geez something must have gone real wrong for an entire new block. How much does it cost for a new short block from toyota in your part of the world. ? $20k usd is a lot of money.
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Solid post.So your bearings are good? What is the problem? You have a bent rod? I’m confused? Did you check the main bearings? Tow it my shop in Oregon I’ll rebuild it while drinking whiskey and won’t send you down the rabbit hole. Honestly if you need a new piston and rod, this is $150 dollars in parts npr ring set is $100. With your mileage it’s hard to believe that you need a rebuild? But if you do how is it $20k? Pull motor and have the block bored out .50mm over deck the block. New main bearings and con rod bearings. My machine shop charges $800 for that and paints it. He also puts the short block together. I provide the parts main and con rod bearings around $350 for OEM and new pistons $320 OEM. $100 for npr rings. Replace timing chain and associated parts $160. Now you have a refreshed short block for for $1800 bucks. Your head is already done. Buy a new head gasket kit slap together and reinstall. This should be under 5k with him covering labor. Buy your own parts from partsouq and save your self thousands. Let me know if you need help I rebuild motors and can show you the light.! Some pictures of what your rebuilt motor will look like to keep the vibes positive!!
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New block is $4,100 shipped to my door, they are still made and kept in stock by Toyota. Rebuild would be atleast half that and the idea of a brand new block sounds a lot better to me after the continuous problems I’m having with this motor. I can have the block here in 1 week and the mechanic needs 1 week with it. At this point it’s also the quickest solution and I can’t keep justifying this purchase when I don’t have a working 4x4 vehicle so I’d love to get this thing runninggeez something must have gone real wrong for an entire new block. How much does it cost for a new short block from toyota in your part of the world. ? $20k usd is a lot of money.
To clarify, I am $20k into the cruiser. If I was $20k into the motor it better be a V8 swap lol.So your bearings are good? What is the problem? You have a bent rod? I’m confused? Did you check the main bearings? Tow it my shop in Oregon I’ll rebuild it while drinking whiskey and won’t send you down the rabbit hole. Honestly if you need a new piston and rod, this is $150 dollars in parts npr ring set is $100. With your mileage it’s hard to believe that you need a rebuild? But if you do how is it $20k? Pull motor and have the block bored out .50mm over deck the block. New main bearings and con rod bearings. My machine shop charges $800 for that and paints it. He also puts the short block together. I provide the parts main and con rod bearings around $350 for OEM and new pistons $320 OEM. $100 for npr rings. Replace timing chain and associated parts $160. Now you have a refreshed short block for for $1800 bucks. Your head is already done. Buy a new head gasket kit slap together and reinstall. This should be under 5k with him covering labor. Buy your own parts from partsouq and save your self thousands. Let me know if you need help I rebuild motors and can show you the light.! Some pictures of what your rebuilt motor will look like to keep the vibes positive!!
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I would verify with Toyota about availability and “in stock” i know people Have been waiting months for blocks @Rouleur waited 2 months for his. I understand the idea of just throwing in a assembled short block it will be good for a long time if taken care of. Remember your dowel pins will need to be transferred over from your old block to the new. These motors are designed with two rebuilds in-mind designed like that from Toyota. Let me know if you end up getting a short block I will buy your short block and renew life into it and sell it to a mud member. You can ship it in the crate Toyota packages your new block in.New block is $4,100 shipped to my door, they are still made and kept in stock by Toyota. Rebuild would be atleast half that and the idea of a brand new block sounds a lot better to me after the continuous problems I’m having with this motor. I can have the block here in 1 week and the mechanic needs 1 week with it. At this point it’s also the quickest solution and I can’t keep justifying this purchase when I don’t have a working 4x4 vehicle so I’d love to get this thing running
It is running now and sounds the same after the head rebuild. Hopefully I pick it up today and can get a video posted up.You are on the front range? There are a lot of shops that work Toyotas, not trying to be mean by I would choose a new mechanic if you can’t do the work. Can you post a video of the engine sound? Is the truck running now? Is the noise the same after the head was rebuilt?
