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Thank you Tim! I will keep tinkering and get back to you all with what I land on!

-Hugh

Great stuff, thanks so much! I'm going to have to think through all the options for a little while...I really like the timer idea you two have used.

I bought a little 'fuel pump' switch on...

Tim, just slowing down enough to get back to this myself. Thanks so much for the input! I braised together a shroud similar to yours, and am trying to figure out how I should use it. Hats off to...

Hi Tim - I found this thread while researching electric fan options to cool my van when sitting in traffic with my A/C on. I like this electric fan location the most, and wanted to reach out and see...

Alright everyone, the mystery has been SOLVED!

I followed Tim's advice and installed a KOSO temp gauge and found out my van is running 175 - 190! Even after installing an OEM temperature sending...

Thank you very much Tim! This is so helpful, I really appreciate all the hard work you put into making this post.

I just placed aces an order for the Koso gauge and adapter, so I should have...

Alright Tim and Toyota Van Tech nation, I have another update.

I replaced the fan clutch with an ASIN clutch and I am no longer creeping up to red. I am however, still rising up to 3/4 :pissed:....

Great input, thanks so much Swamptony.

I was previously loosing coolant and had the shop down the street perform a pressure test. It turns out my radiator had a small leak and a full rebuild...

Thank you for the input Boogieman. I did verify that my engine is advancing 12 additional degrees with the advance (great input from Tim, verifying the advance is 20 degrees when advancing), so we...

Thank you Gwen! I had the engine timed at 12 degrees when I first noticed the van running hot, but timing it correctly to 8 degrees didn't fix the problem.

Definitely a good and important point...

Thank you for the very detailed response Tim!

I'll double check the vacuum on the vacuum advance and go ahead and change out my fan clutch with an Aisin unit.

I checked my temps at the fill...

Thank you Burntboot and Dennis! I went ahead and purchased an ASIN fan clutch since the one I bought was AM, Duralast.

Fingers crossed this works!

Also, shout out to Tim on the thread...

Wanted to let everyone know this thread was very helpful to me! I just ordered the bearing from Ebay...looking forward to tuning up my old tensioner.

-Hugh

All,

Thank you for your help so far!

Boogieman - Great input, thank you for the tips. The strange thing is my engine ran at normal operating temp for the first 1,000 miles, including two 4...

Alright Tim and team, here’s the latest.

I got the rebuilt radiator back in and had the shop double check my timing and my temp gauge is still sitting a little bit above half way. I’m thinking...

Incredible insight Cali Crusiser & Tim. Thank you both...I'll check the timing regardless of how the radiator fix turns out with that info.

Thank you very much Tim!

I scanned this forum while rebuilding the engine and saw this tip that you and many others gave across the site. I definitely used the Toyota brand T-Stat and...

Burnbot, I really want to thank you for taking the time reply and help out here! I went through every single item I knew to look at on my own, and finally took it to the local specialty shop for...

Hey guys,

I’ve been driving around my ‘84 van with my newly rebuilt engine and started noticing my temp gauge is sitting at 3/4 the gauge when at full operating temperature.

I replaced the...

Thanks JPERL! I looked through this and bought all the parts I needed!

To add to the knowledge base here... I figured out how to remove the pump without the $317 SST tool!

Here are the steps I...

Hi JPERL!

Thanks for your response! Let me clarify...

I tried to bolt the engine on the tranny with the torque converter already on the engine, and the torque converter broke the gears inside...

Hi guys,

I was installing my freshly rebuilt engine and made a newbie mistake by forcing the torque converter on :wall:

I thought I had everything lined up but I obviously didn't have the...

Awesome stuff! Thank you Tim! I should be doing the new rear main seal & oil pan in the next few weekends...really looking forward to getting this thing up and running!

Rufus -

I am about to put my rear main seal back on, and read that you used RTV around the bottom edge of your RMS housing. I couldn't find this in the manual and wasn't sure exactly where to...

Tim you are incredible! Thank you! I would have never know, the plate was stuck on with some sort of white gasket maker before... I just ordered the gasket so I'll be good to go now!

-Hugh

Alright guys... I have a further question to ask on this Hose of Death thread.

I sent in my head to get rebuilt, and need to put the Hose of Death 4 bolt plate back on the head.

Can anyone...

Awesome, great stuff Tim! Thanks for the clarification, that really helps!

I definitely have a Toyota head gasket on hand, and plan on throwing on my rebuilt head in the next few weeks. I ended...

Hey Tim -

I've read on the forum that you highly advise against aftermarket gaskets, and I wanted to double check that this goes for the exhaust/intake manifold gaskets also.

I have been...

Haha no worries Carbonized! Unfortunately I didn't get any of the rear seats with the van :(

I still have the rear carpet! It is in really good condition and still has the insulation attached! It's grey and can be seen in the pics above in the thread.

I don't need to make a...

Haha yeah, I thought it would help me feel more at home. Let me know if you're interested in a write-up on how to convert yours :rol:

Alright Stinkaroonie... finally got around to taking pics! I've included some before and after pictures from the paneling/carpet I removed, along with a few pics of the pieces out of the car.

Let...

Love it Ian...I've been following your Instagram and love the progress! Good call on the extra Toyota filters... I'll stock up myself!

Flecker - sorry, mine is an Auto/2wd! Definitely worth the try thought!

Thanks for reaching out Stinkaroonie!

I'll take some pics on Thursday and send them over for you!

S_E_A_N_S, thanks so much for the write-up! I thought I was going crazy when I couldn't get the valve cover off, but your post helped me a ton! I just went out and used the rubber mallet on the...

Ian, I've been following you guys on Instagram myself, and even showed my friends the pic of you and your wife in front of the van as my ideal wedding photo!

Great to see you on the forum!
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Haha, that's great :rol: I will only have it up for a few minutes until I can get the stand situated, so I'll just stick with the bolt on there! Saved me a trip to the store, thanks!

Maybe I'll...

Nice, thanks DJShimon!

Did you just use that exact bolt, or did you go buy a longer one?

Awesome, thank you djshimon! I definitely do have the hook above the power steering pump for my front point, so that's good! I wanted to make sure one of those holes around the spark plug would be...

Hey guys -

I'm about to throw my new (well, new to me) engine on my engine stand to start degreasing and fixing up, but I'm not sure where to attach the lift chain on the rear part of the engine....

Hey all, I'm parting out the rear interior of my 84 Toyota van. The interior is in great shape, I just needed to remove it for the camper build I'm working on.

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