Couple 3vze removal questions
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Good news and bad news. Good news is that I picked up a short block from a t100 that had 30k miles for only $100!!! It was in a fire and most of the mechanical parts were salvaged. Bad news is that it has been sitting in storage for a good 5 years and has rust around all the cylinder walls and mating surfaces.
Wednesday I'm going to start to tear it apart and send the block to the machine shop hopefully next week to get it sparkly clean looking like new. didn't want to do a full rebuild but I guess it looks like I am now lol I'm uploading pics right now
Wednesday I'm going to start to tear it apart and send the block to the machine shop hopefully next week to get it sparkly clean looking like new. didn't want to do a full rebuild but I guess it looks like I am now lol I'm uploading pics right now
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Man 30k on that bad boy for $100? I think you'll be much happier with that than buying a short block. You'll know how well it was put together, no corners were cut, etc. And for $100 (plus machine shop costs)? I think you came out better this way! Looking forward to the build. It brings back good memories of rebuilding my 3.0 after spinning a rod bearing back in '03.
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Man 30k on that bad boy for $100? I think you'll be much happier with that than buying a short block. You'll know how well it was put together, no corners were cut, etc. And for $100 (plus machine shop costs)? I think you came out better this way! Looking forward to the build. It brings back good memories of rebuilding my 3.0 after spinning a rod bearing back in '03.
And i just soaked the cylinder walls with pb blaster earlier, gunna do that all day today and tomorrow before I start to disassemble.... I'm not sure if I should put new bearings in anyways since I'm going to completely disassemble it but I'll keep you guys posted
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So just dissassembled the short block earlier, all 6 pistons, rods and crank out. Took 2 freeze plugs out but quit because getting those two was a battle and I hit my hand a good couple times with the hammer lol
Gunna try to go to a machine shop tomorrow but I might not have time. Gunna post up pics in a bit of the work
Gunna try to go to a machine shop tomorrow but I might not have time. Gunna post up pics in a bit of the work
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heres some shots of a couple cylinders.. not bad i thought the rust was worse
im glad i got this short block for $100 it looks great inside
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Hey guys had some delays, took the machine shop 3 weeks to finish boring and prepping my block because they had a ton of work. Got it back Wednesday, Wednesday morning put in my engnbldr order for the master kit and received it yesterday afternoon! Super fast and was extremely happy with everything! Had a question about the pistons, had to buy .020 oversized and the ones I got were stamped with .50 so I emailed him at 9:30pm and he responded saying .50mm is the same as .020! I wasn't expecting a reply last night, and within 5 mins, I'm loving the customer service! Ok so today I'm probably gun a prep the block for paint and maybe start taking clearances if I can find some plastiguage locally
Question: I'm completely clueless as to what color to paint the block! My 4runner is the dark green but dont really wanna go with black.... I was thinking silver or red?? I've seen red 22res and they look sexy
Question: I'm completely clueless as to what color to paint the block! My 4runner is the dark green but dont really wanna go with black.... I was thinking silver or red?? I've seen red 22res and they look sexy
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I'm doing a 3.0 swap myself. It is going slow tho. Cannot get the crank bolt out. I put a 450 ft lb impact on it and Kroiled it and nothin. Tried a breaker bar and a 3ft cheater pipe. Nothin. Any ideas. Maybe heat It and just replace the seal in the balancer? Also my original 3.0 did not have the oil cooler but this one does. Does that make it mandatory to have?
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I'm doing a 3.0 swap myself. It is going slow tho. Cannot get the crank bolt out. I put a 450 ft lb impact on it and Kroiled it and nothin. Tried a breaker bar and a 3ft cheater pipe. Nothin. Any ideas. Maybe heat It and just replace the seal in the balancer? Also my original 3.0 did not have the oil cooler but this one does. Does that make it mandatory to have?
ok so today i got to finish prepping the block... finally took out all the freeze plugs and almost **** myself because i almost got one lost inside the block! got them all out tho haha then i cleaned it, sanded it a bit, and shot some paint its lookin like a brand new motor now
and lets not forget that !! i cant stop looking at them they are sexy! engnbldr is the man!
tomorrow im probably gunna install my freeze plugs and paint some more parts.... cant start assemlbly because im waiting for my torque wrench to come in the mail
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heres some 3VZE porn...
and after drying!
i know those 22re lovers are jealous of this
soooo shiny!
and after drying!
i know those 22re lovers are jealous of this
soooo shiny!
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Heat, and a bigger cheater bar. I used my jack handle (5 ft) on my Snapon Breaker bar, set it up at a good angle, and then put all my weight under it. SNAP - it will come off, but will make a racket that will make you think you broke something...
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70elcoss,
Thanks for taking time to photograph and post photos of your engine rebuild. Looks good. From being able to see the block,pistons,crank, etc. It seems to me that the 3vz is really a very stout engine and I can see it's possible for these motors to last for a long time.
Thanks for taking time to photograph and post photos of your engine rebuild. Looks good. From being able to see the block,pistons,crank, etc. It seems to me that the 3vz is really a very stout engine and I can see it's possible for these motors to last for a long time.
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Thanks! I really wish I was but they are way out of the budget I've been looking for used ones on eBay but no luck. Maybe in the summer I'll throw some on because right now I'm not working and I start school in 2 weeks lol the life of a broke college student!
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70elcoss,
Thanks for taking time to photograph and post photos of your engine rebuild. Looks good. From being able to see the block,pistons,crank, etc. It seems to me that the 3vz is really a very stout engine and I can see it's possible for these motors to last for a long time.
Thanks for taking time to photograph and post photos of your engine rebuild. Looks good. From being able to see the block,pistons,crank, etc. It seems to me that the 3vz is really a very stout engine and I can see it's possible for these motors to last for a long time.
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hey guys, got a lot more progress done, just about finished up the short block but im going to post the rest of my progress on my build thread here https://www.yotatech.com/forums/f199...thread-244259/ check it out! its got a ton more pics
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