Builds Rub A Dub Dub, Pablo's Got A New Tub!!! (2 Viewers)

[PabloCruise]

Some Cruiser shenanigans w/ @Laughingjackal and @mcguirejohnson yesterday:

 

[PabloCruise]

And there is this gem from the time capsule!

@FJBen took this from Pigtastic in Sep of 2005:

 

[FJBen]

And there is this gem from the time capsule!

@FJBen took this from Pigtastic in Sep of 2005:

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Back in the day!

 

[subzali]

Toyo MTs!

 

[FJBen]

Anymore updates?

 

[PabloCruise]

Anymore updates?

I need to get over there and borrow your wrench so I can get after that EGR gasket!

 

[FJBen]

I need to get over there and borrow your wrench so I can get after that EGR gasket!

Let me know! Maybe I can run it over there on lunch one day?

 

[PabloCruise]

Let me know! Maybe I can run it over there on lunch one day?

That would be sweet!

 

[PabloCruise]

I did get some tune up parts:

 

[Redgrrr]

I didn’t know you had a 40 TJ!

 

[PabloCruise]

I didn’t know you had a 40 TJ!

Yes sir! The 40 was the gateway drug to the Pig!

 

[PabloCruise]

Some props to @mcguirejohnson...

I have not driven the 40 much b/c there is an exhaust leak up in the engine compartment.

I thought the leak was coming from the junction between the intake and exhaust manifolds. So I had been pro-crast-ee-nating the repair as I was just not up for pulling the manifolds.

A week ago I was up checking on the @Laughingjackal project 60 and @mcguirejohnson said I should really check the flange where the EGR plumbs into the exhaust manifold. In his experience they can leak there. Sounds good to me! Easier than pulling the manifolds. So I set out to check this flange:

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TJ - those EGR flanges often warp and the gasket blows out. I have plugged most of mine with a steel slug welded inside the manifold (could be drilled out later if desired) as they are impossible to keep sealed. The size of that flange and gasket changed a few times through the years as Toyota tried to get it right (and never did).

To me, they are a chronic weak spot on 2F manifolds. I highly doubt you'll get away with tightening the nut, but go for it and see if you get lucky. If you drop in a slug and weld it, you can reattach the EGR tube on the studs to give it the 'look and feel' of being emission compliant.

Is there an expansion plug that can just be pounded into that hole under the EGR flange?

Possibly, but that part of your manifold will fill with condensate and carbon, and a steel plug might well rust out over time. A brass/bronze expansion plug might work better. You would have to measure the passage and see what the ID is and see what OD plugs are available that would have the correct interference fit.

Freshly updated - ask and ye shall receive: 3FE exhaust on 2F head

Tried (and failed) to disconnect the EGR J-shaped tube so I could replace the gasket at the exhaust manifold.
I could not loosen the nut where J tube connects to the EGR cooler - #27 in illustration. Trying to replace gasket #1 in illustration:

What have you all done to get this loose? Remove fender?

 

[SteveH]

Consider loosening/removing the EGR cooler bolts (#5 and #10) and that should put enough slop in the system to let the J pipe drop down. You might warm the area of the stuck nut with a propane torch and reapply WD-40, too. In this case, you're not trying to heat up the EGR cooler to expand it away from the screw threads, you're just trying to promote the penetrant getting inside where it can do some good.

 

[PabloCruise]

Consider loosening/removing the EGR cooler bolts (#5 and #10) and that should put enough slop in the system to let the J pipe drop down. You might warm the area of the stuck nut with a propane torch and reapply WD-40, too. In this case, you're not trying to heat up the EGR cooler to expand it away from the screw threads, you're just trying to promote the penetrant getting inside where it can do some good.

I like the idea of loosening the cooler!
Thank you!!!

 

[Redgrrr]

Bring the 40 to the Classic this year!

 

[Redgrrr]

And the pig for the party!

 

[residualboulders]

Some Cruiser shenanigans w/ @Laughingjackal and @mcguirejohnson yesterday:

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good looking group of cruisers right there.

 

[PabloCruise]

Bring the 40 to the Classic this year!

40 is going to need some love first - carb needs to be rebuilt.

I guess sitting for 4 year for paint didn't do it any good...

 

[FJBen]

40 is going to need some love first - carb needs to be rebuilt.

I guess sitting for 4 year for paint didn't do it any good...

Send it to marks offroad or JimC. My Marksoffroad was great on the Pig.

 

[PabloCruise]

Send it to marks offroad or JimC. My Marksoffroad was great on the Pig.

The carb went through Jim C's hands over a decade ago, so I think it is dailed and "proper" just full of scale and funk from sitting too long