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Jay did you shim the Cams?? or did they just drop in?? im looking at brian crower ones, which i might test?? :D

I measured the shim clearances as per the workshop manual & they were all within Toyotas tolerances, I used all the buckets & shims from the new head, I have a load of shims off the old head which I was going to use if I did need to reshim the the head

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I measured the shim clearances as per the workshop manual & they were all within Toyotas tolerances, I used all the buckets & shims from the new head, I have a load of shims off the old head which I was going to use if I did need to reshim the the head

 

cool mate, all i needed to know. Cams here i come. :D

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cool mate, all i needed to know. Cams here i come. :D

I bought a micrometer from Machine Mart for about £10 to measure the old shims, bought some feeler gauges to check the gaps, & was hoping the if I needed to swap any shims I'd have one in my spare batch (as they ranged from 2.5 to 3.2 mm), if I was unlucky I'd just have to buy new ones from Toyota

 

Its like watching my own car, sounds identical:cool:

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Great to see you up and running, you certainly didn't hang about either really considering your bad luck.

 

Your car sounds awsome in those short video's, I so love that chatter noise sounds so dirty....ha

 

Bet it sounds wicked in the car too, well done indeed!!

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Cheers Lux, my crappy camera doesn't really do it justice, it can't handle it when it gets loud, for example when the RLTC kicks in, it's popping & screaming which sounds awesome, just the camera sound breaks up :)

 

I will definately have to see your beast in flesh Jay ... as it already sounds impressive on the small videos ;)

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Many thanks guys :thumbs:

 

Really great effort Jay. :thumbs:. So from the ultimate feeling of guttedness, to the seriously good satisfaction of doing all that work yourself, (albeit with a little help from friends).

You must be feeling pretty good about it all really. :)

I sure am, I'm pleased it happened TBH :)

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You did a fine Job there Jay, cant believe you started not knowing anything about repairing these cars to pulling a head off and replacing it . Another set of skills to your belt .:clap:

 

 

ps. Johns got a new car BMW M5 on a 57 plate , it goes like stink ..but the gearbox is terrible i think . Will get him round your house over the weekend .

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