2nd 3sgte engine tearing it down and putting it back together, the good the bad... the ugly? Options

[garin]

so as manny and mr. thoma know i was getting a paint quote on sunday. on my way home my celica shut off and will not start again. timing belt is good. cams look fine. i have no compression in one cylinder. smells burnt im gonna guess bad pisons/rings until i pull it all apart. i am planning on pulling my engine out. i have another lomg block on a stand that i want to rebuild. i am curious as to what engine gasket overhaul kits are a go and which ones are... not so much. i work at a toyota dealership and i understand you get what you pay for, but dont really wanna take a mortgage out to rebuild an engine. couldn't find anything from beck arnley... just looking for thoughts on kits that are good. words of wisdom are welcomed too. please and thank you.

This post has been edited by garin: Jul 18, 2013 - 8:40 PM

[presure2]

dont go aftermarket.
oem is the way to go for a gasket kit.

[garin]

I'm grabbing my jdm vin plate and taking it in tomorrow. Oem is looking like the answer.
Beck arnley used to do oem strapped gaskets back in the day...

[lagos]

Your jdm vin won't do you any good as microcat can't read jdm vins. Just tell the guys in your parts department to look under 90 Celica, and filter the chassis for ST185. All of the parts are the same as what came in the Celica Alltrac.

Sadly aftermarket gasket sets suck for Toyotas because they try to replace half the stuff with paper gaskets that fail after just a few months.

You probably don't need a whole gasket set besides the head gasket. Joe and I replaced most of the stuff with OEM gaskets. You should also be able to reuse the timing belt as its also OEM and was done by us just a few years ago.

This post has been edited by lagos: Jul 16, 2013 - 10:02 PM

[garin]

i have another long block im gonna use. i figured the jdm vin would do much, but the parts guy at my dealership insists he have a vin.

[lagos]

He doesn't need the vin. I worked for over a year at a toyota parts department. Just tell him to filter by car and by chasis.

Sometimes you need a vin because 5 different versions of the same part will pop up, but thats not the case with the alltrac. Tell him to learn how to use microcat and stop being lazy.

This post has been edited by lagos: Jul 16, 2013 - 10:13 PM

[Syaoran]

Hope my crappy paper gaskets don't take a **** in a few months

[lagos]

Hope my crappy paper gaskets don't take a **** in a few months

They will. Especially the oil pan one.

[Syaoran]

Hope my crappy paper gaskets don't take a **** in a few months

They will. Especially the oil pan one.

God help us all

[garin]

i went with a toyota engine gasket kit, water pump, timing belt, and components. taking out the 1991 3sgte and putting in a 1993 3sgte.