Glad you did some research on the TB. They are so awful to replace. I insist on OEM ones now for that very reason. I hear you on the flywheel frustrations too.
Glad you did some research on the TB. They are so awful to replace. I insist on OEM ones now for that very reason. I hear you on the flywheel frustrations too.
Yay, all the parts match up now! I just need to put my brain on 'simmer' for a bit. Toyota says just torque the flywheel bolts. ARP says use loctite 242. At current I don't have loctite on any of the bolts, they are torqued to ARP specs using ARP lube. Debating and researching what I want to do here. Neither way is a hassle. I just want to use the RIGHT way.
Not sure what I'd do. I've never seen pressure in plate boots loosen, but I guess it could happen. I've always done what Toyota said. Dry, torque to spec, drive.
I went with loctite 271. Then made more progress than expected because the mood was good and the day was pleasant
Very nice! Did you totally remove your battery tray? Mine has quite a bit of corrosion and I need to make some repairs to it.
That is going to looks super nice when the installation is complete. I'm hoping it runs and sounds even better than it looks.
Yes, I completely removed it, or at least as much as I could. There was one little tab left just ahead of the motor mount, I didn't feel comfortable grinding that completely away and potentially cutting into some of the structural part of the area. So I just folded over the last little bit and gave it all a good coating of paint.
I'm trying to tone down my expectations. While I'm very much hoping this is a good motor prior to adding boost, I'll be super happy if it just drives and doesn't grenade on me right away. Been a LONG time since I've done a motor swap. Though the last couple did go well, (Particularly the one in my Bronco. That one kicked ass).
-Hans
Slowly piecing it all together. I gave the old motor to a local kid for free, which cleans up a lot of floor space. I'll probably be running back up North to visit Dad on his farm, so I can drop off the motor stand and hoist while I'm up there. I've got plenty of room in the garage but I'm looking to really clean things up even further, and all the parts laying around for this project is driving me nuts. I won't make it to any autocross events this year, they're done for the season in just a couple weeks, but I damn sure think I can be ready for the opener in the spring.
-Hans
Here is to well wishes of things going smoothly until spring.
Pile of bolt bags is shrinking. But one of them concerns me. I have a bag marked "alternator".....
I already mounted the alternator.
uh oh.
Whoops! Well at least it's straightforward to rectify. You'll just end up with some mystery bolts.
Yep. I went to the bench and looked at the parts left to install, then compared to the bolts I have.
The mystery bolts are soon to be re-labeled "Distributor".
-Hans
Used up three more bags of bolts today, and starting to work on untangling the spaghetti of wiring and vacuum hoses. That may take a while.
I guess my gasket set either didn't have the fuel injector o-rings, or I already used them, because I don't have new ones. The old ones seem to have departed with the old engine. So new ones are on the way, as is an oil filter. Scary to think I'm at the point of putting on the oil filter. Next thing you know I'll be putting in oil, coolant, and burping it all out.
Not much left to be honest until I have to finally deal with the big elephant in the room, which is the exhaust. Not many options on the market these days for AW11 exhaust. If I just had a good source for a new downpipe that fit onto the stock manifuld I could get the rest sorted out pretty easy.
-Hans
Huh, I seem to have missed doing some major updates on this one, it's also been three years since I actually got the engine in? Oh how time flies!
Anyway, I had nearly everything sorted out last summer and was down to a pretty short list before I lost momentum again. But today I did finally try to start it up, after sitting for wayyyyyyyyyy too long. Unfortunately it wouldn't fire off for me. Everything is pointing to a dead fuel pump but I have a bit more diagnostics to do before committing to dropping the tank.
If it had started up, I essentially had everything ready to start doing some mild driving. So I'll get back at it after doing some digging into proper diagnostics of the fuel pump and, if necessary, dropping the fuel tank.
Better late than never. That said, bummer about the no start. Dropping the tank does not look like fun. It's on my list as well simply to upgrade the pump to accommodate the next engine.
Dropping the tank is not fun. Not impossible, but hardly a good time.
So did OP have to drop the tank?
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