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[chapel gate]

A little more progress.
New mains installed.

Crank dropped in.

New thrust washers.

 

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Forget this little blighter and live in eternal despair..

Finally, a splash of paint.

 

[Dave2000]

Nice work Mike.

Years ago when building engines for the running surfaces crank/cam bearings and so forth I uses to coat them with Graphogen during assembly (I think that is spelt right?), I also used to paint the inside of the block with red floor paint, it would smooth the inner surfaces so under race conditions the oil would not only return to the sump quicker but also pick up less heat, The outside I gave up with the yellow block and red cylinder heads and copied an engine building company that is still in Gants Hill, the engine builder at the time IIRC was a guy called 'Eddie', he chose the bright Green Hammerite for block and heads, for some reason it just looked so right on an engine and made leaks easier to find.

For engineering work I used to use a company called Gosnays on the Eastern Avenue, I don't know if they are still there but, you name it and they had it when it came equipment, and they never let me down.

Regards

Dave

 

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Toyota rings.

Ring compressor attached and big end bearings in place.

Checking ring end gap and dropping a pair in.

 

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Spin the engine over and pull the con rods into position.

Repeat until the bores are full of piston..

Started on the sump and hopefully get the bottom end buttoned up soon.

 

[SteveJB]

Shiny SHINY Valhalla here we come and because its a Landcruiser we will come back

 

[Higgy]

Lovely Work as usual Mike,....... Crack on!

 

[Theshootist]

This is great to watch.. for a person with little mechanical abilities!

 

[chapel gate]

This is great to watch.. for a person with little mechanical abilities!

Good, hopefully it will give some insight into these engines.

 

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Waiting on a few bits to arrive so started on the head.
The seats are in good nick so new valves and a lap will suffice.

 

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Room for a bit of porting here.
Maybe next time..

All the exhaust side are like this. Inlet side are fine.
Final wash. Yes, that's a leaf blower..

All set for installing the new valves and springs etc.

 

[Dave2000]

Looking go CG.

A little tip, I used to wrap a piece of masking tape around the top of the valve stems and then grease the tape before pushing through the valve stem rubbers, this removes the chance of nicking one or more of the stem rubbers.

Regards

Dave

 

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New valves, springs and seals fitted.

Remember this thing of beauty?

Looking much better with a clean up and paint.

 

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Fitting the rear crank seal.

Appears Toyota changed the design of the replacement seal. The seal lips sit in a different location, maybe to avoid sitting in the slight groove caused by a couple 100 thousand miles of wear.

Toyota provides this rather convenient seal kit.

 

[Dave2000]

Going in front of a manual gearbox I guess seeing the spigot bearing?

Regards

Dave

 

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This is the timing gear case. Houses the oil pump which can be seen in the picture.

It's damaged where the lower dowel locates.
While the oil pump measures in spec there are a few score marks. It could be reused, but, well, you can't beat new.

It arrived with a few other bits too..

 

[Bat21]

Well done, reminds me of my build over 11 years ago now.
Another vote from me for Graphogen during the rebuild too.

 

[Higgy]

A 'Pro' at work.. What's the Plan when its Done Mike? ... Or is it out of your 80 ??

 

[Dave2000]

A 'Pro' at work.. What's the Plan when its Done Mike? ... Or is it out of your 80 ??

Oh...you did not hear? He is letting me have it as a gift......having said that he still expects me to pay the bloody shipping!

Regards

Dave

 

[chapel gate]

A 'Pro' at work.. What's the Plan when its Done Mike? ... Or is it out of your 80 ??

thanks higgy. not out of my 80, that engine is still running stronger than god..
it might go in a long term future project, or, if dave2000 offers me enough cash, (including shipping), it can go on a pallet.. .