I already know my Mech Engineer girlfriend would end up taking the wrench out of my hand and leaving me embarrassed lmao
Understood and thanks for the input.If you're 24 and wanting to get into 80 series, you should at least do some of the wrenching yourself. Or have a super trusted, local shop that does the work. Even if your girlfriend seems a lot more savvy than you do.
Unless the mechanic you hired wants to eat the cost for all of the labor, I don't think it's worth going back. He may seem like a great mechanic (maybe he is, maybe he isn't), but this is quite the expensive mistake. $4k is a lot of money for head gasket + odds and ends.
I have no idea what kind of rod issue this is supposed to be. And can't you just get a crank, very worst case? I think taking it to a friendly mudder and learning the ropes is a better idea. No bearing damage but a knock is odd. I mean maybe some water got into just one cylinder and bent the rod without leaving much else of a trace. Seems crazy, right?
I have a mechanic friend who generally does just motorcycle work. I would stand by him on stuff like this, but I turn wrenches and I know he knows his stuff. Sometimes he makes mistakes and usually I can catch him, just like he could catch me making a mistake. His prices are exceedingly reasonable (for me, especially). I don't think your mechanic is in the same boat with a bill like that, though.
I know a new block sounds nice, but that's a lot of money and honestly isn't going to buy a lot more security. There's a number of things that can go wrong, and places that money is better spent.
Fj80Oregon's offer is a really good one. If you can stomach the time, it may be worth it. And the knock may not even kill it any time soon.
“And can't you just get a crank, very worst case?”
Took mine almost 9 months to get here on a boat from Japan. Granted, the logisticians involved with my short block purchase were short half a brain...but it'll still take a while for yours to come in unless you find someone selling theirs.Regarding availability on the block it seems that other user is 100% correct. The block is on “National Backorder” which they tell you can be a couple weeks to a couple months. I’ll trust the other user who just received theirs and say it’s atleast 2 months out if I do that route.
The short blockI would verify with Toyota about availability and “in stock” i know people Have been waiting months for blocks @Rouleur waited 2 months for his. I understand the idea of just throwing in a assembled short block it will be good for a long time if taken care of. Remember your dowel pins will need to be transferred over from your old block to the new. These motors are designed with two rebuilds in-mind designed like that from Toyota. Let me know if you end up getting a short block I will buy your short block and renew life into it and sell it to a mud member. You can ship it in the crate Toyota packages your new block in.![]()
The short block I acquired is not the one I ordered that one has still not arrived six months.I would verify with Toyota about availability and “in stock” i know people Have been waiting months for blocks @Rouleur waited 2 months for his. I understand the idea of just throwing in a assembled short block it will be good for a long time if taken care of. Remember your dowel pins will need to be transferred over from your old block to the new. These motors are designed with two rebuilds in-mind designed like that from Toyota. Let me know if you end up getting a short block I will buy your short block and renew life into it and sell it to a mud member. You can ship it in the crate Toyota packages your new block in.![]()
Understand your fairness reasoning too.Just got off the phone with the mechanic. When talking final price he flat out stated that he should have fully diagnosed the noise before recommending putting money into the top end. He said he wants to give my deposit back of $1000 and chalk this up as a loss for him. I told him I want to pay the $1800 in parts at a minimum cause I also want to be fair about this as well.
I had already came to the conclusion with many other MUD'ers that I wasn't going to blame the mechanic or make him eat any costs so I feel a little weird about all this. Any suggesttions on what you guys think is fair? To summarize, if billed normally it would have been parts $1800 and labor at $2000, so a total of $3800. He thinks $0.00 is fair, I think atleast $1800 should be paid.
Easy to feel bad for myself as the "broke" 24 year old, but even easier to want to pay the local mechanic with a family and new shop opening in the coming months. The phone call ended at a stand still with both of us wanting to do the fair thing, but unsure what that is.
Regardless I am picking the Cruiser up tonight and will post a video. My mechanic didn't think to take pics, but he says the bearings and crank looked "outstanding" and that he is at a loss for what the exact cause is without tearing the whole thing apart for a rebuild., and with the unknown issues he would recommend sourcing a used motor and putting my refreshed top end on there.