So I finally got the 95 3.0 together the other day, am kind of rushing the last few stages just to get it running. I had questions about the whether or not the rings were bad or just the burnt exhaust valves, went ahead and rebuilt the top end anyway. So I am very anxious to see if I wasted a ton of time and money on a bad short block.
First I had a ground wire disconnected, no big deal, took about 10 minutes to figure that one out. Then it took me a day to figure out that there was not a drop of gas in the fuel tank, once I put gas in it, I was able to get it to fire up, but not really stay running. Wound up messing with the distributor trying to get to TDC because the timing was off. Yeah, should have looked at the shop manual, cause I thought something so simple would be a piece of cake, not today. Took the distributor out and reset TDC about 4 times, each time putting a breaker bar on the crank bolt and adjusting to TDC by hand. Got it so close to running, but would occasionally backfire thru the throttle body, yup something screwed up. So I called it, and actually took out my shop manual to see how the distributor should be installed. Had it wrong, what an
idiot(me). So this morning, I go out to the 4Runner, thought I would give it
another go. Pulled the cap, tapped ignition til close to TDC, then went to put
the breaker bar on the crank bolt, and I couldn't find it!! Yes, I know where the crank bolt is and what it looks like. I could not find the crank bolt. I swear I could feel where the crank bolt SHOULD have been, and it wasn't there. (Yes, it was there the night before) I didn't break it, definitely not going to fall out, or even shoot out. I KNOW it can't not be there, but I'll be damned if I didn't spend 10 minutes trying to find that stupid bolt. So I closed the hood, washed my hands(literally and figuratively) then went to work. I pray that I am just an idiot, because I am sitting at work knowing my
crank bolt is missing.
I guess sometimes ya just need to step back and collect yourself to get a fresh perspective. Wondering if maybe the missus didn't take it while I slept, I'll take a look tonight, wish me luck.
First I had a ground wire disconnected, no big deal, took about 10 minutes to figure that one out. Then it took me a day to figure out that there was not a drop of gas in the fuel tank, once I put gas in it, I was able to get it to fire up, but not really stay running. Wound up messing with the distributor trying to get to TDC because the timing was off. Yeah, should have looked at the shop manual, cause I thought something so simple would be a piece of cake, not today. Took the distributor out and reset TDC about 4 times, each time putting a breaker bar on the crank bolt and adjusting to TDC by hand. Got it so close to running, but would occasionally backfire thru the throttle body, yup something screwed up. So I called it, and actually took out my shop manual to see how the distributor should be installed. Had it wrong, what an
idiot(me). So this morning, I go out to the 4Runner, thought I would give it
another go. Pulled the cap, tapped ignition til close to TDC, then went to put
the breaker bar on the crank bolt, and I couldn't find it!! Yes, I know where the crank bolt is and what it looks like. I could not find the crank bolt. I swear I could feel where the crank bolt SHOULD have been, and it wasn't there. (Yes, it was there the night before) I didn't break it, definitely not going to fall out, or even shoot out. I KNOW it can't not be there, but I'll be damned if I didn't spend 10 minutes trying to find that stupid bolt. So I closed the hood, washed my hands(literally and figuratively) then went to work. I pray that I am just an idiot, because I am sitting at work knowing my
crank bolt is missing.
I guess sometimes ya just need to step back and collect yourself to get a fresh perspective. Wondering if maybe the missus didn't take it while I slept, I'll take a look tonight, wish me luck.
