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AAAHHHH! those are some pretty snazzy fittings. I can already think of at least a dozen times that those would have been very useful. I will most definately be doing that very same thing when it comes time to put the motor back together.

wow, nice solution General D. that is ust my style, are those some npt nuts that are flush against the tank wall? or did you tap those from a different type nut? I will try and get factory coolant hoses, $175 for the whole kit sounds fairly reasonable granted its almost what i paid for the whole car:grin: I have a feeling I will be jimy rigging several little items along the way with this rebuild. I might have the heads off tomorrow with any luck! thanks for the tips so far!

Thanks for letting me know about the forum, I just figured since the car was 18 years old it would be considered "older gen" plus I always tend to listen to the guys with the older cares cuz you all seem to have more real mechanical knowledge instead of advice on which chip tuner to buy and what shade of turqouise to paint my brake calipers Anyway, I have yet to spot a crack anywhere in the block or heads and the timing covers are most definately not in puddles (omg your story is nuts) so i am crossing my fingers that the short block is still allright. Its kinda the same deal like you said about the past owner putting a lot into it... the car has brand new tires and teh tranny (auto) was rebuilt less than 20k mi ago. the things i am begnning to notice :mad:that are worriesome is that pretty much every single coolant hose had some sort of crack or leak so it had no chance of ever running without overheating. I really need to find a source for some of the plastic intake elbows and ranom plastic tube vacuum lines as well as the coolant botle that is mounted on the intake manifold, it cracked out about 2 of the hose barbs... any sources let me know, or else its junkyard time. If a moderator would spot this maybe they can jump it over to the new gen forum, thnx

Hey all, I am a newbie to the subie and have spent most of my time working on my toyta 4runner. Now i have a new project and would like your input and recommendations... for a grand total of $200 I purchased a 1991 legacy sport turbo with "overheating and head gasket problems" so here I go... The story on the car is that it started to over heat oten, and the guy drove it and kept putting in more coolant until one day, "it got really bad and the mechanic told me it needed a head gaket". since then it has been sitting in the garage for about 2 years. I picked it up and was able to start it with a jump and drive it onto the trailer, i could smell the sweet, sweet smell of coolant in the exhaust, and also noticed a loud and obvious tapping sound. Best case scenario... overheated, blew a head gasket and maybe tweaked a valve causing the tapping. Worst case scenario... overheated alot, blew head gasket, maybe short block needs to be rebuilt as well, tapping could be from piston damage and heads might be cracked! Below are some pics of my teardown so far, Enjoy!