Builds 1FZ-FE Rebuild full overhaul - picture heavy
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Did you paint everything with VHT?
sbman
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Today my Denso brand 150A alternator arrived. @Photoman bracket kit. His bracket kit is really nice quality and even includes a press to open the alternator mount bushing. I usually just use a hammer.
Ready to pull the pulley and swap with the original.
Then, mounted the brand new Denso A/C compressor.
Ready to pull the pulley and swap with the original.
Then, mounted the brand new Denso A/C compressor.
I can appreciate your attention to detail.
NLXTACY
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Looking good. Reminds me of my engine right after the rebuild and before installing.
sbman
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A lot more progress the last couple of days. Started out by heat protecting the wire harness @egr. Used some fiberfrax ceramic cloth that I've used on aircraft firewalls, it can insulate against some serious heat. The covered that up with some adhesive backed aluminum foil.
It was finally time to mate the engine to the tranny.
This thing is about 7' long and really heavy. Started looking for some help to stuff it in.
It was finally time to mate the engine to the tranny.
This thing is about 7' long and really heavy. Started looking for some help to stuff it in.
sbman
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Then I greens striped everything I could get my hands on. All firewall hoses and rear heater hoses throughout. Had to order the green stripe from O'Reilly's. Autozone couldn't get it. Bought 10' of 1/2" and 10' of 5/8" plenty to last for a long time. This stuff is much tougher than any heater hose I've used before. I used Balclamp clamps which are similar to Breeze with a protective strip running down over the hose. I ran out of them and one hose here is an old one that will get replaced.
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Started stuffing it in. My helper blew me off today (paid helper) probably because it was literally the hottest day(s) of the year this weekend, hitting 104 in the shade. Started stuffing it in my self, but was really struggling to push the lift with the entire transaxle on it. I don't have a flat paved area so I'm working on 1" flooring boards and the lift didn't want to roll. My neighbor saw me struggling and offered to help out, wow what a great neighbor. EDIT: Even with my neighbors help we couldn't get the lift to move out of the ruts it had made in the wood. Pushed it with a pickup truck to get it moving.
We spent an hour struggling it in, but couldn't get the engine back far enough. I discovered I had put the rear lift hook on backwards.
Was able to set the engine down temporarily and turn it around and it was dark, so had to wait till Sunday morning to finish dropping it in.
We spent an hour struggling it in, but couldn't get the engine back far enough. I discovered I had put the rear lift hook on backwards.
Was able to set the engine down temporarily and turn it around and it was dark, so had to wait till Sunday morning to finish dropping it in.
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sbman
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Spent three hours wrestling with the thing trying to get the engine mount holes to line up. Even after moving the lift point, things didn't want to line up. Playing with a jack on the tranny and a ratchet strap to get the drivetrain aligned, it finally dropped in. Spent the whole day hooking things up, rear drive shaft, exhaust, wiring, etc.... Still have another 5 or 6 hours to go before it's ready to fire up. This is what it looked like mid-day. Was moving pretty slow because of the heat today.
nukegoat
Should have bought a Jeep
This is rad
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Spent three hours wrestling with the thing trying to get the engine mount holes to line up. Even after moving the lift point, things didn't want to line up. Playing with a jack on the tranny and a ratchet strap to get the drivetrain aligned, it finally dropped in. Spent the whole day hooking things up, rear drive shaft, exhaust, wiring, etc.... Still have another 5 or 6 hours to go before it's ready to fire up. This is what it looked like mid-day. Was moving pretty slow because of the heat today.
I can only imagine how hot it was out in ramona, has been hot by the coast too.....
sbman
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Thanks! It's mainly expensive. I was adding up receipts and I'm over 6K now.
Yeah, it hit 105 while I was under there hooking up the rear driveshaft. Drank enough water to add it as a line item cost on the rebuild.
That would be safer probably. I used a come-along from the engine hoist hook back to the lift points on the transmission case to shift the center of gravity and get it off the ground. Not fun to be the one winching that thing up, thinking about the cable snapping. Lifted it as minimum as possible with the lift and man-handled it over the frame rail. Scratched up my shiny new oil pan a little bit, but got it in there with no injury.
yeah, it was really easy. we used the front bucket to pick up the rear of the truck so we could leave the parking brake on and it helped to get the tcase past the axle and sway bar. once we figured that out we have always done it that way. much easier to flick the wrist on the tractor than to push like hell on the hoist.
sbman
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After four months of hard work, it's finally done! Drove it for the first time today, put 26 miles on the engine. Took it straight to the muffler shop, the old one was broken off at the front flange of the muffler can. Also getting the all new A/C system charged.
It started right up and so far haven't found any real issues. This was the first time I've driven an 80 series, when I bought this one it was running very badly due to the blown head gasket. Truck drives pretty nice, handles well. The engine runs really smooth and seems like a normal amount of power. It was pretty loud with no muffler and the muffler was rubbing the drive-shaft part of the time, but that will be resolved today. I think it needs a bit of suspension work, wanders a bit and pulls right, but now that the engine is in and running I can start to move on to anything else it needs and some fun stuff too. I'll finish this thread up in the next couple of days with final pics and some numbers for the cost of the rebuild.
It started right up and so far haven't found any real issues. This was the first time I've driven an 80 series, when I bought this one it was running very badly due to the blown head gasket. Truck drives pretty nice, handles well. The engine runs really smooth and seems like a normal amount of power. It was pretty loud with no muffler and the muffler was rubbing the drive-shaft part of the time, but that will be resolved today. I think it needs a bit of suspension work, wanders a bit and pulls right, but now that the engine is in and running I can start to move on to anything else it needs and some fun stuff too. I'll finish this thread up in the next couple of days with final pics and some numbers for the cost of the rebuild.
Great job!
