Recent content by VAcruiser

Unfortunately, mine runs great. My issue is mother nature.

Yeah, my current hoist and stand will surely need an upgrade as they're definitely not made for the weight of the 1KZ.

Yeah, I'm thinking so too. Either this or my rusty W115....but one or the other will be whole again after the chill wears off next year.

Finally replaced all 4 of mine today. Tried the brass gears a couple weeks ago but they were way too tight. Ended up using the Gamiviti’s I had in the motor pots and replacing the entire assembly’s on the other side with OEM units. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

I’m following your logic here mostly, but if you’re thought is that it’s not that much more work to replace XY&Z while you have AB&C off, good or not…why would you reinstall bearings with 205k on them?

That's great to know. I'll have to look that up. I'd love to rebuild one. I'm a while you're in there type of person so I'm already going to blow the budget out of the water. Besides my lack of experience rebuilding, I don't want to add the expense of all the machine work and engine parts if...

So, I read your write up and I appreciate it. I've never rebuilt an engine. I've pulled heads, etc, but never full blown rebuilt one. While I completely understand your mindset, I have 2 questions for the quorum.... 1) If a compression check and an oil analysis prove that the engine is...

That’s honestly pretty incredible for an almost 400k mi engine.

Huge thanks.

If you don’t mind posting the link here, it may help others….again. 😊

Just rebuilt my dryer. My washer on the other hand…. 😆 Ba dum tsssss…

Pretty sure it’s already self evacuated. 😆

My thoughts too.

That was part of the plan too. Good looking out.

I have a new to me FZJ80 (with 336,741 miles on the clock) that I'm beginning to get familiar with as I begin my baseline. Here's what I know thus far.... I have....all the oil leaks and then some. The oil light is on, good pressure so I'm assuming the sensor or wiring. I got the P0401 code...