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Petros,

Thanks. I did not know the reason that a rebuilt engine should be handled differently when breaking it in. This is very helpful. Much appreciated.

Dan

Anybody have some advice on how to break in a motor with all new bearings this time? I was told after my last rebuild went down to drive at various speeds for the first 500 miles and not to push it too hard. Sound reasonable? I will be mostly around town with lots of hills. I plan to put 5-30 mobile...

Petros, Perectly clear. Your posts are extremely helpful. Feeling confident that I can move ahead with this now. Your specific advice on how to handle this whole situation from the start has been invaluable! (Polishing a journal without pulling and engine, installing an oil pan with the pickup insid...

DLB, Oil pan is in. Worked pretty well that way. Just want to make sure the followin is correct when intalling a new timing belt (screen shot attached from FSM). 1) Camshaft pin hole aligned with center marking... with both valves closed in #1 Cylinder. 2) Crankshaft at TDC... with piston at the top...

Got the tension bar unbolted now (sway bar). Looks like the pan can be dropped in from the top with the radiator fan removed, turned and slotted in this way. Have done a dry fit and looks like this will work. Toyota did not put studs in the new pump for the oil pickup. Will fix that next... Progress...

Making progress here but putting this oil pan on looks like a challenge. I see 3 possible approaches: 1) Unbolt the tension bar for the front end? (The mechanics at the shop did this when the car was up on the lift, I assume to get the oil pan out. I bolted it back in place afte the car was transpor...

Excellent! I have a set of go/no-go feeler gauges that I use for setting the valves. Just checked the sizes and I have 6 gauge sizes from .178 mm to .305 mm. This will be easier than trying to set up a dial indicator. I was not sure if I could place a metal feeler gauge in between the veritical poli...

I just got off the phone with a friend who once designed and built microscopes... to see if he had a dial indicator. He is almost positive that he does. I will know tomorrow. Next step would be to build some kind of bracket to hold the thing in place... using the bolt holes in the block from the oil...

How do I measure the crank foward and rear thrust clearance... of do I assume things are ok there and let that one go? The FSM lists standard clearance as .02 to .185 mm (less than .2 of 1 mm). Max is .3 mm. I have been told the only way to measure a clearance that small is with a dial indicator (wi...

OK, that works for me. At $60 replacing all bearings with sealed power makes a lot of sense. Following is a lot of pricing information for bearings... to pass on to those who are interested... Sealed power set of rod bearings is $25 at NAPA and $60 at Azone or Advance Autp Parts. Similar price discr...

Petros, This is a huge relief! Really glad to hear that I can polish this journal in the car. (Just sold my 85 on Monday and am on a bicycle until the 83 is back on the ground.) This all makes sense to me, but I have never rebuilt an engine before, so not sure what is ok and not ok. I greatly apprec...

BAD NEWS: There is damage to the #3 main bearing and some metal transfer to that journal. Series of 6 photos attached. Everything else looks fine except for this #3... which is both good news and yet not good enough news. In summary: - Camshaft looks good. - Cleaned galley from oil pump to oil filte...

Larry, That is what I was hoping to hear from someone. Thanks! Attached are 2 photos of what this assembly looks like on this vehicle. Clearly the thing is unattached. Correct me if my thinking is wrong, but the logic used to disconnect the SCV might go like this: The vanes are free to float inside ...

T4rules, I think you nailed what is going on. Thanks. The previous owner, who lived in Washington State, said she had put in a "Japanese Engine" with 30 k on it... about 40 k ago. The cover is wavy just like you said. Unfortunately the spot where the "3A" always shows is missing ...

PLEASE HELP BY 4 PM TODAY... I am selling my '85 T4 wagon at 4 PM on Monday... but I have the cam cover off right now... and I am afraid to put the cover back on or to drive the car ... unitl I find out how to re-connect that funny gray rod that I see next to the cam shaft. (I have never pulled the ...