At least you know what your dealing with. Question is why was it installed ?
1993 Land Cruiser, first purchase!
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- #82
I agree, I know what it is now.
I have no idea why it’s installed. I’ve read that they are used to cancel a CEL due to a failing catalytic converter. But I honestly have no clue, as I had no clue what this was until today!!
I would pull valve cover, pull spark plug tube and remove fouler. Reassemble.
Maybe the threads are destroyed and this was a butcher fix? If that’s the case you will have to do a proper fix and with the tube out it will be doable.
Maybe the threads are destroyed and this was a butcher fix? If that’s the case you will have to do a proper fix and with the tube out it will be doable.
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- #84
Okay - that sounds doable. I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to get to the threads unless I went all the way down to the head.
I’m going to try a thin walled socket first to see if I can remove that way - if that fails I’ll be pulling the VC. Which is leaking anyways.
valve cover is not bad to do, just did it.
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- #86
Other option would be to use a bolt with the same threads as the spark plug and some red thread locker.
Screw it in. Let it set. And then try to back out the non fouler insert using the locked in bolt.
Worst case, it doesn’t break free, I torch to bolt to break free the thread locker and then tear down the valve cover.
Screw it in. Let it set. And then try to back out the non fouler insert using the locked in bolt.
Worst case, it doesn’t break free, I torch to bolt to break free the thread locker and then tear down the valve cover.
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- #87
I have been in contact with the PO about a handful of issues. He’s a nice guy and I don’t think he was trying to hide any issues with this truck.
He told me everything he knew about. I brought some issues up to him and he’s been helpful since the sale.
He offered to pay for a battery if it was bad also (but it was alternator).
Reached out to him more or less just to pick his brain.
I’m glad I did.
He did a compression test on the engine before he sold it and what’s in cylinder 1 is not a helicoil. It’s not a non fouler insert.
It’s the adapter for his compression kit!
So it needs to come out but should come out pretty easily.
He told me everything he knew about. I brought some issues up to him and he’s been helpful since the sale.
He offered to pay for a battery if it was bad also (but it was alternator).
Reached out to him more or less just to pick his brain.
I’m glad I did.
He did a compression test on the engine before he sold it and what’s in cylinder 1 is not a helicoil. It’s not a non fouler insert.
It’s the adapter for his compression kit!
So it needs to come out but should come out pretty easily.
Tah Dahhhh! A bit of detective work pays off. Hope that it comes out ok.
I've fished one of those out before on my 80. Out of cylinder 6, so #1 should be easy. Used a double-jointed needle nose pliers (see picture) Just be precise and spin it out. Should be easy man.
The BS these engines will put up with and still run, cracks me up.
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Yours looks different than what I’m dealing with. I don’t have a nipple to grab onto.
I’m dealing with what I’ve got circled in red. That’s still in the spark plug hole. I guess it’s the exact same thing just different kit.
but regardless, I’m going to try and back it out this evening.
wish me luck! Because I need it!!!
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- #92
So true. This is unreal.
I had a MASSIVE air leak and one cylinder wasn’t even firing. And it ran. Drove okay actually...just didn’t idle. Lol. Unreal.
Wait until you experience the loose steering parts. You don't realize how bad it is until.......
Nice detective work!
FYI:
The spark plug tubes do not just "come out". You'll destroy one getting it out, as they are pressed in.
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- #94
Success!!!!!
I am blown away. This has been a wild ride figuring this out. Just drove the truck about 20 miles and it feels pretty good. Tomorrow will be the first day I use it as a daily, we will see what happens. I’ve got about a 40 mile drive to work tomorrow at 630am. I’ve got all my tools packed just in case with about anything I’d need for a repair on the side of the road.
I am blown away. This has been a wild ride figuring this out. Just drove the truck about 20 miles and it feels pretty good. Tomorrow will be the first day I use it as a daily, we will see what happens. I’ve got about a 40 mile drive to work tomorrow at 630am. I’ve got all my tools packed just in case with about anything I’d need for a repair on the side of the road.
This is how owning an 80 works:
Blinded by the Great Deal
First 6 months to 1 year: You buy for what you think is a good deal. You create a budget--then, your budget goest upward--you're going to try to rationalize it's worth more than you spent. Everyone cheers you and helps you, you are being brainwashed by people that don't even know they're brainwashed. You'll spend hours on end on YouTube looking for 80 series videos.
Black Hole You Never Saw
From year 1 to year 2: you will come to the conclusion that you've put so much time and money into it that you'll never sell it (because you love it, and so do we), once you say that you'll rationalize another $3k into it. At this time you'll also develop a nasty arrogant distaste for jeeps, range rovers, and anything electric. You laugh at them like they're all fools (and they are). You've been sucked into the vortex of the black hole, and yet, you don't want to be rescued because you're in your LC! You might even buy a cowboy hat!
You Are Zen with the Black Hole
From year 2 to year 4: you'll have $6,000 into it on top of the $3,500 it cost. Yes, you'll start buying stuff from @NLXTACY and looking at Roof racks and rear bumpers, recovery kits, etc. At this point you have fallen in love with the black hole that has sucked all the monies out of your pocket. Nirvana ensues.
Groundhog Day
After Year 5, you're thinking it's an heirloom, and then, a newbie comes on and says, "I just pulled the trigger and bought an 80...!" Then, you repeat this blissfully.
I'm just telling you this because all of us on this thread have gone through the same process of becoming addicted. I'm going outside right now just to look at my 80...for the 5th time today.
Zona
Very excited for you. Feels good to figure this stuff out. Good luck tomorrow. How are those brakes?
May have to rename my rig The Black Hole.
Welcome to (your) machine! Just read through this whole thread; kudos to you for your work so far! Been in your shoes (situation-wise) needing a reliable rig right off the bat. Do yourself a favor and get the FSM in whatever format you want- It will save you time and help you learn about your ride. Between the FSM and this very helpful and knowledgeable group, your learning curve will be shorter than you may think. Cheers!
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- #100
Brakes are okay. Air in the system but just need to bleed.
Thanks!! I’m close but still not there.
This is too true. I’m in stage 1 and the budget has already gone upward. Only by a few hundred, but that’s how it starts.
Daily Drive #1
I drove it to work today and it seems like it’s doing okay
But
It developed a loud screech/squeal. I’m not mechanically inclined to diagnose where it’s coming from. It’s running fine. Power steering works. Fan is spinning. AC is off, so it’s not the compressor. But idk.
At idle it would screech, and then as I take off from a stop it’d go away. Then it progressively got worse.
So now I’m not really too sure how to handle this other than taking it somewhere
