oh **** oh shi- ah! ****

god damn im beyond pissed right now i think i might snap and take a big ****ing hammer to the truck right now.

while taking off the head bolts in the proper sequence i discovered the #3 bolt is cross threaded or galled to hell. i got it loose but it was a bitch let me tell ya. now that its loose it still wont come out, it keeps spinning i tried to grip it with pliers to pull it out to no avail.

i think im gonna cry now.

who wants a 89 22r parts truck?

 

that sux bro, where are you located...there are some cheap engines on craigslist you can pickup and just transfer the new parts you were gonna install on this motor onto that one.

 

well they guys at yotatech had similar problems, these head bolts run through oil passages aparently and can sometimes get sludge built up on them. so 5 out of the 8 had quite a bit of buildup on them. which sucks but its better than the threads being damaged. turns out im going to have to take the head off anyway and clean those threads on the block out so, i can get an accurate torque reading when i reinstall the head bolts. ah! what a headache.

 

.... discovered why that replacement rear view mirror on Ebay was only $15 + shipping... it's junk. It vibrates so much I can't tell if it's 2 headlights behind me or 50

The original one is going back on tomorrow....

 

a dab of jb weld and a sharpie and your 15$ mirror is back in business...

ghetto fab style

 

The arm doesn't vibrate, it's the mirror itself. I tightened the thing all the way up and now it's WORSE. I thought it was just loose. BAH! Plus it has no Day/Night and I drive home from work at 2am. Kinda blows.

Lesson Learned.

 

^good info! I'm going to be careful with my OEM unit now, like really try not to break the OEM lens....


*knocks on wood*

 

1. Painted my air switch plate brown to match the other painted interior pieces
2. Replaced the missing pin holding the locking latch to my rear slider.

 

took it for a quick little romp on my test drive track since its slow at work today and somehow my lil 22r messed up my w58. im now getting weird bearing/gear noises from the caseing... crap

its 350-550 for my trans guy to rebuild it since im not great at rebuilding manual transmissions quickly.

grrrrrr never done working on this turd

 

changed plugs, cap & rotor. Replaced fuel filter and cleaned the carb.

 

ill buy it how much ??? lol, also I have a 22r block perfect shape ill sell cheap.

 

oh I started my wiring harness yesterday.. I replaced my melted fuse box, ran a new 0 gauge ground. thats it... thinking about buying a 250 foot roll of 4 gauge stinger to resell... if anyones interested in some stinger wire pm me, I take paypal and ill sell the stuff pretty cheap.. awesome for doing the big 3 upgrade.

 

I drove over to SD_Yota's house and he figured out what the problem was to the "ticking sound."

 

cleaned it inside out ,top to bottom,and brought it to AK TOYOTA'S mega lot for the scion remix party.had a blast there.

 

Cleaned the seats, dash carpet and door passenger side word of advice don't hop your truck a lot with a drunk passenger

 

Showed up late to a show with the intent of just hanging out. Found out they had a sound-off, so I entered. Got 1st place!!!

 

Hey you got any pic of your sound system? Congrats man

 

disovered that i might need to replace the water pump. gotta do some more poking around to check it out completely.

 

Drove out through the Napa Valley to a show in Calistoga,Ca.
hot air ballons in the air all the way out! Great show & day ( my 8 th year) out of 10!
Was a fun day & a graet drive!

 

Thanks!

Yeah, here are a few shots. I have more pics of the install in my build thread, link is in my sig.