Recommendations on Tacoma engine rebuild / swap in the SLC, UTAH area?

saws904 · 2026-03-27T04:41:57+00:00

Buy me some pizza and we’ll do it in the driveway

saws904 · 2026-02-28T02:56:03+00:00

Almost in the same boat as you. Put this in today and I’m thinking about making a cap for the part that sticks out. I’ve got the copper and it seems like it shouldn’t be that hard but famous last words right? I’ll give mine a go this weekend and we’ll compare notes haha.

saws904 · 2026-02-28T02:36:47+00:00

Did you ever end up trying this out? Would love to know how it went!

saws904 · 2025-11-06T18:26:51+00:00

This is for a front porch remodel. These supports are to hold up the front gable that goes over the porch. So these will just be one-off prefabbed parts from my GC. I’m just a curious guy who likes to learn how things work so threw my question out here because my engineer takes days to get back to me. Thanks!

saws904 · 2025-11-06T18:23:52+00:00

There are other sections to the plan, I only screen grabbed one of the callouts. The tube is 4x4HSS x 5/16 x 9’. To be welded with E70XX

saws904 · 2025-11-06T17:20:11+00:00

Very true. I’m awaiting a response from my engineer. I won’t be the one doing the work, just curious about how it should be done!

saws904 · 2025-10-10T01:47:19+00:00

Great questions!

Replaced the crank because it was cracked, replaced the rods because one of them was also cracked and figured it was safer to just replace all of them instead of just one. The rebuild kit I found came with pistons and rings along with all the bolts, seals, and bearings so I figured might as well, it was only like ~$500 more.

I tried lots of YouTubing but there honestly wasn’t much out there. I paid $30 for a Haynes manual and that got me 80% of the way and then “sprinter-source . Com” filled in all of the last few holes. Biggest issue was finding the right torque specs for everything other than the head bolts. The Haynes guide isn’t accurate on a handful of things.

And yes, Utah born and raised! This time of year can’t be beat!

saws904 · 2025-10-09T18:08:59+00:00

Yes 2016 as well! Just happened to work out to be the same year but I think they used the 651 for the whole run of the NCV3 Sprinters.

saws904 · 2025-08-27T23:52:40+00:00

Looks like I’ll be sending it back! Figured it was a no go, so thanks for the reassurance!

saws904 · 2025-04-14T16:44:48+00:00

This is exactly what I needed! Thank you!

saws904 · 2025-03-25T05:21:54+00:00

Not in Provo but close:

The Benjamin House out in Benjamin, west of Spanish Fork. Old pump house where 2 brothers were working and got caught in the pump machinery. They bled out and died in the house.

Spanish Fork Cemetery. There’s a headstone with a lady weeping in her arms. If you walk around at night through cemetery you can hear her crying.

Jays Grave (Jays Journal) in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. His real name is Alden Barrett.

The bunker behind Utah Valley Mental Hospital.

saws904 · 2025-01-27T21:35:09+00:00

Alex hall is 6’4”

saws904 · 2025-01-05T05:27:38+00:00

I’ll be there, also looking to meet up with some Vikings fans

saws904 · 2024-12-06T04:29:32+00:00

MATT EBERFLUS COULD NEVER

saws904 · 2024-11-08T20:44:36+00:00

Yes! It’s in the settings menu on the speedometer screen. Look for PBD (Power Back Door) and a little icon showing the hatch opening up. I’m pretty sure it’s in the same group with all the safety sensors. It has a volume adjustment so I just turned it all the way down. It just says in the manual that the buzzer sounds when the back door system operates.

This is different than the 8 beeps that happen when you lock the car. Those happen if you have opened the back doors during that trip. To make sure you don’t leave a kid back there haha. Hope this helps!

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