 J-Bear 1000 here today, gonna be working on the old Toyota Tacoma. It's a 2003 2.4 4-cylinder 16-valve. The number one plug was put in and was put in cross threaded several years ago. Her dad did that and so I could never change that plug and it got it got to where it was running on three cylinders on take-off and slow speeds You run down a highway 70 75 it ran fine So I mean it was either it was either going to break or just keep running it that way so There was a 50-50 chance it would come out or break. Well, it broke of course So we got to pull the head off this thing. So what we're going to do today I'm gonna do this in several different parts guys. So Today my main goal. I did not run a compression test though. I know it does have low compression on one cylinder My guess would be number one I didn't run a compression test because I wouldn't be able to get compression test on number one so That thing this thing was um It wasn't smoking And there was no blow by in the engine So That's kind of telling me that I guess You know my guess is the pistons are fine And the compression rings are fine Now it wasn't smoking either So that's telling me the oil rings are fine. So I may not have to mess with that But if there would be a crack in the piston on top of that piston I'll just put all new piston rings and rod bearings and rods and I'll do the bottom end too But right now we're going to focus on we're going to take the uh I want to check the cam too. It could have a cam lobe off while it was missing um There could be a cam lobe wiped off on it. So the first thing I want to do is I want to get the valve cover off Let's see what we're looking at in there. I'll film some of this for you and I'll speed you up through it um It's pretty straightforward. We're taking it apart Just remember where everything goes keep all your bolts. I'm going to get a container put all my bolts in The bolts that I can't put back in um I'll put them in the can container the ones I can put back in I'll just put them back in, you know, uh, so they don't get lost um Let me see what else I think that's what I'm going to do Uh, if there's anything funky like when we start getting into the head in the cam pulling the cam out I'm not positive, but I think this this motor I think this engine has a A two gear cam And before you take it out, you got to put a bolt in it. So it holds them gears together. I'm not sure but I I think it does we'll have to see but right now I want to get down inside there Um before we get the head off. I don't know if I'm gonna get the head off of it today or not but We're definitely going to get this valve cover off and see what What all's going on in there see if we can see anything the cam See if we can see any lobes worn off the cam Because if there is then I'll put a stop Well now I'll probably keep going on order a cam for it Um, I may just do that anyway. It's got over a half a million miles guys. So I may do that Uh, I have to check if I can get that pan off the oil pan off without pulling the whole engine I may go ahead and put new new uh rod bearings main bearings in it and I'm gonna I am definitely going to go ahead and put a new oil pump in it was acting funny one day The oil light kept coming on But then it went out and it stayed out. So I'm not sure what what was up with that But let's go ahead and get this Valve cover off. Let's see what's going on there And then I'll start draining the antifreeze out and get that put away And We'll go from there. So stick around guys. I'll fast forward and get through some of this Like it says pretty self-explanatory, you know, I'll show you what I'm going to do. We'll do it See what happens That's from the valve cover leaking This engine is also known as the hammy style Or a hammy head and they called it that Because as you can see the spark plugs went right straight down in the top of the head Just like the old hammies used to do the camera's getting hot So I'm going to shut you off. I'm going to go ahead and take these bolts off The rest of the way out of here. I'm going to put them in a container I got to get this out of the way a little kind of is Enough to get this off I'll bring you I'll bring you back when I pull this off for the first time so And uh, we'll take a gander at this By itself, uh, or I mean together If you guys have any questions on anything Comment below and I'll do the best I can to answer them I know I'm not showing a lot and I'm speeding through a lot, but this is just kind of This is some plug and wires and stuff like that Can't stress this enough take video take pictures take 100 pictures. It doesn't matter take pictures if you're unsure Uh these I did not label because there's really You know only one way that my coils can go see they're all routed One way and that's the way they are So I don't have to worry about them, but if you feel comfortable by all means You know put your tag on there piece of masking tape or something And you know put one two three four. There's no shame in that I've done it before I was going to do it on this but there's only one way like Three is not going to reach over Well three is not going to reach over to two or four and one and all that It's only got enough room to