More progress this morning... Been kinda slow lately, but some is better than none. I rechecked the tracking on the USPS from last month and still says the same thing. I requested a refund, but no word as of yet. My parts arrived from DM finally. Took over a week to get here, maybe they had to order something before shipping, but who cares, always great service and hospitality.

Goodies come in from DM



MC bushing installed, took a few minutes to figure out, but used a little help from the rubber mallet. :-)



Shifter bushing installed...



Speed sensor in vise, very dirty....



Notice the notch on the new part, align properly..



New piece, notice the notch on the side...



Installed.. Be careful not to overtighten. Its plastic.





New output shaft seal with OEM part number



Old one installed..



Pulling the other one out, remove the metal ring, it just pulls off.. Utilizing a seal puller, mans best friend..



Be careful about the metal band, it almost went into tranny.. Use needle nose to remove..if needed..



New seal, with the help of 100% silicone..



Shaft really dirty, use carb or brake cleaner to clean before install...



All cleaned up now..



Installed, remove excess silicone and let sit...



Removed bellhousing and spring inside... Replacing the other seal. known to leak..



Remove the bolts, size 12 mm, then use a little friend named wedge and pry so gently on the driver side...



Removed....pretty clean inside there, I was impressed...



Old seal on the backside.... looks good, but need piece of mind..



OEM new seal with part number....



Install on a vise, while on there, clean the old silicone off with wire brush or a drill...



Use the seal puller again and remove, pretty dirty in there..



Use 100% silicone again and install using a size 36mm, perfect fit in the middle..

 

Installed with new seal...



Clean and remove old silicone this side of the tranny as well..



Use high temp 100% silicone before re installation this install, retighten bolts to correct torque, let sit. The re install the bellhousing and the spring for fork.



I noticed I need a drain plug on this tranny, if anyone has one, please LMK, Paypal ready..

 

if the drain plug is similar to a fwd drive toyota transmission. u can get the drain plug from that. all you need is a 24mm or 15/16 wrench to take it off.

since Aisin made 99% of all toyota transmissions. its highly likely the thread pitch and size are the same.

 

Thanks DoomLight, I will look into that. I am first going to search the local junk yards. It seems that everyone does not want to part ANY of these R154's. I am having the hardest time finding Used Parts for this thing. I will always buy a complete one next time. No exceptions.

 

lemme know if i was right

 

Mark,
now you know ! it's a lesson learned.

Never piece a swap always buy the complete swap if you can because it will save you money in the long run unless you plan on working on the project for a long time then it doesn't matter you can take you time and buy stuff left and right and not feeling like you just dumped 1800 on swap all at once .

I peiced my last R154 setup when i was decided i didn't wanna use it anymore i realise that i alomst have V160 money in an R154 because everything was done right and it was the perfect setup , it had everything you need to do the swap except the pedals.

anyways what do you have left to do ? is the motor in yet? lol j/k take your time bro you came along way..remember that.

 

Thanks for the advice quick. I am waiting on the driveshaft, motor mounts, motor brackets, clutch fork, cams, and standalone. I did find some 3inch intercooler piping last night with some clamps. I have paid for some of these just waiting on the delivery. I am being patient. I am anxious to see it installed and hear it fire up for the first time.

 

Not to thread jack but, mark call me after thanksgiving going to pick the lexus up from " The SHOP in kingsport tn"
256-975-5580 Jay

 

Will do jay. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and be safe traveling!

 

Iam working on my lex today. And have a suprising development regarding the clutch pedal issue. More to come.

And 92. I thought u already had sc300 engine brackets?

 

I did have the brackets that come on the 1jz already. The TT mounts i also got were too tall. I couldnt use what i thought would work. I found them both from another member on here. Thank goodness. They should be here next week early. I finally had to remove the foot rest styrofoam to clear the pedal. There was no way around it. I was going to post pictures of what i had to do while pressing the clutch in. Now i have no foot rest, and the carpet still forms well flattened down. I never used it anyway. The clutch actually never hit but my size 13 shoe did while pressing it in. Felt awkward, so i cut it out.

 

clean 92, i'm taking some of the similar routes with my 92 build as well... what clear side markers are those?

 

heh, my pops had the same issue when he drove my car today. he said the dead pedal was too fat and his foot hit it. but he was wearing work boots. so they have a wider foot pattern than a regular tennis/sneaker shoe.

anyway. im not gonna mess with it. but it makes me wonder if the carpet is different for the dead pedal on manual cars versus automatic cars. hmmm!

 

It mght be just that... i havent had time to do anything today, working around the house with Christmas stuff.

I made those clear corner lights out of an extra pair of lense covers for the headlights. No one had done it, but i did. :-) thats what i did.

 

what cleaR CORNER lights??