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Had a CV axel quit on me last night while I was out at a beach. At first I thought it was my throw out bearing giving up as it quit going up a relatively steep hill and only made noise when I didn't have my foot on the clutch (my throw out bearing has always been noisy), but my driver side axel popp...

I've had some more ideas rolling around in my head with the 4A-GE/FE build I'm working on for my Tercel and my main plan is leaning into bike carbs, but I got to thinking last night about the stock carbs from the 3A-C. These questions and ideas should be taken as more hypotheticals as I'm most likel...

Spent the last couple days taking everything apart, and this 4A-GE is for sure a late bigport. Turns out the rods that came out also have those integrated oil squirters. Right now I'm on the fence as to which rods I'll use. The GE and FE wrist pins are different lengths and using the FE rods will re...

That is one sun bleached timing cover! Going to be honest, I kinda like the gray... Do you have a sandblaster to clean up the rusty parts? Yeah the gray is an interesting look for the timing cover. I have a home made sand blaster I can use for the parts I need. (Soda bottle + long air blaster) look...

Paydirt Auto in Nine Mile River NS.
I settled for a late bigport as a complete unit. Sadly he's gotten rid of a lot of his stuff since I've been there last, only one Tercel left in the lot now.

Cool cool. I might consider the chev alternator upgrade whenever I swap over to EFI with this build. My alternator is borderline anemic when I have lights, radio, and accessories going. I'll have to keep up on your build to help get some ideas for a bracket. In other news, I'm going to a junk yard t...

Questions for those using a 4age head.

What alternator bracket and belt are you using?
I would like to try and retain the alternator I have and just move it. There's a few aftermarket options, but if I use a stock bracket for mounting on the intake side what belt part number would I need?

Awesome! Thanks for clearing that up.

Question out of curiosity, do 7A-FE rods have the same integrated oil squirter?

Got the 4A-FE pistons off the rods. Thought I'd do another small info dump incase anyone is curious/going to to do something similar. The wrist pins were on the whole assembly really tight and I eventually caved and took them to a shop to be removed. As I've said before, 2nd gen 4A-FE rods are nearl...

Before I changed the cam seal it was both front of the block, and side of the block towards the front. After a new cam seal it's on the side of the block towards the front, and has been a bit less oil. I did put a new o-ring in when I did the oil pump gasket, I'll have to check the galley plug. alth...

It's possible. The o-ring that is on my distributor looked pretty good, but for the sake of ruling everything out I could try a new one.

I've been trying to track down an oil leak for the past few days after semi rebuilding my engine and I cannot seem to find it. What I've replaced in terms of seals are: - Front main seal - Oil pump gasket - Rear main seal - Rear main seal housing gasket - Cam seal - Valve cover gasket - Oil pan gask...

That thought had crossed my mind, but I'm a little hesitant to weld or cut my 3A-C pan just yet. I got a lot of sheet steel from furnace tanks and I was
thinking of making an adapter out of that. I forget if the 7A has these, but did you use a windage tray?

The mentioned connector is most often refered to as a “test” plug or port. I assume it could be usegul for diagnostics, but more often folks w/o factory tachs are hoping to pull signal from the plug. Interesting. The black wire from the other 2 pin connector is where the tach lead comes from for mo...

AugustusFerdinand wrote: ↑Fri May 07, 2021 10:23 am Can... can I have the Silvertop head from you to see if I can repair it?

I never got a chance to pick it up, but if she still has it when the NS lockdown settles down I'll see what I can do.