go into its Respective spot. So let me get you out of the sun for a little bit. All right guys first time in 19 years. I got it broke loose, but I haven't had it off of here yet. So I'm gonna tell you what It's sludgy. Yeah, it is but I have seen a lot worse On cars with a lot less miles. All right, let me get my hands wiped off I'll bring you down here and show you what I'm looking at. Okay guys, here's what we're looking at They said it's a little sludgy But I have seen a lot worse This is a half a million mile truck I mean it needs it but these cam lobes. There's no lip on here On none none of the ones that I can feel that is Uh This one feels a little funny, but there's no lip on it without miking them. I won't know I'll have to mike them I may just you know, it's out Well, it's going to be out. I might as well put new camshafts in it Here's that two-piece set lined down the center of that. This is two-piece of the hole one of these holes here A couple different holes One of them you can put a quarter 20 bolt in that holds them together I'm gonna put new cams in I may not have to worry about it Wow, this engine is Immaculate there's no no playing that chain whatsoever This is unreal And I know it's never been a part She's sucking under this truck and the guy never had it apart never had any issues It only had about a hundred thousand miles on it when she got it so Let's go in here Let's turn the key on. I know you should have the battery unhooked. I I get it I will We set you up here guys 127,713 miles All original Okay, guys I gotta get the sweat wiped out of my eyes And cool down for a minute and I'll bring you back. Okay guys. I'll show you what I'm talking about Your spark plug tubes your spark plug It's down inside here Okay And these tubes here they have to seal onto the valve cover. All right And this one as you guys saw Got a bunch of oil in it I could have sworn number one Or number two had that issue But I can't remember I thought one of these did May have been number one But there's rubber there's a rubber seal That go around them that are in the valve cover and I'll show you that Got the valve cover up here in the shade and what these do Is their rubber This is number one And these slip over top of them Them tubes and they seal now if you look here right here See that that's got a crack All right That's how the oil was getting down Into that plug and this thing These are rubber I should be able to push these I should be able to move these and as you can see it's almost like steel Sounds nothing. Here's a rubber See that's a rubber see it's pliable. You can move it and bend it Can't do that on this But it's half a million miles. This thing's never been a part I am still amazed how clean this engine is For 500,000 miles She did keep the oil changed Up until the whole A couple years ago We didn't change it on time like we should have that's probably what this is from Like instead of 3,000 miles we'd run at 6 or 7,000 miles before we changed it but still that's I mean, yeah, they're sludge here. Don't get me wrong but Nothing nothing Like I I expected To see I'll show you what one looks like That's a similar engine Well, that sludge that's not a half a million million mile engine either and you can see ours Here I'll bring my phone with me I'll show you the difference Now this engine here what I read it was a 180,000 I think it said And boom That's amazing So what my plans were Was I was going to Go ahead and get new cams I was going to go ahead and have this milled down I've already got the valves And I was just going to have them go ahead and lap the valves in and everything for me So it's going to cost around 600 bucks to to go ahead and do this this head I found a brand new one online It's got the valves valve guides valve seals New cams and new head for 719 free shipping. I think that's the way we're going to go I can't get it right now, but I can't get this head off and check other things More information on this number one plug. It was crosser like I said Now she was out with her dad outside when he was putting this plug in When he changed spark plugs She said it was dark and she was trying to hold her light for him. Well, you can't as you can see You can't see them plugs anyway. So that's not an excuse, but She said I seen the fear in his face and I said, what do you mean? Well, when he dropped something a piece went down inside there. I said, what do you mean? What what what piece? She said, I don't know. He said there's a piece down inside there. Hopefully it'll blow it out the exhaust I'm like, oh my god. So I don't know if this cylinder is going to be scored Or not but like I said, it wasn't it wasn't smoking Um There was no blow by so hopefully once we get this head off of here. It won't be too bad. I might be able to uh Uh Hone it out even with the piston just take the piston all the way down to the bottom run a hone in it If I do that I'll do all four but Uh, like I said, it wasn't smoking It does have one cylinders long compression But I don't think like I said, there was no blow by when it was running you could take the oil cap off And nothing was you know, there was no steam looking stuff coming out Um So, you know, that sounds like The