Built an engine for the first time! (Longblock anyway)
My truck (86 Toyota 4runner) was eating oil and running rough, so I tore into it expexting to need a timing chain job minimum, found that and a stuck exhaust valve
Pulled it out, while it's out, 200K is a good time to freshen it up, so I inspected it, and last weekend i painted it, replaced all the bearings, polished the crankshaft a bit by hand, honed the cylinders and replaced the rings, new water and oil pumps and seals, new head with new cam and valves, new timing chain and guides, new gaskets, and adjusted the valves
Of course i still don't know if I messed anything up, time will tell when it goes back in, i still need to do the transmission input seal, new clutch, and service all the fuel injectors, and get it back in and hooked up, but I'm pretty stoked about this progress!
Anyone know why it won't let me attach a 3.5MB picture? I have to link to another site instead