Reassembly.
Now I had a whole bunch of new and cleaned parts to go back on the car. I had pretty much figured I would mess up something. I'm super careful but boy...this is a whole lot of stuff off all at once. The whole front and top of the engine including AC bracket and Alternator was off.
I replaced all seals, hoses...water pump, t-stat...yada yada yada. See parts list above. Took a few weekends to get the time to get everything back together. It's just so much stuff.
I was sure I would forget a wire/connection something. But this is where I gain some respect for Toyota's engineers. You simply can't hook things up wrong or in the wrong spot or route things wrong. If you work with all factory parts...it's genuinely idiot proof.
After everything was back on. I had no spare parts. However, I was missing a nut to the #2 timing cover and a bolt to the fan shroud. I wonder where those went...and how does that happen? I don't remember dropping either. It's gonna bug me a long time.
Regardless. She fired right up. I was amazed. No check engine lights for 2 days now.
Pictures! Engine Bay looks sooooo gooood. No painting done...all just from new parts and cleaning.
So nice to look at now!