1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

Our three dachshunds. Lucy, Fergie, and Fozzie.

 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C87iWZpvbLz/?igsh=OXdhcGtqZWlueHdn

 

Latest update.. do I cut my losses or try to source new heads

 

they unblocked TW at work

 

I found these online. The mechanic said it's just valves, but my question is how do I know the rings aren't bad too, and didn't get washed down by the misfire?

https://www.eagleeyeenginerebuilder...70lRoblsJymrKi1QrhYQq2lBPsEX-TPr9zgsTqLr5jiq2

 

Also why is LC engineering so ridiculously expensive? This is over twice the price of the other ones I found..

 

get a junkyard 5vz

 

Remind me again what is going on here. I remember vaguely you had the clutch fan fall off, and you got that fixed, and then had the timing belt don't, and it won't start ... Before those two things was it smoking, running terrible?

Also how'd you find this mechanic, was he well regarded, recommend to you, cheapest?

 

He does have a good reputation, and charges a lot less than the fancy shops in town, but he takes a while to get through everything. I'm pretty sure I either overheated it when the fan bracket came off, or burnt the valves when it had the misfire and was dumping fuel. I'm just concerned the rings might be bad too.

 

Those are built heads, they're not just stock replacements. Also LCE is just expensive haha

 

Sometimes you get what you pay for...

You had a misfire yeah? In which cylinder?

 

It said 2, 4, and 6, but it felt like all of them were missing.

My fear is I splurge for new heads, then it turns out the rings are bad, or the bearings are shot.

 

Sounds like one whole head torched/warped. Unfortunate but it started and ran before so while it may still be broken mechanically this isn't why it won't start now. These engines compression test cold like shit in old age anyway.

 

He said it wouldn’t fire up cause it doesn’t have enough compression. Everything else is good. He even put on new crank and cam sensors to see if that’d make a difference. To be fair it barely ran beforehand.

 

You brought it to him running right? I mean running like dogshit but running? I'm sorry but it sounds like he's looking for excuses, it should still run like dogshit after a TB job if it is the compression or he should at least get it to fire on starting fluid... he's missing something

 

Really sucks to hear about the issues going on

 

@Ozark_RegCab

You still got your single cab as your profile background huh

 

I replaced 1 head when I had a burnt valve

 

I mean it doesn’t really matter if it starts up and runs or not. Either way the compression is dog shit and it’s gonna need head work.

 

I have spare 5VZ heads in meh condition that I could send to the machine shop and have install ready

It matters because if ol boy throws this junk back together with new head(s) and still can't get it to fire... well wouldn't you question the rest of his work as well?