Bought My First Pig (1 Viewer)

[cruisermatt]

It was great checking out your project last night.

Post up some engine bay pictures!

 

[FLMikem]

It was great checking out your project last night.

Post up some engine bay pictures!

Lifter cover especially.

 

[FLMikem]

@cruisermatt wanted me to show-and-tell some of the funky things in the engine bay.

Pic 1: Steel plate lifter cover instead of the proper thing

Pic 2: Plumbing store ball valve for a heater valve... Instead of the proper thing

Pic 3: Oil filter and lines are removed and the passages plugged ("has good oil pressure though!")

 

[FLMikem]

So I got all the old 3sp clutch goodies off. Nothing looks as belad as I thought. The flywheel and pressure plate are junk but the friction disc and rear main look "new". My thoughts are a PO swapped just the friction disc and rear main and nothing else. Reassembled it wrong somehow and then parked it. All the bolts (minus flywheel) we're loose-ish - could've been from being drenched in old old crud too. Oh well. Moving along with 4sp stuff slowly.

 

[FLMikem]

Alrighty brain trust. What series of unfortunate events do we think happened here? My inspection cover seems to have been bb'd from inside the bellhousing.

 

[ceylonfj40nut]

Shrapnel or some P.O. used it for target practice.

 

[Pighead]

Alrighty brain trust. What series of unfortunate events do we think happened here? My inspection cover seems to have been bb'd from inside the bellhousing.



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The old disc grenaded while in use...explains why you found a new disc

 

[Lifelong40Fan]

I was thinking the same thing as @Pighead

 

[Blastservices]

Something happened to it

 

[FLMikem]

The old disc grenaded while in use...explains why you found a new disc

That's what I had figured. Then got just a friction disc replaced to save some $$$. I think yours is a safe bet.

 

[RUSH55]

Oh, yeah, we know all about that. That’s what’s known as sum-ting wong.

 

[FLMikem]

I wasn't gonna do work today but after stopping by @cruisermatt to pick up some more knick knacks I got antsy and started tinkering. Got the 55 backing plate swapped over to the 4sp and did the ebrake cable and seal while I was at it.

Had some questions about reusing the the 3sp fork pivot on the 4sp bellhousing. I tested it out and it seems (in theory) to work fine. But we'll see when we get closer to full install and mock up. Yes, I painted my bellhousing and fork - I was bored. "Prepped" the flywheel and chased the thread for the pressure plate bolts.

 

[FLMikem]

Found it. That why it wouldn't shift. Those aren't factory Toyota welds. No pivot - no clutch.

 

[cruisermatt]

I think all the pivot balls are the same. I have definitely mixed and matched them between bellhousings when in a pinch successfully.

 

[Pighead]

Pretty sure that the clutch fork pivots are different between 3 and 4 speeds...

 

[FLMikem]

Oil pan gasket done. P/O used clear window silicone as gasket maker. New rear main seal and checked the bearing (didn't look too bad - lots of dry starts). Torqued the main and rod caps while I was in there. "New" 4sp bellhousing in. At that part where things are going back in instead of coming out. Moving right along.

 

[PabloCruise]

@cruisermatt wanted me to show-and-tell some of the funky things in the engine bay.

Pic 1: Steel plate lifter cover instead of the proper thing

Pic 2: Plumbing store ball valve for a heater valve... Instead of the proper thing

Pic 3: Oil filter and lines are removed and the passages plugged ("has good oil pressure though!")


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As in - no more oil filter?

 

[PabloCruise]

Something happened to it

This! ^^^

 

[PabloCruise]

Found it. That why it wouldn't shift. Those aren't factory Toyota welds. No pivot - no clutch.

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Dang, seems like your PO was unencumbered by lack of knowledge or skill...

 

[PabloCruise]

At that part where things are going back in instead of coming out. Moving right along.

I love this phase!