Bought a 2012 For $700

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    The batteries seem to be in good condition

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    I've heard drop the bus bars in vinegar (somewhat diluted?) but don't do that to the nuts, they'll turn black in an instant. Not sure if it hurts them, but who knows.
     
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    They all need to be within .20 volts of each other. Never can tell till you put a load on them. I used a car headlight.
     
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    Then I set them all up in Parallel and charged them up together to 7.80
    Letting them rest overnight....
    I will load them up with a few headlights tomorrow, Bring the parallel pack all down together to 7.60
    Disconnect the Parallel set up, let them rest for a few hrs and re-test them all.

    If they all test good i will put them back in parallel and charge them up to 7.85'ish

    The Rear main seal, intake and exhaust gaskets showed up today.
    The Valve cover gasket shows up tomorrow.

    So I get to start working on the engine tomorrow evening.
    Gaskets, seals, cleaning EGR and manifold.
     
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    I use a steel brush attached to my drill to clean the bus bars.
    At about 16:20 it shows me cleaning bus bars.


    It's a old video, of a Gen 1 Battery
    A 5 part video series.
     
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    Good job.........!
     
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    Opened up the engine and it's SUPER clean on the inside!

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    All new Gaskets
    New Rear Main Seal
    Fresh RTV

    I cleaned the EGR, Intake manifold and injectors.
     
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    Thanks!
     
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    Here are some pictures of the old Engine.

    After I pulled the Intake Manifold
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    Inside the old engine intake
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    Look at all the nasty Milkshake in the Throttle body side of the intake manifold
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    Yellow Jacket LOL

    The EGR pipe :(
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    Coolant that came out of old Engine
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    OMG Check out the PCV on the Intake manifold YUCK!!!
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    Looks like the old owner tried to fix the head gasket with some kind of block sealer.... LAME!!!
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    Definitely NOT going to reuse any of these parts LOL!!!

    Anyone want nasty engine parts? Ha!
     
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    makes me want an ev even more :p
     
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    Flush the coolant passageways with 50/50 distilled water and white vinegar is supposed to dissolve away the stop-leak gunk. I guess do that when everything's back together, so you're getting the radiator, heater core, exhaust heat recovery and all the adjoining hoses flushed as well. Then I guess a straight water flush.

    And then, I would try to get some Toyota approved 100% coolant, even if it's the shorter life span stuff. You want to be able to fine-tune the mix to arrive at a 50% mix, which is pretty much impossible to do with residual water in the system and only 50/50 coolant mix.

    Experiment beforehand, get some of the globules, and drop them into a 50/50 water/vinegar mix, see what happens. It should dissolve them in short order.
     
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    Brilliant!!!!
    That is for sure the way to save the old radiator, heater core, exhaust recovery and hoses.
    Great advice
    Thanks a Bunch

    I think I am going to use my Electric pond water pump in a 5 gallon bucket with the above mix of distilled water and white vinegar, pump it in, in turn through all the hoses.
    Then Air blow all the passages Dry before adding the Super long life Toyota coolant that I bought.

    Thanks again Mendel.
     
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    @cnc97 got that tip in an email from one of the stop-leak manufacturers. He tested it too, the globules in his test disolved within a minute. Do test it first with your gunk, hopefully the same result.
     
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    This is the NASTY Juice that came out of the old engine drain plug.
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    Got the Engine out.
    Much easier on a Gen 3 than a Gen 2
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    Getting ready to clean the coolant passages.
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    Clean Water at last.
    Yes it was gross
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    Covered the Cat with a bag. :)


    Tomorrow I put in the New to me Engine.
     
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    Was that the replacement engine that had that nasty stuff in it? Or the old one?
     
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    The NASTY Stuff came out of the old engine that i just pulled out of the car.

    Scroll up a few posts back, to see pictures of the inside of the newer engine :)
     
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    That's what I thought, just checking... :)
     
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    Just drained the Trans Fluid YUCK!!!
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    So Glad I got some new Juice to put in. "Toyota ATF WS"
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    So much easier to do the trans with the engine out. Ha!
     
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    I'll bet you didn't even have to rain the car did you? :)
     
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    Adding the ATF WS
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    Putting the Engine in
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    Its so easy to work on Gen 3
     
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