what a difference the AC fan made in traffic. well worth the mod.

 

Well i always have down time for the truck but never any down time from my kids

 

Today I replaced copper radiator with an aluminum radiator. Its now running water +water wetter.

 

Nice, Whats next?

 

wow super clean engine bay man... i like

 

WOW, love what you did to the truck. Super clean and tastefull mods. Love the fact that it is not overly lowered and you use it as a truck.

 

IS 300 wheels are gone,

rolling on stock Tacoma wheels for now. and I put the mudflaps back on. I had removed them a while back.

 

Where did you get the fog light switch from? Any part #'s on it?

Truck looks good reminds me of mine when i was running the taco wheels...

 

It is from a Scion TC. its not wired to anything at the moment, still looking for the specific fog lights I want.

 

um um um um........... why the change on wheels? i dont care for those stock tacoma wheels. In my opion.

 

Didn't like the +50 offset, they looked sucked in. I would need 25mm adapters, and those get pricey. FTL

 

not everbody cares for steelies evryones got there style just live with it ftw

 

I know. Thats why i said its my opion. You got all those rims and tires over there. Truck is still good looking.

 

all rims and no tires, lmao they all need tires. ftl

 

don't feel bad man! I rode on steelies for a while! for like 16 years... haha

truck looks clean still

 

Ya i know how that is. Its sucks

 

Today the original plan was to just do the head gasket, but I ended up doing the timing chain, guides, and tensioner. when I popped open the valve cover one of then ends of the guides had broken. luckily the bits and pieces were stuck right at the bottom, and hand not fallen into the the oil pan. only one bolt was K.I.A. not an important bolt. it attached the radiator shroud. Well I didn't get as many pictures as I would have liked. but here is how I left the pistons after cleaning them.

The guide and snapped bolt.

the pistons, I didn't get a before picture, but this is half way thru it.


the end result.



I should have taken a picture of how black they were from carbon buildup. o well.
Its all back together now, took about 8 hours to do. I need to go back a degrease the engine again.
when I was using the air nozzle to blow the head stud threads out I sprayed gunk every where.
Man is it a hassle when you have a 22r with all the accessory's on the motor. I was used to just the alternator, lol. I had to remove everything to get the front cover off.

Its Idles better now and pulls a lot nicer. whoever had this truck before me never did anything to it, it was all original. the head gasket was clogging the water ports. its all better now. FTW

 

Well done bro. Nice work like always. Didnt you just change the timing chain not to long ago?

 

No that timing chain was on my bros truck.

 

Oh i see. Cant keep up with your two trucks