Remanufactured 1FZFE for 94 Land Cruiser
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just a hunch but I'm guessing thats why it quickly became $10k 
I will try to remember to take a picture of my "breakdown" receipt. It is hilarious because I can hardly ever read what he writes. I typically put little translations next to each item when I get home for future reference. He told me the engine retailed over $6k (which your receipt shows). For the warranty to be valid, he had to put on all new hoses, water pump, belts, etc. which was totally fine with me. He just sent the radiator to a radiator shop to check and clean. I about sh*t my drawers when I went to pick up thinking 4100+1200+~500 incidentals+tax=6200. Thank goodness I brought the spare thou cash with me. I don't like to saddle him with credit card fees since he is more than fair on parts and labor.
Ignore the labor? Unless you have the skill to do it yourself that's the most expensive part of the build!
Skill.....
You know where I got that from? Trying.
Seriously with YouTube university and the help from knowledgeable club members and mud members all you really need to do is try. There's no rocket science behind it.
I'd never rebuilt an engine until I did my 1fz-fe. Seriously never. I followed the fsm (it's like a cookbook it become hard to f up if you just follow steps). If you do that then it's all just time.
Now We all value our time differently and I get that. So you have to figure out what you value your time at. Personally I find relaxation in wrenching. As long as it's not my bread winning job.
You know where I got that from? Trying.
Seriously with YouTube university and the help from knowledgeable club members and mud members all you really need to do is try. There's no rocket science behind it.
I'd never rebuilt an engine until I did my 1fz-fe. Seriously never. I followed the fsm (it's like a cookbook it become hard to f up if you just follow steps). If you do that then it's all just time.
Now We all value our time differently and I get that. So you have to figure out what you value your time at. Personally I find relaxation in wrenching. As long as it's not my bread winning job.
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Yep. I'm tearing in to a 1FZ-FE right now. It's a spare motor so I'm not in a huge rush. It is therapeutic to me. I figure it is about $7k in motor rebuild and about $20k in my labor.
It makes more sense, fiscally, to pay to have it done. But I'm enjoying it. I've never rebuilt a motor before and have no idea what I'm doing. But I have a FSM and Mud. I know others that have done it. I figure if you can do it, I sure as hell can!
Best part is that after you've done it you can Handle pretty much any issue encountered on the trail. Because you've been that deep in it
I totally agree. I'm in the middle of rebuilding a 4L60E transmission for a vortec swap. Had never been inside an auto tranny before till I went through one in my FJ62 V8 build. But there are a lot of folks out there that just don't have it in their DNA to tackle these types of projects. My dear old dad (who was a pro wrench) always said that mechanics are born and not made.
this is true. but that doesn't mean others cant learn. I've had freind's ask me how I learned what I know, my response is that I've screwed up so much trying to fix things that I've learned what works and what doesn't.
Hi Dan,
Did you go with the Cummins R2.8 or the 1HZ? I'm considering converting the engine on an FJ40...
Joey once told me, "We don't discuss mileage in this house."
@NLXTACY actually did that rebuild BECAUSE it was cheaper than a swap, which he felt was overpriced. If you can't afford the downtime, pull a junker and rebuild that as time/funds allow, then put it in. Dunno about the FE, but I'm gonna say you can't do a decent new-oem-parts rebuild of an FZ for $4500, much less turn a profit on it, even if you got the long block for free. So there's that.