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Thermostat housing

It looks like the thermostat housing is going to be a leaker. Notice the notch near the screw hole. I was running it with a healthy dab of RTV to keep the water in. I think I'll put a new set on. Also, the oil cooler lines and heater pipes are a little more clear here. I am digging around to see if I have a better set.
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mikeob1 said:
It looks like the thermostat housing is going to be a leaker. Notice the notch near the screw hole. I was running it with a healthy dab of RTV to keep the water in. I think I'll put a new set on. Also, the oil cooler lines and heater pipes are a little more clear here. I am digging around to see if I have a better set.
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Looks like Ahmet could go into business making those out of billet. I'd like to see the ones he did. John
 
inkpot said:
Looks like Ahmet could go into business making those out of billet. I'd like to see the ones he did. John
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For sure...I'd love to see one too! Ahmet? ;) I'm tracking down what is still available new.

Does anyone have a picture of an 80 series with measurment hole to hole?

I might end up dropping some molten aluminium or JB Weld in that thermostat housing notch and run it.
 
lookie what i found

well, borrowed from my other project. :)

It turns out Toyota has discontinued the bottom half of the housing but still ships the top half. I might have to see if I can find another used one for the other 2f. I have a couple of the older 2 bolt, non-cooler styles around in nice shape.

I think, a guy could put one of the older, non cooler styles on and run a T off the bypass hose. Both the oil cooler and the bypass hose are open via the low flow portion of the thermostat even when it is closed. I'm not going that route tho. I'll use the good one I have and find another good used one.



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Tools R Us said:
We repaired them with a bit of Tig weld, flatten on the belt sander, done.:hillbilly: The trick is finding someone with a Tig.
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That sounds about right. On my wish list is a TIG, Plasma cutter, and AC for the garage. Since we are out of the heat, I could justify getting a TIG first since it would allow me to save $40 used LC parts!!!!! :D

Here is stuff from tonight...water pumping system installed. Paint on the other side of manifold. Still waiting on my metric plug to fill her with oil, prime pump, set valves. Then it can go in.

I also found another thermostat setup with the pipe and rubber intact. It was on a shelf I hadn't noticed. I knew I had some more junk like this someplace. I haven't even gone over to the storage garage to check. That place is an avalanche of parts. :eek:
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mikeob1 said:
... That place is an avalanche of parts. :eek:
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IIRC, the proper terminology is crapalanche? To make you feel better about your bit of junk, the place to go was Apache Reclamation. Don't know if they still exist, but had tons of electronic history/crap. Narrow isles, tall shelving, stacked to the ceiling with "history". When an upper shelf would collapse, it would often bring down the rest in that section, causing a huge crapalanche, blocking the isle with a mound of "history"! They were legendary for their crapalanches, some blocked isles for years!:hillbilly:
 
mikeob1 said:
I love it! Wish I could go!
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Wow, they are still there. Apache Reclamation & Electronics Inc. - Home

Their page doesn't lie; "You need to see it to believe it.":lol: But ether they only shot pix of the "clean area" or have gotten real shelving and cleaned up! Isles wide enough to walk down, isle signs, enough light to see (in the "good old days" had to take a flashlight to see anything), etc. They had a yard out back with all kinds of industrial equipment, cabinets, etc, decomposing away. I was a fun places to go to, if nothing else, just to attempt to guess what some of the weird crap was/did.:hillbilly:
 
did more stuff

Phil stopped by and gave me a helping hand with the manifold. The downside of working on the hoist is the motor wants to move away from you. Thanks, Phil!

After receiving the metric plug from Toyota today, I could finally put some oil in. I added some additive for break in. My oil pump primer is a ground down Harbour Freight screwdriver that fits nicely in the oil pump slot. It has a 16mm hex head on the handle I can drive with a speed wrench for starters, and then with a cordless drill.

Alls's well with the oil...Its coming out up topsides after some good guesses on crankshaft position. I did have to tighten the timing cover bottom bolts a bit after a couple drops shot out under pressure. I laid some towels down to see what happens over night. The oil priming activity isn't exactly reality as far as crank case pressure goes. It is possible to pump an unreasonable amount of oil into the timing cover via the squirter. This is something that won't happen when the engine is actually running. The timing cover drain holes get a little help from Positive Crankcase pressure during normal operation.

The plan is to set the valve lash tomorrow am...pull the trans/tcase...and set the motor in the truck.
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Yeah! I need a toyota blacky Filter to match the other blackness. Actually, i got the cheapo Fram with the intention of tossing it after the oil prime step and before start up. :) It is good enough to filter the leaves out, isn't it?

Any hoot...valves set cold, carby on. Pulled the trans/tcase this morning. Set the motor in.

Gear box goes in tomorrow.
 
Trans/Tcase back in

Got the gear boxes installed this am, driveshafts on, exhaust hooked up. Just need to accessorize the remaining bits.
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