Recent content by mathlete

Not this weekend, but I finished up quite a lot of work last month - full cooling system refresh, OEM radiator, fan clutch, all vacuum hoses, fixed my upper oil pan leak, and a number of other things. Now I'm not seeing temps above 184 :oops: Even in the concrete swamp of Houston! I couldn't...

Turns out all it needed was a few taps from a rubber mallet to fully seat :doh: When to use force vs. when not to use force…still lost on me apparently. Got everything on, FIPG, 2 orings, then proceeded to snap a timing cover bolt while torquing. Got lucky and could use vice grips on the...

Got everything ready to go for installing the timing cover. Aligning things without the studs felt impossible after a few dry runs, so I put the studs back in. With the timing cover on the studs, there was a slight gap between the block and the timing cover. This was another dry run to make sure...

Well after some more digging, I found a comment from fj80oregon describing exactly what I needed to do for the removal. Unfortunately, I skipped the steps of removing the studs /oil pump and pulled straight out along the studs. The very front portion of the head gasket took a bit of damage...

Making a new thread to hopefully get some more people to chime in. For some background on how I got here, check this thread. Long story short, yesterday I removed the upper oil pan in hopes that I would find the paint marker tip that fell down my timing cover. Unfortunately, it was not in...

The upper oil pan is off. Unfortunately, no paint marker in the upper pan. I can partially see it here: I knew it wouldn't do much, but I tried using a paperclip to push it up and over, but I eventually lost sight of it as it moved further towards the front. To remove the front timing...

Did you end up finding anything toyota/aftermarket for that connector oring? I found these Denso ones, but I'm unsure about fitment.

Still have the transmission hard lines that run under the driver side headlight? PN 32906-60120 Pic for reference. Thanks

I've decided to just get in there. I'm hopeful that it fell all the way into the upper oil pan. If not, I would need to remove the front timing cover. For preparation sake, I'll assume I have to remove both. I believe it initially fell down here, and balanced itself behind the chain/guide...

It's was impossible to get a photo of it in view, but I will describe it the best I can. Looking from the front of the engine, it was sitting *behind* the timing chain on the bottom left side. It was as deep as you can possibly see down in there from above. After trying to grab it, I heard it...

Well, things were going great. Rounded out the left heater tube (still working on the right one). I did the spark plug tube seals, valve cover gasket, pcv valve/grommet. Also pulled the upper intake to replace all vacuum lines, got the PHH, fuel filter, and a made progress on replacing all...

Going through the cooling system on the passenger side of the engine. I pulled the rear hose that attaches to the firewall from the long outlet pipe (PITA, it was really stuck) and found the heater pipe to be kinked quite a bit. I am 99% sure I did not cause this while removing the hose. My...

I have no documentation of the stem seals being replaced, so that makes sense for the oil consumption. I've read posts about that repair - I'm not sure I have the confidence to do that myself yet. Really trying to do all my own work moving forward, so that might take the back burner until I feel...

I've ended up giving myself quite a bit to do - "while you're in there", as they say. Working on refreshing the entire cooling system and replacing all vacuum lines. Gonna pull the injectors as well. Got the throttle body cleaned up this weekend - blew out and cleaned all passages, also cleaned...

Welcome to MUD! You're asking great questions, all of which have been discussed at length on here. Google is your friend. For example, use Google to search: "should I import an 80 series ih8mud" and a number of helpful threads should pop up. Spend some time reading and you'll learn way more...