Hi Folks,
Putting on a new 1HZ head while re-using a few components and have some questions. If anyone has input on the following, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Lifters - In a very unfortunate event, I got the valve lifters/cups completely out of order when removing them. My assumption is they...
Hey folks, pulled the cylinder head from my 1HZ motor and when I went to clean it, i found some cracking near the valve seat areas. Added a picture of the worst one, the other cracks seem to be fairly minimal. This is coming off the heels of an overheating event that I am nearly certain was head...
Hey folks, recently overheated my '91 HZJ73 1HZ motor like an idiot. Wasn't catastrophic (that i know of yet) but I seem to have lost a bunch of coolant and ruined my main seal.
I figured I had a radiator leak, but had the radiator tested and it was sound. Later in the process, i realized I'd...
Hey folks,
I replaced my transmission fluid with Redline MT-90 (GL-4) about 4 months ago, with only weekend driving since. I can't have put more than 1500km on it since (liberal estimate). Recently the stick has lost a lot of smoothness and become clunky and rough. The roughness is only in the...
Team,
Today trying to replace the fluid in my h55f transmission, I had intended to replace the fill and drain plugs with 10mm hex versions as many wise people have also done. I noticed the drain plugs I got have an extra long magnetic tip that is nearly twice the length of the existing plug...
Hey folks… the first thing I noticed when I originally test drove my HZJ73 was how cramped my 6’4” frame was with the seat all the way back. Being a manual didn’t help as you often have two feet on the pedals and don’t get to stretch out. I asked around the local LC shop about people having...