next time, get those numbered sticker/tags that are sold at most autoparts stores. The stickerbooks have pairs of numbers for you to put a number on the hose and the matching number on its connect point. (it saves a lot of hair pulling)

here are some of mine. not close but ok..

I'm in the same boat with an 87 turbo. Only I did not remove the engine, a mechanic did it, and to make a long story short the project to much longer than anticipated and I moved out of state. Now the car is ready to go back together but the mechanic didnt label anything. I would also very much appreciate any close up photos of the engine bay and/or hints about reassemblying the 7MGTE.

I have owned this car for nearly 3 yrs and have only driven it about 3 or 4 times, ( I bought it with a rod knock with the intent to build a 12 sec car) the wait is killing me..... any help would get buckets of gratitude (I would say cash, but the black hole with a turbo badge has swallowed most of that!)

check www.supramania.com there are some really awsome step by step instructions on the faq section..

Dont forget pressure!
 

Another thing if you have an engine out of the car, make sure you have good oil pressure before you start it. Of course, when you build the engine you must prime the oil pump when you assemble it, but once its back together, i used a drill, with an old drive wheel in it, and used the cam belt to hook it up to the oil pump. I put an oil pressure gauge where the oil switch, or sensor is, and cranked it up. Dont do it for too long as the pump is working hard, and you only need about 500rpm to see a good amount of preassure in the gauge. You really dont want the head to run dry for any period of time, the cams and head cop a massive battering in split seconds, the last thing you want after a full rebuild.

One more thing. Loop an oil cooler line. Or you wont get any pressure and end up with oil all over you.

What do you mean loop the oil cooler line? I cant just put them back to where they were?

Well I got finally got the block back and I had it bored .020" over so Im now waiting on some pistons and rings that I ordered and should be here one of these days. I bought a whole gasket kit for the engine and I noticed now when im putting it back together that some important gaskets are missing I guess ill have to cit my own then. The exhaust gaskets, the ones from the exhaust manifold to the turbo and the turbo to the turbo elbow, are reusable right?
Also the gasket for the oil return line on the turbo is not in the kit.

I will be getting some more updated pics up on the website of the engine rebuild soon... so check and tell me what you think when I do get them up...
www.cardomain.com/id/3115ultima

good engine pics
 

Thanks for that site it helps some!

getting the engine back together tell me what you think of it...

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