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Howdy fellas, Ryan here. Ive been into Toyotas for a long time, i finally got me an 80, my first land cruiser. i bought this truck Feb 2nd 2019. I paid a reasonable price for it, drove it 65 miles to the shop, and pulled the engine out. 287k.... i know these trucks pretty well so i dove in deep right away. its a 1995 incase anyone is wondering. the name came quickly to this truck, on the one and only drive ive had in it so far, i could try to explain it but it wouldnt make sense, but its green so you get that much, im sure. im not much into forums, so this will probably be a pic heavy "build thread"

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[Wermz]

pesky made it 287k btw..

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it was very dirty outside

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and very clean inside

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before and after engine bay, 2 hours of pressure washing...

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[sxp]

Nice start!

 

[Wermz]

oh before i pulled the engine i removed those awful running boards.. some things cannot wait.

heres a couple of my previous toys

the creeper
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the sleeper
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the peeper
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this LC will be the keeper. and the biggest project yet..

 

[GA Trevor]

Good stuff, welcome to mud

 

[thekitchensink]

Very nice. Welcome! What part of ATL are you in?

 

[slow95z]

i guess the "sleeper" is aristo swapped?

 

[auttiman]

Wow! Clean engine build! Wanna do mine?

 

[Wermz]

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properly torquing the crank bolt, 304 ft lbs.. it was a two man job

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painting continues

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i cleaned up the over flow of white with black nail polish, its not perfect but you have to draw a line somewhere.... for the record all the paint i used is high temp 500F* engine paint. the black is rusto and the silver is duplicolor ceramic. the marker i used for the white is oil based paint and the nail polish is enamel. i cleared everything with ceramic 500F* clear coat, also duplicolor.



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new pesky pipe.. new exhaust studs..

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and the crown jewel 11291-66010 brand new just like that!


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this is what it started as..

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got the truck inside and pulled the trans/t-case for phase 2..

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new front pump seal

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[whaler]

Someone got an A in shop

 

[BILT4ME]

properly torquing the crank bolt, 304 ft lbs.. it was a two man job

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Engine is looking great!
Are you a tech at a repair facility?

I am concerned on your procedure on tightening the HB bolt.
You wrapped a chain restraint around the HB pulley and used that to HOLD the engine from rotating while tightening the bolt.

That places HUGE shear on the rubber in the HB between the pulley and the center hub. You are SUPPOSED to either hold by the flex plate in the rear or bolt on a wrench to the CENTER of the HB. Take a look at the tools designed for this. If I find the exact one, I will pass along the link.

You MAY have damaged the rubber cushion between the pulley and the center hub. If this shears, your belts will not turn when the crankshaft spins.

 

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^^^^ i see what youre saying but ive done this 100 times and i havnet had an issue yet, its not a GM..



got a few more things done today..

i completely cleaned the wiring harness, no more oil or grime on it, cleaned every connector and put dielectric grease in all the connectors. i also taped up every placed where the old tape came apart or broke. it may not show, but this is now a really clean harness.


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i also removed all the evap stuff along with egr. the truck didnt have a catalytic converter when i got it.


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pressure washed the trans/tcase. didnt get a picture of it clean, and honestly it didnt come out very clean, but i got most of the crusty oily sludge off of it.

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GOT THE ENGINE INTO THE TRUCK!! this was pretty exciting!



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also got the trans/tcase fully installed, put a new trans mount on it too. the original unit was sooo soft front all the oil.

the exhaust is terrible looking, im going to get header(s) for it asap. also, a supercharger.