Cylinder head teardown question
 

can someone tell me what in the world this is. on the left is the bucket for the valve and the ring was under the bucket. not every bucket had this and keep in mind i didnt even remove the valves yet

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Cylinder head teardown question
 

Hi! - Questions : Can you let us know what engine this refers to ? ,How long has this engine been running like this ? what the rings made of ? , and are the rings the same width ? .

7mge, and its a thick metal. really like a thick washer and im in the process of rebuilding. they are all the same size and everything

cylinder head teardown question
 

Hi again , I found this on the Mk3 TRSM website for the 7M-GE:

http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Librar...aspx?S=EM&P=32

This looks like a shim ? , not sure , only worked on my 7MGTE , hope it helps . The adjusting shims should be between the cam and top of the bucket , never seen these rings on any engine before .

See : http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Librar...aspx?S=EM&P=10 for position .

ive been looking at this for awhile. the shims are on top of the bucket. and there is nothing on this page that suggest what this is

cylinder head question
 

I'm lost ! do you think the previous owner put them there ? cannot think of any reason for them , Question? out of interest ? -why are you overhauling the head ? .

http://www.cygnusx1.net/Supra/Librar...spx?F=1302&P=1

Those are the washers for the head bolts.

Yup! Man, if I had a nickel for every time I found those just shoved in some other location by an ignorant owner/mechanic.... well, I'd have about $.50 but nonetheless that's $.50 too much.

OMFG WOW lol i did not even think this kid before me got this far in effing up my car. unplugged sensors, cut wires and bad wiring, removing the brackets to remove the engine (real pain getting it out the way i did) you think that made a different in performance??

Im rebuilding the bottom end because of spun rod bearing, shown in the link at the bottom, and im getting everything cleaned and resurfaced and going most of the work brings the price down

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