http://www.autotechonwheels.com/smfeb08.htm


I found that information quite interesting, its very similiar to the issue i'm having....changing the timing belt this weekend, shall be fun. Anyone have any tips, like where I should support the engine from once I remove the side mount? I have a couple big jacks and i figured a 2x4 to distribute the weight to support the engine, just don't want to damage the oil pan.

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never seen that before but would be enough to do it

as for changing the timing belt I hope your changing the water pump
idler pulley and a new toyota tensioner cause this is a must for these type of engines
I used a jack with a piece of wood under the transmission to support the engine

Yea, I was trying to ignore the fact to change those things, but it seems its gota be done.

Got a distributor on the way, should be here monday, slap that in. If its still there after I take the EGR valve off this weekend, then next weekend its timing belt, water pump, and tensioner...yay.

Well, did the whole EGR thing this weekend. Didn't quite go as planned, stupid me forgot i had to plug the holes of the equipment i was removing, so i ended up putting it back on, and just blocking the EGR intake side with a piece of a aluminum can. Issue still there.

So distributor today, and fuel pump should be here tomorrow. Timing and teeth were all fine, belt appeared to have less then 20k on it.

Atleast through all this hell, I'll know for a fact everything I've messed with is now new or fixed =P

Well...its solved, which might surprise some. It was the distributor...its been solid all day today. Heh, atleast its fixed.

Congrats on getting it figured out... at least in the process, you learned a hell of a lot!

Very very true, lol it was a crash course, but atleast now I don't look at the engine in utter confusion.

Lol all fixed, and have a walbro pump laying around for the swap one day, turned out aok.