can i do it my self?

[blue1985yota]

I have blown piston rings. Ive had then for a while now and now that i have a lift kit i am afraid of the extra stress hurting my engine. My background with working on engines is pretty much none and i will most lieky have to buy tools for this. Can i put in the new piston rings by my self or will i need to pay some one hundreds of dollars to do it for me?

[tonkatoy]

get a manual of toyota trucks that are your same year and see what it looks like but if you dont work on engines and such then i would recomend finding some one around you that knows what their doing (cause stuff like that needs to be torqued correctly, if not it wont last) but my last resort would be getting a shop to work on it and it might not be done correctly. thats all nick

[MikeS]

I have blown piston rings. Ive had then for a while now and now that i have a lift kit i am afraid of the extra stress hurting my engine. My background with working on engines is pretty much none and i will most lieky have to buy tools for this. Can i put in the new piston rings by my self or will i need to pay some one hundreds of dollars to do it for me?

I was having the same quandry last week with putting in a transmission. What I decided was to do it myself because the truck isn't a daily driver, and I can take my time with it. If I screw something up or I'm not sure about something, then I don't have to worry about a little more down time till I can figure it out.

Also, do you need/have a garage available? How much are you doing... total rebuild while you have it apart, or just sticking in some new pistons?

:beer:

[toy4x4]

yes you can. i rebuilt my engine out of the truck about a month ago and it was the first one i ever did. it wasn't that hard. buy a haynes manual, it will help alot. talk to ted at www.engnbldr.com. he was a huge help. any engine parts you need, i would get from him. good luck

[blue1985yota]

my truck is daily driver so that woudl be the biggest problem. i dont have a shop and will be doing it in my garge. one of my problems is wat piston ring size i need exactlly because if the engine has been rebuilt before the piston will have a different bore size so i gotta take it apart, measure the bore, then order the correct size piston ring. I have a chiltons toyota truck manual for year 1970-1988 so i think im clear there unless the other manual has better directions and is easiler to follow. whats 20 bucks on a book eh?

thanks for every ones help.

[#9CGAZ]

Some advice I will give is check out your local libarary they might have a book the hanes and see if you want to buy or not.
And Have you ever heard of Murphy Law? Do you have a vacation you can take a girl friends car? Bicycle? cause if you had megga bucks and bought a brand new motor, just count on somthing going wrong and delaying the whole process, so better have a back up ride all ready figured out.
And never doing it before i would give yourself at minimum 2 weeks down, but that is min. just take your time and follow manuel step by step, you may have to read somthing a dozen times, but once you get going it usully goes pretty smooth.
And you may want to look into a junk yard motor see what you can get one for, either a good one or a junk one and then you will have ample time to re-build it.
hope that helps,
jeff

[Rescue]

I suggest you buy a FSM(toy manual) of the correct year. It has a lot of pictures and descriptions. Once you have one you will probably throw away your chilton as far as you can!

[Climb or Slide]

I suggest you buy a FSM(toy manual) of the correct year. It has a lot of pictures and descriptions. Once you have one you will probably throw away your chilton as far as you can!

This is 100% true. They are about $60 at the toy dealer, and are invaluable. Haynes/chiltons are trash. The toy manual is twice as thick because it goes over twice as much info.

Joey

[Bloomcounty]

I say find a rebuildable core and rebuild it yourself ! That way you can still drive your truck , till you get your new motor done ! :Rockonman