smoke until the next time I start it after several hours.

It's white. And interestingly enough, if I park with the front end lower than the back, it doesn't seem to smoke as much or at all...

93 fzj80 .. I have a pretty good puff of smoke at startup after setting for 8+hours. Just did a compression test that showed normal readings other than cylinder 2 having about twenty psi less than its brothers. Did HG and head seals about 25,000 mi ago.. she runs pretty well other than the...

God wants you to drive your cruiser...

Third row seat parts (right side) just need the swing-down and latch parts. The stuff normally attached to the side and bottom of the seat.. i suck at describing things.

The parts missing in the photo (red).. I should have been more specific

These I do have, what i need is the part attached to the seat

I had this sweet plan to make a shop couch out of the third row seats so i ditched all the stuff I wasn't going to use.. fast-forward, now i need to get the seats in. At least one, as I've mounted the spare tire inside. So question one; can i put only one seat back? And question two...

A no-start issue has me wondering how does a starter act as it dies? Do they tend to go quickly or slowly? Does it somehow gain friction, or does it simply do nothing? Battery charger is telling me the battery is charged but everything else says otherwise... freakin mysterious pixies.