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03-22-2005, 07:33 AM

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Just in case you were curious

i was working on my engine today and had the chance to take a few pictures of the engine without the valve cover on. figured that most people probably havent seen this so....

let me know if you want more close up pictures

03-22-2005, 09:06 AM

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wow, thanks. that is actually my first time to see that and i always thought that the timing beat was rubber, not chain.

03-22-2005, 11:07 AM

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I'll be damned.... I could have swore that there were 3 or 4 squirrels in there. Hmmmm... guess I'll have to rethink my engine upgrade plans

03-22-2005, 12:31 PM

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Looks like a typical 4 banger to me..

03-22-2005, 12:41 PM

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hows the work coming along....i have some other tips for you if you want to try them...

03-22-2005, 12:50 PM

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so thats what it looks like.

03-22-2005, 09:39 PM

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Quote:

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wow, thanks. that is actually my first time to see that and i always thought that the timing beat was rubber, not chain.

yea...we are chain driven. so no timing belt changes for us

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I'll be damned.... I could have swore that there were 3 or 4 squirrels in there. Hmmmm... guess I'll have to rethink my engine upgrade plans

they ran away. i have to go to petco today

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hows the work coming along....i have some other tips for you if you want to try them...

it hasnt come off. i prolly worked on it for 2 hours yesterday. pm me the tips. im gonna call toyota too

03-22-2005, 11:41 PM

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Nifty. :D

03-22-2005, 11:44 PM

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what is it your doing?

03-22-2005, 11:44 PM

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Sweet pics. What were you working on?

03-22-2005, 11:52 PM

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lol yeah I'm curious too... but good looks... now I don't have to wonder what it looks like in there

03-22-2005, 11:59 PM

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i have to replace my fuel rail. so i had to take off the valve cover since there was a hard line.

03-23-2005, 12:01 AM

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he's putting in a bigger wheel for the rats...moved up from mice...

notice there are no adjustments to make on the valves...
if you get some slop in the valves, you have to remove the cam and change the lifter to a diff thickness...
makes me worry about future maint.

03-23-2005, 07:14 AM

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whoo...i finished. went to toyota and it seems as if that part is supposed to be a "one time deal" it is sold as 2 parts but serviced as one. they dont have a tool. i took your advice on the wire method and it worked fine. the first one went on the first try and the second one took me like 30 minutes. according to toyota "even if you get it off and exchange it, it will leak" riiite...i checked...it doesnt. primed it and turned it on, everything works fine. take that toyota service department

oh yea...and i got 5 more rat power

03-23-2005, 10:42 AM

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5 more rat power...what sticker did you use???

one time use my ****...but thats why they put that rib there. so the tools don't work...

did you use wd-40 (or like product) on it when putting it back together.