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superchargedsam
12-12-2005, 17:23
how easy are the headgaskets to do with the engine in the car (as in the original camry and not when its in the MR2 !)?
lodgeman
12-12-2005, 18:20
when i bought the first camry , the guy i bought it off said his quote was ?1800 as it was three days work:roll: so i took the engine out and took the heads off that way:ha:
Paul Woods
14-12-2005, 06:33
well when the engines in a camry id well imagine it being a 3 day job,looks horrendous! but to be honest id say it would be considerably easier in an mk1 bay which is odd given where the engine is! Theres just less crap in the mk1 bay and you can get your hands around the sides!
superchargedsam
14-12-2005, 08:52
a V6 just went for £122 on fleabay with a blown head gasket !
welly_59
14-12-2005, 10:18
hahaha and me and marksman got two for less!
lodgeman
14-12-2005, 23:19
sam i have a workshop manual if you want to do one in situ?
Paul Woods
15-12-2005, 07:08
yeah just pass it around alan,whoever needs it really,ive no need for it back at the mo...just mail it on to some needy TB soul!
superchargedsam
15-12-2005, 08:09
Cheers ferret and Paul, I was only considering it if it was a fairly easy job but once you said 3 days I decided against it as I rekon paul could more or less finish a complete swap in that time if all the parts were there ! Will keep it in mind though as good to know there is a manual floating round TB !
JB
15-12-2005, 09:34
I have the Toyota 3VZFE engine manual and a Haynes for Camry if anyone needs to borrow when my swap is done.
lodgeman
15-12-2005, 09:43
and i also have a cd rom toyota version- well actually its a mitchell on demand system with a toyota extra cd rom. bugger to load but works when loaded quite well :smile: