Replacement engine

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Fireman said:
One quick note while I am thinking about it. A good friend of mine who is a Toyota mechanic gave me a tip on pulling the head. He told me to check all of the valve clearances and record them while keeping the valve buckets and shims organized so that when you are reassembling them, if you don't have to change any valves, you can have a pretty good idea of what shims need to be adjusted.
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I thought I read on another thread that you can trim off some of the valve and not have to use new shims? I could of read it wrong.

Your motor is coming a long nicely. I have built a Chevy 4.3 before. I am not sure I could do a Toy rebuild. The Chevy motor seemed so easy. Do you think a noob with Craftsman tools could rebuild the 4.5 or is it better to take it to a machine shop and have a long block done?

Thanks
 
This is my first 4.5 and it seems similar to the 22res that I've worked on. I rely A LOT on the FSMs and write ups on Mud. Tolerances and build quality seem much better on the Toyotas than some of the GM stuff I've worked on. I'm doing the vast majority of this in my garage.
 
We had a nice day after some much needed rain so we were able to clean up the block some more, clean all of the gasket surfaces, lightly use the ridge reamer and start honing the cylinders. All is looking good! Going to pick up some clean naptha to use as a lubricant/solvent while honing and get the honing finished up. Calling Jacque at TRDParts4U on Monday and get the overhaul kit and rings on the way!
 
Block is honed and cleaned. Dried off and stuck in a bag. Ordered $1300 worth of parts from TRDparts4u aka Toyota of Dallas and am now in waiting mode. I did go to my storage place and sit in the Lexus and make vroom vroom noises though!
 
Mine doesn't make "vroom, vroom" sounds.

Since cutting the exhaust short, sounds more like a dying ricer with a whistle at the tip. Haha.

Nice work. I lack the mechanical aptitude, but wish I had gone through all, to this degree.
 
So the fireman is in waiting mode. If that's hard for you just come over to my place and swap my slush box for a stick. Just remember to bring the H151F and other parts needed for this quick upgrade.

Nice work David! Looking forward to wheel with you!
 
I got to work on yours the other day when it was at Stuart's! Of course he CLOSELY supervised me. He is a little OCD!
 
Got a question for all of you. I have a complete 97 parts rig that is low miles. What all would be involved in swapping the entire drive-train from the engine to the trans to the tcase? I have the entire vehicle wiring harness available along with all the computers for the vehicle.
 
Parts made it here!

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Of course FedEx screwed up the headgasket!



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White Trash of the Elwood Chapter, TORC4x4.org, Cottonland Cruisers.

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Made a little progress. Ordered the wrong rings so that slowed us down. The ones listed on Beno's list stated 1mm oversized and since we didn't have to bore the block I ordered what I had found as the stock size rings. Wrong, ordered 3FE rings. Anyway, we got the block honed, plateau honed and cleaned REALLY good. Assembled the crank bearings and installed all the caps.



Torqued them down and turned them 90 degees



Got the pistons all ready to put the rings on after a quick text to Delancy for a link to the FSM since I had left mine at home. . Notice the handy piston holder!






And Stuart started popping them in

 
Timing chain, gears, CSP ring, damper, and guide went on next



Front timing cover, balancer, and some of the brackets, water pump and oil pump and cooler next



And here's where we ended up


 
Some tips that I've picked up:

Super Clean will remove anything including your skin
Any bolts or nuts that need to turn 90 degrees, paint marker so that all end up facing the front
The factory overhaul set doesn't include the oil pump o ring
Or the small oil cooler gaskets
Keep everything clean
Use paint pen to mark fasteners that have been torqued
Don't get in a hurry and have fun.
 
Yep, spray it on and a little scrubbing, rinse it off, let the part sit in the sun to dry, respray it and scrub some more. Sometimes you have to scrape on the baked on stuff. IT WILL TAKE SKIN OFF SO GLOVES AREN'T A BAD IDEA.
 
More parts ordered from Jacque (Coonass) at TRD Parts4U. Going to replace the belt idler while it's easy to get to. Also ordered the o ring for the distributor. Excited to be getting this thing going. Can't wait to drive it! Eric (Beass) has let me drive his a few times to make me jealous!
 
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