compression rings would be good. It doesn't sound like a piston is cracked. We'll know once we get the head clear off of it um, but And it never smoked It blew some black smoke once in a while when it started missing that little fuel But it never it's never smoked blue smoke. So it didn't burn any oil um but He told her hopefully she said when she started up after they After he changed them plugs that she did hear kind of like a funny noise like a knock For a few seconds and then it went away. So hopefully whatever it is did not whatever was in there Did not score the piston now. This is going back. Let's see. We've been together what six years Uh, so this is going back probably seven or eight years ago. So I don't think it did any harmful damage, but I think that's the way we're going to go I think we're going to do that. I think that's what we'll do We'll just put a put a new head and everything on it. I've got the gasket set and everything for it I think that's what we're going to do I think the truck deserves 700 bucks. I know it ain't pretty to look at But the only thing up until now that we've had to do The expensive thing was this radiator. It was a hundred and some dollars. I did a fuel pump. It wasn't very much Um, and I did an all alternator We put a new alternator on it Other than that, we did have change of battery. That's maintenance Breaks tires. That's all maintenance. I'm not you know So I to me As good as this thing ran I think it's worth putting a new head on it. And I think that's what we're going to do the air conditioner still ice cold um Yeah, I mean like I said, it run down the road 75 80 miles an hour Right on was the best. I've not missed the lick, but you come up to a To a stop light and you're sitting there. You can kind of feel it running a little rough She couldn't tell it, but I could but as soon as you stomp down on the accelerator to take off from that light That's when it would do this. Do do do do that hesitation Until you get about well, I wanted to shift in the second third gear, you know, it was okay So it was only when you stomp down from a dead stop So I'm going to call this one here today And I think tomorrow I'll come I'll come out and we'll get the head off of it together Um We gotta get the uh The exhaust manifold off because see this is your your intake cam This is your exhaust cam this opens your intake valves to let fuel in This opens your exhaust valve to let out your exhaust your uh burnt fuel So Each cylinder So this one has Two lobes it's got two valves for the intake two valves for the exhaust so I mean I could probably clean it up get by clean it up and Getting that plug out there. That's another thing I'd still have to drill that plug out or whatever I got to do to get it out and since it's It was cross threaded and stripped I'll probably have to put a heater coil in it So I think I think the best thing to do is just When we get the money we'll just we're just going to put a new head on it and and it'll be done with it Then I'll clean it all up and Under here I do have a fender for this thing. I've got I've got a new fender. It's an aftermarket. I think it's a Chinese thing Uh the bumper It's still wrecked, but I do have a new bumper for Probably see those dents down in there I'm not going to worry about this and then I think what we'll do I'm not going to paint the whole truck. I think I'll just come from this And just paint it of course this whole fender is going to have to be painted But we're not looking to restore this old girl. Look at that thing Wow, I'm going to have to replace that antenna um We're not uh We're not looking to restore So we just want to keep it running and like I said, I think we'll just go from that black lineup You know paint the hood And the roof and that that's we'll just call it a day on that stuff So yeah Uh, I got new lights for down there both sides These we have already replaced so But that's it for today guys. It's 81 degrees The real field. I don't know what it is. It's up there. We can check real quick here. Oops Hit calculator for some reason I'm I mean calendar Uh Oh, it's 82 feels like 82. No, it feels like 95 really honestly. I mean I worked 10 minutes and then I got sweating my eyes um Let's get down to 55 tonight. So I don't know. We may have a fire. We'll see but anyway guys. Thanks for watching. I appreciate it Uh, that's pretty much it for today. We got the valve cover off So I think maybe tomorrow we'll go ahead and We ain't gonna take off The exhaust manifold off We'll pull these camshafts out of here You gotta pull the uh, this is the fuel injectors gotta pull them out And which I got new o-rings for them And I will get the head off and just kind of see what the pistons look like so Thanks for watching guys. Appreciate it. Shea bear the met the man of legend. I'm gone for now Jesus I was just staying out here with monkey. She came out for about 20 25 minutes. We were staying here talking And I was explaining everything to her not one car went by I just turned the camera on now. We got motorcycles and jeeps and Ish We'll see you in the next one again. Thanks for watching guys. Appreciate it. Enjoy the rest of your week and y'all stay safe Bye. Bye now and take care