Recent content by invader

I'll take both rear tail lights, the left side bummper end, (chrome peice), the front bumper and lower front valance. I might also be interest in the steering wheel depending on color and if it has cruze control .

I had double checked the timing before I finished putting the rest of everything together. I will Check it again just to make sure. I just put cylinder #1 at TDC with the timing mark at 0 deg and the arrows on the cam pulleys should both be at the marks, correct?

No insult taken. That's why these forums exist. I did not bleed the cooling system. How is that done? I added about 5 quarts of Toyota red coolant and the rest water. The guy I got the car from says it was not driven at all once the head gasket blew. Accually, I got it worked out now...

Got a 93 for free with a blown head gasket. Just finished getting it all back together. Tried to take it for a run around the block and the temp gage was pegged before Before I got 300 yards down the road. Can some one give me a list of things to start checking? Thanks, Invader

The broken part is at the very tip, well below the seal that goes into the injector cup, (or what ever the plastic cup shape thing is called that goes into the intake manifold), so no air can get in from outside. In looking closer at some of the other injector tips, I noticed a few of them have...

Replaced the head gaskets. While putting everything back together, the plastic tip of one of the injectors got cracked and broke a tiny piece off. Do I need to replace the injector or can I just make sure there are no more loose pieces that can come off and use the injector anyway? Thanks...

Wow, you wern't kidding about Ebay. Looks like they will have everthing I need. Don't know why I didn't think of that. Thanks!

My daughter crashed her car about a month ago and needed something to drive. A friend of mine had a 93 4runner that he gave to me for my daughter to drive. It has the famous 3.0 liter V6 with a blown head gasket. I am going to find out if it has ever been fixed by a dealer under the recall...