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Re: 4jg2 engine rebuild

Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 10:15 am
by MUVIT
before u rebuilt the motor what did it run like?

Re: 4jg2 engine rebuild

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 2:52 am
by scruff123
MUVIT wrote:before u rebuilt the motor what did it run like?

wouldnt start properly due to low compresion, wouldnt hold power on hills, had heaps of blowby and sump pressure pushing oil out the front and rear crank seals and dipstick tube etc.

i didnt realize how much lack of power it had untill now that its rebuilt, not pushing too hard yet but notice a huge difference on hills etc

its awsome having a truck that starts first pop hot or cold now 2

Re: 4jg2 engine rebuild

Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:32 am
by oompalompa
need to see some vids of the new mean green machine.

so jealous, my truck has major engine issues but dont know if i can afford. what sort of money did you spend all up. ball park figure is fine.

Re: 4jg2 engine rebuild

Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:09 am
by scruff123
oompalompa wrote:need to see some vids of the new mean green machine.

so jealous, my truck has major engine issues but dont know if i can afford. what sort of money did you spend all up. ball park figure is fine.

get some videos in a month or so, just taking it easyish for afew weeks first. all up i spent $2500, thats for all the parts pluss afew extra things.

would you be doing the work yourself? to get someone to do it you will be looking at over $5000 for parts and labour.

i was going to sell it after i rebuilt it but after the sweat and hours of work put into it, i couldnt bring myself to get rid of it.

Re: 4jg2 engine rebuild

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 8:27 pm
by oompalompa
def keep it, at least you know what you have. buy something else and risk buying someelses probs. hope to do all work myself as dont have heaps of cash to play with.
gonna try and find an earthquake damaged one. dont know if there are any but worth a look

Re: 4jg2 engine rebuild

Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 11:34 pm
by Captcol
Haven't seen any as yet, but if I do I will see where it ends up, that is if it moves before saturday and I head back up north

Re: 4jg2 engine rebuild

Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 2:57 am
by oompalompa
cheers. gonna watch turners , see if anything turns up

Re: 4jg2 engine rebuild

Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 6:18 am
by Captcol
Saw a couple of jeeps, and a landrover, no Isuzu's at all but that was all cbd. Good luck

Re: 4jg2 engine rebuild

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:23 am
by oompalompa
there was one at turners but came with 1/2 tonne of bricks lol
cheers

Re: 4jg2 engine rebuild

Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:05 am
by jellis
How did you get the fuel pump timed
Or do You even need to time it?
I've put my timing belt on and that seems all good just not sure what to do about the fuel pump.