Recent content by Gerrha

One end of the engine is shown below with two of the balls highlighted. Just a couple of days ago, I learned here that the balls located in the crankshaft are permanent and used to seal the passages when they were drilled during manufacturing. Are these three balls in the block the same sort of...

Today I removed the oil galley plugs from my 1FZFE block in preparation for getting it cleaned. Previously I purchased an oil galley plug kit from Yota1. This kit comes with new plugs and three steel balls. I assumed when I removed the plugs that the balls would just roll out. Of course, this...

Well OK, thanks for that. I guess they do not need further consideration.

Sorry. I would have attached photos before, but I figured everybody but me knew instantly what they are. Here are three.

Just pulled the crankshaft in my 97 1FZFE and I see a couple of steel balls in the crankshaft itself. They must have some function with oil flow, but what? How do they get those put in place and do they need to be cleaned and/or replaced?

Thanks!

Finished mine earlier today and it was very easy, took less than 5-minutes with a hacksaw. Photos below.

Very nice information. Thanks guys! I will be doing this today or tomorrow.

Here and there while going through this forum, I have noticed a few recommendations for removing a section of the intake manifold between the 4th and 5th cylinders in order to allow the manifold to be removed prior to removing the large engine cable. I am at the point in my engine rebuild so I...

I have arrived at the same conclusion. Anyone can buy measuring instruments on eBay that provide digits to the 10 thousandths, but without doing what you have said above, the numbers you get from them may, or may not, be accurate to that level. An aircraft engine justifies the painstaking work...

I can do that. The lifter bores are very challenging to measure correctly using telescoping gauges, which I am.

You are right to ask that question. It is not so easy making these measurements accurate to 0.0001" especially in lifter bores. I don't know if I would bet the house on my measurements being accurate to that level. In this case, for both measurements, I am using the same Mitutoyo vernier...

I have found variation in terminology several times, which has definitely caused me some confusion. In this case, what you (and many others) call a bucket is what Toyota calls a lifter in the FSM. So, I think they are the same part.

I am building a new cylinder head for my 97. At this point, I am trying to verify that the lifters and lifter bores are within spec so that the lifter oil clearance is also within spec. This is with a brand-new Toyota head along with new Toyota lifters and I am out of spec for some reason. As...

Yeah, so add in a bit more for the counter-boring and you are about at $200 as PIP suggested. My wife even told me I was making a mistake, but water under the bridge now...