Well I might as well turn this project into a thread. I picked this thing up with a locked engine. PO forgot to refill it after a change. I attempted to free it so I could drive into the shop but that didn't work.
I sourced a used engine on eBay but unfortunately I was hasty and it came from Minnesota. All the fastener are corroded to s***. If I lived in the rust belt I probably wouldn't wrench. What a mess.
Today I started unhooking all the harness and hoses. Holy s***, Toyota has no regard for serviceability. I come from the Euro crowd. I've got an Alfa Romeo GTV6 that I have extensively overhauled, built a BMW V8 swapped E30 and have spent countless hours keeping old Fiat Spiders and X1/9s running, not to mention upkeep on my dailys. Whoever came up with the idea that Italian and German cars are difficult needs to work on a 100 series. This is the most user unfriendly thing to wrench on.... Wires and vacuum hoses going everywhere.
Not too mention bolts that won't even clear. Spent at least an hour on the AC compressor. I want to be responsible and not vent the freon so I'm attempting to remove the compressor from the block. Hopeful that when I pick the engine up I can side this bolt out and free they compressor but I hate putting my hands under an engine on the hoist.
Had to make dinner so I came inside and cleaned up. Went back out and labeled all the vacuum lines and started stripping the replacement engine. Some of the coils had cracked tubes on them. Not sure how common that is. Spark plugs were really tight, doesn't look like any anti seize was used. Is that recommended on these? Plugs came out of my locked engine very easily so maybe it was just more rust belt action. Bathed the replacement engine in more penetrating oil. I might need to get it on the stand so I can get the exhaust studs vertical and soaking.
More fun to come. I plan on replacing the starter preventatively, it's very crusty, and doing injector seals as well as valve covers. Lucky, the replacement engine has a documented 1 year old timing belt job and it all looks pristine so I'm going to leave that alone.
I sourced a used engine on eBay but unfortunately I was hasty and it came from Minnesota. All the fastener are corroded to s***. If I lived in the rust belt I probably wouldn't wrench. What a mess.
Today I started unhooking all the harness and hoses. Holy s***, Toyota has no regard for serviceability. I come from the Euro crowd. I've got an Alfa Romeo GTV6 that I have extensively overhauled, built a BMW V8 swapped E30 and have spent countless hours keeping old Fiat Spiders and X1/9s running, not to mention upkeep on my dailys. Whoever came up with the idea that Italian and German cars are difficult needs to work on a 100 series. This is the most user unfriendly thing to wrench on.... Wires and vacuum hoses going everywhere.
Not too mention bolts that won't even clear. Spent at least an hour on the AC compressor. I want to be responsible and not vent the freon so I'm attempting to remove the compressor from the block. Hopeful that when I pick the engine up I can side this bolt out and free they compressor but I hate putting my hands under an engine on the hoist.
Had to make dinner so I came inside and cleaned up. Went back out and labeled all the vacuum lines and started stripping the replacement engine. Some of the coils had cracked tubes on them. Not sure how common that is. Spark plugs were really tight, doesn't look like any anti seize was used. Is that recommended on these? Plugs came out of my locked engine very easily so maybe it was just more rust belt action. Bathed the replacement engine in more penetrating oil. I might need to get it on the stand so I can get the exhaust studs vertical and soaking.
More fun to come. I plan on replacing the starter preventatively, it's very crusty, and doing injector seals as well as valve covers. Lucky, the replacement engine has a documented 1 year old timing belt job and it all looks pristine so I'm going to leave that alone.