Head stripped down

[Koi]

Got the head stripped down with a lot of Andy's (lucky) help.
Head gasket shot causing pressure in coolant. There were two cracks in the head between 3 & 4 more attributing to the recent bad performance its been giving.
Pics of the strip down to follow.

[kiwi-jim]

come on man! dont keep us in suspence, wheres the pix, job costings, 10 page guide "how to change a stuffed surf head". all waiting in anticip....................... ..............pation. seems alot of guys have done a head change, but never shown it on paper- er pixels. i think a lot of us would like to know what we`re in for. it would be quite interesting to see the differences between the gaskets and heads of yours and andys engines! old and new. pix, pix, pix, pix!

[Koi]

heres the pics

[Koi]

heres the pics

and some more

[Koi]

and some more

more

[Koi]

more

last ones

[Guest]

come on man! dont keep us in suspence, wheres the pix, job costings, 10 page guide "how to change a stuffed surf head". all waiting in anticip....................... ..............pation. seems alot of guys have done a head change, but never shown it on paper- er pixels. i think a lot of us would like to know what we`re in for. it would be quite interesting to see the differences between the gaskets and heads of yours and andys engines! old and new. pix, pix, pix, pix!

Koi's put the pictures up, here is my write up so far for when I did mine - still got to add some more details to the build part but you should get the idea.

http://www.yotasurf.co.uk/Toyota%202...eplacement.htm

Cheers

[Hilux]

Well thanks for the slide show, l take it your going to buy a new head then.

[Koi]

Well thanks for the slide show, l take it your going to buy a new head then.

Yep will buy new head, but also looking at the possibility of putting a different engine in it.
Talking to a mate who works in a garage and they got a supra in there write off rear ended by a lorry, just waiting to hear if the engines up for grabs.

[kiwi-jim]

Yep will buy new head, but also looking at the possibility of putting a different engine in it.
Talking to a mate who works in a garage and they got a supra in there write off rear ended by a lorry, just waiting to hear if the engines up for grabs.

GREAT JOB GUYS!very professional, you guys should work for haynes (then we would get the manuals we want). will the next write up be a repower one? which motor are you looking at,5m or 7m? a mate of mine has a 5m in his surf, very heavy drinker, about the same as my V8. mind you it has 36" super swampers to turn. anyway, once again great job on the write up, keep em comming

[Koi]

Yep will buy new head, but also looking at the possibility of putting a different engine in it.
Talking to a mate who works in a garage and they got a supra in there write off rear ended by a lorry, just waiting to hear if the engines up for grabs.

Heard this afternoon that the bloke who owns the car is keeping the engine (on a h plate) cause he's had it from new its got full Toyota service history and only done 60,000miles hes sourcing anothe car and putting the engine in that

[Koi]

On the subject of heads.

UK Cylinder Heads:
Supply genuine Toyota head with cams lifters springs ready to bolt on
for £595+VAT, also take old head in exchange.
They do the bolts, gasket sets and the genuine Toyota sets, as well a
much more.
Take a look here for the full run down of what they do:
www.ukcylinderheads.co.uk

[gemini]

On the subject of heads.

UK Cylinder Heads:
Supply genuine Toyota head with cams lifters springs ready to bolt on
for £595+VAT, also take old head in exchange.
They do the bolts, gasket sets and the genuine Toyota sets, as well a
much more.
Take a look here for the full run down of what they do:
www.ukcylinderheads.co.uk

nigel, is that price with the old head in exchange, i know you probably wouldnt do it, but if you wanted to you could have your head repaired, they can be stitched

[Guest]

nigel, is that price with the old head in exchange, i know you probably wouldnt do it, but if you wanted to you could have your head repaired, they can be stitched

Ian.

don't think it is worth repairing a duff old 2L head, it seems they have changed the internal waterway design on the new heads to give a bit more space between the valves and the waterways to try and stop the problem. I think if you repair the head you are still just storing up problems for the future.

And yes the heads from ukcylinderheads are exchange units.

Cheers

[Koi]

nigel, is that price with the old head in exchange, i know you probably wouldnt do it, but if you wanted to you could have your head repaired, they can be stitched

Ian, yes price with exchange included. Thought about repairing head but new genuine Toyota head to good to resist.


One other thing, if you phone at a reasonable time one day they normally deliver the next.