Lexlthr

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You're off to a great start! Subscribed.........

FrankT

You have a good attitude about all this, Thanks for posting.

...and welcome.

sakataj

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sister or not, i would have done this









BTW PM Sent

cschroder

Well got shafted today at the local stealota farcership.....20 bucks for a tube of FIPG, they wanted 37.50 for each of the intake gaskets, when i threw a fit and told them i knew the "suggest retail" of the gaskets they sold them to me for that price. Never again.....lol

Pulled the intake off the new motor, pulled starter and wiring harness out of old motor, cleaned it up, and put it all back together.

cschroder

a few more pics of the starter/intake

cschroder

pretty straight forward stuff. put it back together the way you took it apart.
torquing everything per the book of course. everything lined up just the way it is supposed to, nothing moved or anything like that. new idlers, new tensioner, new belt, new waterpump, new main seal, standard stuff. Skipped on the camshaft seals, not comfortable with removing cams and vvti stuff.

cschroder

making sure the mark lines up with the crank and the bolt...AAAA OK

lexusben

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Lol going 80 in second gear is very impressive. I forgot I was in M Mode one time and I was merging on to the freeway still in 2nd gear. I hit the redline just above 60 and I think the Fuel Cut Off. My car made a really weird sound, but all was okay.

cschroder

that is the best guess i can come up with....lol.....when i went with a trailer to get the car, cranked it, no compression in any cylinder..sounded like all the spark plugs were out, got it home pulled the left timing cover, belt was still on, still no compression no nothing..........all she can say is, it just stopped going....
maybe it was 60 in second, or 90 in third, or well you get the picture. looked into a rebuild, but for a lot less money, and i mean a lot less money, i could get a jdm with a transmission with less than 60k on it. after this i should be good for a couple of hundred thousand miles...i drive all highway and take care of my cars.

eyecon7

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I pulled a regular 1uzfe from a 90 lexus, wasnt too bad I had to remove the condenser for more clearance, and to get to the coolant bypass to the rear was a bih~

vwynn

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i hope your sister is paying for your time and parts to rebuild your engine. haha

cschroder

you have to understand it is all my fault for buying the car in the first place, or better yet if i weren't ever born she would have never had the chance to drive it...lol

blazah

awesome thread to subscribe!

Vegas

That cracks me up!

vwynn

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its amazing how much of a good sport you are.

I woulda killed my own brother. jk.

Least your are now contributing to this forum with some GOOD pictures!!