well sorry for pissing you guys off but i am going to go to toyota and spend some money there instead of buying ebay stuff. planning on buying all oem gaskets from toyota so i dont have any problems like you guys said. so thanks for the advice and kinda kickin my ass for even thinking about buying that cheap stuff. i was tired last night and stuff was making me mad so i pretty much just ranted on about stuff. so sorry guys.

You're still doing a questionable fix with toyota oem dude.

You're atleast doing the community minimum. Which is better than where you were going.

Congrats....., you may have just arrived.

EDIT: No one was mad at you man. You just have alot to learn with this car. It's a breed of its' own.

cheers to that

been busy
 

got a lot of work done yesterday with 4 hours and a buddy helping me. got almost everything off that needs to come off before take the cam covers off and un bolt everthing except the turbo and exhaust stuff. i am having a bit of a hard time getting the rear belt off. i also broke (yes, completely shattered a 3/8 in. ratchet) trying to get off the crank bolt. but i have a neighbor who has every tool on the planet, so i asked for a 3/4 in. breaker bar and it came off with easy. anyways... how do i loosen the rear belt on the crank pulley to get it off? is there a tensioner that needs to be loosened up? i looked and loosened a few bolts but marked where they were in case it moved but nothing happened. so i am stumped.


on a side note... i figured out the previous owner had someone or did the hg himself because everything still has marks on it. should be interesting to see what i find.

You can adjust the power steering pump toward the pulley and get it off.
It's always a bit tough any way.

You need to slow down and take your time because if you have missed this. There is no telling what else you have over looked. IF your buddy isn't there to help it go together agian. You're going to have blind spots when doing so.

he will be with me for the rest of the tear apart and putting it back together. i got it off shortly after posting. so its all good now. i will post some pics up of the progress when i get time to take them.

thanks for the reply supramacist. much appreciated.

NO problem. That 1 belt is always the hardest. The power steering pump never seems to want to move far enough.

Take lots of pictures and label all of the individual bolts as to where they came from.

Sound like you're doing a good job.

yeah i have been putting all the nuts,bolts, and everything else in plastic sandwich bags and labeling where they go. also am drawing pics of where they all go on the bag. will try to post up the pics tomorrow afternoon as i just got home from work now.

turbo oil pipe????
 

what is the best or.. easiest way of getting off the turbo oil pipe from the turbo. i got it off once before when i had a vehicle lift and a ton of extensions for a ratchet. im stumped. help?