you could probably acquire another 4k for less than the price toyota would want for a set of headbolts.

i have priced them. you can.

Hey guys

Thanks for your help. I'll go hide in my noob shell and read the manual :unsure: But seriously I'll go do some reading, my explaining skills are very poor. and I'll buy an engine lol.

Thanks

Troy

the socket you used, is it a 6 or 12 point?

 

depending on how bad they are... sometimes you can clean up a rounded bolt head a bit and then get them out with a good 6 point socket. or maybe even a metrinch socket as they put the force on the flats of the bolt head hex, not the corners.

I used a 12 point. This might turn out to be a good thing....get the 4k out and actually put some $$ in for a conversion.

Thanks

Troy

Before you go all out on a new motor, give it a chance by using a 6 point socket, so it can get a grip on the bolt head some more. No point wasting the whole 4k when you didn't even bother trying something different... And I think that if it were to be metric it would be a 14mm, is it 9/16 Imperial that you are using? Or maybe your socket is f@$ked?

 

Cheers,

Dan.

Another option are Metrinch sockets. They grip on the flats, not on the edges. I've got some really trashed bolts out with metrinch sockets.

 

R

Sweet I'll give it a try. See that's the thing, with the 9/16 I tried it didn't fit =) So I tried the 14mm so I'm going to assume they may have been replaced :(? Going to get some multi grips on to it.

Thanks

Troy

Noooo... not the Multigrips!!!

 

9/16 and 14 mm are almost the same, did you try 11/16 or 15mm or?