TWT -- The Wrenching Thread

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budget?

Old Man Emu has a combo that will work for you
If you desire better performance, thats possible but the $ adds up fast.

OME ~$800
King remote resi and slinkies ~$3000
lots in between

Me. IF buying new tomorrow money aside id probably get the 3'' slinkies and Icon stageIII shocks/ or kings if Joey would be my sponsor :D
but if buying with my pennies i might tone it down to single stage fox or icons, but the 2.5'' or 3'' dual rate options springs look nice.
 
Slowly replacing rear axle seals and bearings
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Now to cut off inner race and run to autozone to borow a bearing puller and outer race driver.
 
Question for all you that have changed rear wheel bearings. If you changed the inner race did you heat it in the oven to enlarge it or just tap it in place like the FSM says? My kit came with inner races so I cut them off. What a PITA that was.
 
tnkayaker said:
Question for all you that have changed rear wheel bearings. If you changed the inner race did you heat it in the oven to enlarge it or just tap it in place like the FSM says? My kit came with inner races so I cut them off. What a PITA that was.
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Cut them off?

No heating. Just tap it in.
 
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i know right..... now i know what all this b*tchin is about for long and tall Club T's (except the onsc T's fit normal people fine and your shoulders dont affect your crotch:flipoff2:) but you got to admit we make a decent looking pair of semi amateur wrenches! LOL Big props to steve for procuring the matching uniforms to get in the team 1FZ mood, oh and to stay reasonable clean too! Now if only he had a montage....... and maybe some fake mustaches too

but "Hey Man.......................
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were doing it!"


The cylinder walls looked great, crosshatching was even and visible 360*... now to just keep the gunk from getting to the rings during cleanup. We didnt spin the motor to reveal 1 and 6. Steve should have some more pics to share. Gasket did not look terribly compromised but was soaked through like a sponge which seemed odd. No blown fire rings or coolant passage shields. Some buildup in the water jacket.

#6 gasket in place after head removal
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Weird damage to gasket at front driver corner by timing gear. I noticed this flap kinda pulled out of sandwich zone b/w head and block before we started. Upon removal you could see the metal had delaminated or been stretched or pulled. No leak here though

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Holy smokes what a process! First thing I gotta say is a HUUUUUGE public thanks to Jason @jfz80 for digging into this thing with me and his willingness to do so. I literally could not have gotten it even to this point without his guidance and help. It really wouldn't be that bad if so much of the harness didn't have to be pulled out for intake removal, I believe we could have been to the point we are at now in half the time if not for the poor harness layout. I would be lying if I didn't say there were MANY harness clips that were cussed at profusely during this process.

With that being said I am very glad that this is happening as many things are getting addressed along with the head gasket and the opportunity to learn a tremendous amount about a motor I have a lot of respect for.

I mailed off the starter, alternator and injectors Friday to have them gone through. Dropped off the intake to the machine shop to have it cleaned out. Will be dropping the head off Monday for all the works.


Still a long way and a lot of work before the head gasket is done, and have a few other things on the "while it's down list" like the oil pump seal to get to but hey "we're doing it!" I'll post some more detailed pictures in my 80 thread as to not clog up this one too much with my stuff but here's a few from last night

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Nice work guys. Sorry could not be there.

Is that a chip missing from the #6 piston?
 
Got your inquisition at 5:42 this am ha
Dont worry. Will save you some work ;)

Not a chip..... is my story but made me look. I believe what you are seeing is a carbon lip/shelf that was present on top circumfrence of every cylinder.... but with that one raised to top it does look odd with no shadow to cast.

Hard to beleive we could hve pulled motor faster ...... oh and the 94 wins the harness battle. 97 was much longer with 4 additional plugs and two more harness sections to fish over trans and up between intake.

I questioned pulling ecu plug and going that way...... but steve had worked so hard to make me feel at home like i was wrenching with concrete again i would hate for all that profanity to be in vain :lol:
 
@jfz80 you are on a roll man!! Damn! Is this job any easier on a lift?

@fj40z Were you experiencing the HG symptoms prior to starting this job or is this more preventative maintenance?
 
nesnaitsirhc said:
Pretty sure I posted before about how the previous owner of my FJC was not Nikola Tesla. Well, he wasn't much of a wrench either. The switches that he did such a terrible job wiring were also installed crooked. I've been brainstorming on ideas that will fill the void left by the switches while covering up the crooked holes. Someone turned me on to the Ultragauge and it turned out that little bugger fit perfectly. Unfortunately I had another hole to fill.

Luckily, discount tire direct neglected to install TPMS sensors in my new wheels and tires and that got me researching TPMS systems. I found a monitoring system on amazon that came with a display that was just a smidge smaller than the Ultragauge. Bingo, I can make that work.

I pulled the switches but the mounts were glued in place. So I honed out the middles with my dremel and mounted everything with a plastic panel I fabbed up as a backer plate. I wish I could have hidden the wiring better but these goober manufacturers insist on their connections residing along the side vs the back. Overall I'm happy with the results. I get real time OBD2 data and tire pressures and temps in an easily readable display. Most of all the switches are gone and the crooked mount is mostly covered up.

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Those monitors are slick as heck. Can you link us to some reading for them?
 
Man, thats awesome work, guys. I'll say the same thing to you that I said to Rice during his engine swap. might as well swap those hoses on the firewall ;)

What shop are you using for your machine work? I'll probably need them in the near future.
 
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