Hmmm...
Anyway, got bored, so did a bit of sanding on the cover, think it came out ok. Only annoyance is that I neglected to mask of surrounding areas and there's a bit of scratching where there shouldn't be, which has ticked me off, but alas.
That is all ;)
Also note the braided CT9 oil feed/return hoses loosely in position (they're a bit long unfortunately, but shouldn't prove problematic), and also, the new fitting on the turbocharger side:
Yeah, that was terrible.
Anyway, what to say, other than the engine is by and large, built! Yesterday was all about the timing, and as such, that has been done, with the timing belt installed, timing checked (slightly out on the camshaft but I'm hoping still witihin reason!), and I also got the alternator bracket and intake manifold on.
I also installed the pretty, polished & flowed throttlebody I purchased a while ago, one of the few modifications going in on this engine from the outgoing. 
So what is left now? Well...
- Need to receive the flywheel, which will allow me to install it and the clutch onto the engine
- Change the clutch release bearing on the gearbox
- Once the above is done, combine the gearbox and engine
- Receive the banjo bolt for the turbo oil feed
- Remove old engine
- Swap alternator, starter, thermostat housing, IACV valve, TPS, distributor, onto new engine
- Install new engine (after retrieving engine mount from Monsieur Mark)
- Mount CT9b turbo onto manifold and downpipe, and install
- Replace exhaust-downpipe studs
And that should be, it'll be complete!! So, yes, I'm so nearly there I can almost taste it...though, I'm not sure I want to taste grimey, oily engine..
...is unusually productive! Further beavering away ot the engine resulted in me getting the water pump installed on the block, oil filter housing as well...and most importantly, the cylinder on and installed!!
I have also managed to install the camshafts (although I think I may have slightly messed up the torquing sequence for the camshafts, I hope its ok). So...yeah, this really is the home stretch! Tomorrow I will start getting down to setting the base timing on the engine and getting round to installing the remaining ancillaries, after which I can bring the engine down, and on receipt of a spare flywheel, get it installed to the gearbox!
Oh, also, another update for tomorrow, I'll just say - Think Pink!
I'm sure I could hear this grand song in the background, as, with the clearing of the snow, postal worker after postal worker came to my house to deliver 2 Packages!
Hey, its better than nothing! I was gladly surprised however, as one of the packages was from Toyota, which meant I finally got the Oil Pressure Regulator bolt on, torqued, and the sump is finally on!! Christ this must be the slowest Overhaul...
I also received the braided CT9 oil feed/return kit, which seems to be quite well made, and I cannot wait to reap the benefits of its FAR superior manageability - to hell with that solid oil feed line, forever, mnwaahah! (If I jynxed it, again, damn me!)
So now its the home stretch really - soldier on, get ancillaries all bolted on, get the head assembly on, then bring the engine down and get the ensemble bolted to the gearbox...and then, IN the car!! Woo!
Or so I'd hope
After an extravagantly moderate break in Saudi Arabia, I return to lovely, sunny, wonderful, glorious Britain.
Then I woke up and realised it was freezing cold, had a flat battery, and eBay and RAC stole my money. Nevermind. Set straight back to work on the engine, which resulted in a snapped Oil relief valve (though fortunately the snapped-off thread was easy to remove)...cold 1, me; bagel. Fortunately I did get the oil pickup, rear crankshaft seal and oil pump with largely no issues. Now all that's holding me back is a new relief valve and getting the sump back before I can re-attach the sump!
Well, unfortunately, that's where all progress stops - the sump has only JUST been finished off after being with the garage for about 4 weeks now, and I've ordered quite a few items necessary to progressing further, but due to the weather I am having to grate through a type of, lucid comatose state of boredom, whilst I wait for the local couriers to brave my snowy hill! The fact that the car battery is completely dead is also cause for much boredom :(.
However, where there's a will there's a way! I should hopefully get more and more items shortly, need to order one last batch of items from Toyota, and that should be everything needed to finish this 4E-FTE! So, yeah, updates soon, I should hope unless I have jynxed it in which case, damn me!
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