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looks like for some reason that head was oil starved and it wrecked the cam bearings, the cam journals, and who knows what else. I have seen that before on an oil starved engine, it seems the head/cam shaft takes the worst of it. the connecting rod bearings give up next, starting with #3 and 4, tha...

Ball spline cv shafts. Learn something new everyday. Sparing no expense on that beat down little turcel. Looks like fun! Thanks for sharing with the rest of us. Might be able to do a nice little side hustle welding for sale stubs on said ball spline axles for the “how I lift it?” crowd on the Faceb...

The engine has been clapped since I bought it. It clattered on acceleration, leaked, smoked, barely idled. I bought a bottle of motor honey, and dumped it in, and let me tell you. That shit worked, at least to stop the clatter, it still smokes oil(probably valve seals), and leaks from somewhere on t...

When I first bought it I went down a dirt road, and put it in 4wd, I noticed it felt weird, and then I couldnt get it out. the PO reversed it, and got it out of 4wd. Shortly after putting on the tires, my buddy and I took it for a spin up near lake pleasant. it ripped through the trail, but when I t...

I went back to the guy, and he was nice and gave me another engine, although this one had been sitting outside. he said it was a wavy head 4ac. I check the cam bearings before taking it home. I started tearing into it with my buddy, and found something strange. The wavy head 4ac's had these unmachin...

I bought a 4ac long block from a guy I know. It supposedly had 90k miles on, and was pulled and garage kept. The short block wasnt horrible, but the head was unuseable. the bearing surfaces for the cam were destroyed, the bearing caps actually fell apart upon removal. I actually realized afterwards ...

The stock tercel rear shocks are surprisingly long, longer than a 5th gen 4runner actually, even most of the lift kits. I had a pair of fox 8in emulsion monotube shocks laying around, so I ordered up a pair of eyelet to stud adapters and bolted them in. the eyelet adapter probably makes it a bit too...

I had been aware of ball spline cv shafts for quite some time, yet they remained basically unobtainable. I then came upon them while searching orielly's website. there are several different joints used for half shafts. for the outers you can use u joints, fixed tripod(never seen one until the tercel...

I searched rock auto trying to see what the longest strut was. I found honda ridgeline's have an 8in travel strut. the tercel stock strut is 5.5in. Ill elaborate more on this later but basically I cut the buckets off of the ridgeline struts, bored out a coilover sleeve kit to slide over the strut, t...

I searched for a long time for the best wheel and tire combo. I looked at all terrains at first, but I didnt want something that was massive and heavy considering the tercels drivetrain is known to not handle large tires etc. the smallest all terrains currently are bfg k02 215/65/r16(27/8.5r16), whi...

Apparently didnt take any pictures when I put the seat in. Basically I used the bolt on rails from my 82 pickup's bucket seats, then removed the sub frame from the scion xb seat, welded the rails in the correct spot and slapped it in. The seat sits low without the subframe, and is extremely comforta...

I got a pair of these from the retrofit source for about $75. they arent as good as something like a d2s 5.0, but they are DOT and several magnitudes better than the stock headlights. The issue I have with them is they only have 3 wires going in to allow the high or low beam, using a common ground. ...

Thought I ought to start a build thread here to document my maintenance, mods and experiments. List of modifications: Morimoto Headlights Scion XB Seats Wheels and Tires Modified honda ridgeline Struts and adjustable coilovers Tundra Long travel CV Shafts with tercel stubs Fox 8in monotube rear shoc...

so where can you even get a condenser brand new, other than toyota for like $350? I got nothing "new", all parts came from cars being parted out. you will also need the heather control panel (the one with the levers), and the A/C switch mounted in the lower left corner of it. There are a ...

I have attached a picture of my carburetor and one from the yard. what parts am i missing, i cant see anything different.