Builds Saudi 84 - Tilda Bogue Service Station

[ryanwk628]

I just used a Big-sert by Time-sert to replace a messed up helicoil in my manifold
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[wngrog]

 

[wngrog]

I dragged this thing out to drain the gas tank. Turns out it was already empty.


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[1MOA]

Any insight into where one might find a 1980-84 KSA or even just a GCC diagram? Google doesn't help much, at least not for me.

E Mail Al-Bazi toyota in Saudi Arabia Al-Bazai Company - the authorized Toyota agent in the Central Region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. - https://albazai.com.sa/
They had lots of old 40-and 60 info when a family member was working over there.

 

[wngrog]

Well s***. I added fluid and all 4 drivers side freeze plugs are leaking.

New motor build by a local shop. LS type guys. Made in USA stamped on them.

I'm going to try to smack them in the center and see if they stop. (Edit, that did not work)

Open to ideas here.

 

[cruiserdan]

I'd be afraid of every one of them throughout the engine.

 

[wngrog]

I'd be afraid of every one of them throughout the engine.

Yeah it's coming out.

The one above the bellhousing is leaking too. Any chance of repairing in the truck went out the window.

Sure am sick for Sam. This is a real kick in the nuts for the owner.

 

[cruiserdan]

Yeah it's coming out.

The one above the bellhousing is leaking too. Any chance of repairing in the truck went out the window.

Sure am sick for Sam. This is a real kick in the nuts for the owner.

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That shop should cover your labor for the R&R.
They probably won't...

 

[wngrog]

That shop should cover your labor for the R&R.
They probably won't...

Of course they won't.

 

[charliemeyer007]

+1 I'd worry about the oil plugs too. Who ever installed them should have known they weren't fitting correctly. Then you wonder about how they stuck the rings on whilly nilly or the correct orientation.

 

[wngrog]

+1 I'd worry about the oil plugs too. Who ever installed them should have known they weren't fitting correctly. Then you wonder about how they stuck the rings on whilly nilly or the correct orientation.

I've seen this issue before where the 350 builder got the freeze plugs wrong and the engine was fine. I'll fix it. Starting tomorrow.

 

[1MOA]

I've seen this issue before where the 350 builder got the freeze plugs wrong and the engine was fine. I'll fix it. Starting tomorrow.

On a serious note when you speak to them tell them you want the spec sheet on what they did. I will bet there are other issues of things like that are wrong.

 

[wngrog]

On a serious note when you speak to them tell them you want the spec sheet on what they did. I will bet there are other issues of things like that are wrong.

You think a small town engine builder that specializes in LS motors kept a spreadsheet on a 2F they built 3 years ago?

Mud is a funny place.

 

[Grayscale]

Maybe there is a way to connect a cooling system pressure tester directly to the block and head?

edit: I'm thinking about a couple of Schrader valves for car wheels can be installed in a plate, akin to the thickness of a wheel, and that plate gets bolted on to the front of the engine. Then you'll have a means to pressurize it, and a thread-on pressure gauge to watch for pressure loss.

 

[wngrog]

I'm going to bet they put standard plugs in. They are just a hair smaller than metric.

I'll reapply the metric ones and use FIGP.

Onward. Coming out.

 

[cruiserdan]

I once needed a 16mm cup type plug that Toyota does not service. I ended up using an "oversize" 5/8 plug. That solved my problem.

 

[middlecalf]

Mud is a funny place.

This might help with any of the metric to imperial conversions.

 

[wngrog]

The pits.

 

[peesalot]

Is that bell house cracked ?

 

[wngrog]

Is that bell house cracked ?

No