New Here.. in progress head gasket help needed
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New Here.. in progress head gasket help needed
Hello!
This is a great forum and I've found it very helpful so far.
I'm working on my wife's 94 4runner. It blew the headgaskets after overheating a couple weeks ago and I decided to fix it myself. So far it's been a decent experience (I'm used to working on older engines, so this has been a learing experience)
here's where I stand:
The heads have been cleaned and surfaced:
Here's the question. I want to reinstall the camshafts myself. When my machinist took off the lifters he found these washers sitting on top of the springs:
Now, from my manual it says I should be using shims to get the gap right between the cam and the lifters (shims under the lifters)... This was a "rebuilt" engine when we bought it, and I'm thinking these washers were a poor substitute. Can anyone give me the procedure for figuring out the shim size I need and where to get them?
Thanks,
Nate
This is a great forum and I've found it very helpful so far.
I'm working on my wife's 94 4runner. It blew the headgaskets after overheating a couple weeks ago and I decided to fix it myself. So far it's been a decent experience (I'm used to working on older engines, so this has been a learing experience)
here's where I stand:
The heads have been cleaned and surfaced:
Here's the question. I want to reinstall the camshafts myself. When my machinist took off the lifters he found these washers sitting on top of the springs:
Now, from my manual it says I should be using shims to get the gap right between the cam and the lifters (shims under the lifters)... This was a "rebuilt" engine when we bought it, and I'm thinking these washers were a poor substitute. Can anyone give me the procedure for figuring out the shim size I need and where to get them?
Thanks,
Nate
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Geezus, what a stupid thing to do! I believe www.engnbldr.com has the shims you want:
email: engnbldr@engnbldr.com
If not, then you may be stuck with the dealer...
email: engnbldr@engnbldr.com
If not, then you may be stuck with the dealer...
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Here's a 93 FSM too: http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-b...fsm/index.html
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Looks like the proceedure starts here on page 13 of 41 (EG2-61) http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-b...68cylinder.pdf
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Originally Posted by TNRabbit
Geezus, what a stupid thing to do! I believe www.engnbldr.com has the shims you want:
email: engnbldr@engnbldr.com
If not, then you may be stuck with the dealer...
email: engnbldr@engnbldr.com
If not, then you may be stuck with the dealer...
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excellent! That's much more detailed than my haynes manual.
Originally Posted by mt_goat
Here's a 93 FSM too: http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-b...fsm/index.html
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It just makes me wonder why anyone would put those washers in there? Is that what the shims are supposed to do, take up that space? Do I need to get my camshaft in there and chek with a plastigage?
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Are you sure those are not the washers from the head bolts and they just fell into the head when the bolts were removed? I wish I could have been that lucky. I dropped one into the head and it fell into the oil pan. I ended up pulling the oilpan to get it out...
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It just makes me wonder why anyone would put those washers in there? Is that what the shims are supposed to do, take up that space? Do I need to get my camshaft in there and chek with a plastigage?
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