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How come there's no transmission guys on this website. I posted a question before but not a single one answered. Can any of you machinist guys ask around to your friends, on who in the US are the best suppliers for Automatic Transmission Rebuild Kits - specifically Japanese stuff, but any stuff...

Thanks for talking sense into me guys to pay for that 2nd piston ring set. It went in fine. I can be a cheap a s s sometimes, but that would have been the dumbest move on earth - to put it all back together with that like that. I think I can say that it was due to frustration that this was...

Bad news is, I don't think Red Line product (that specific one) is available in Toronto. I called around. I'll check the Royal Purple. The strange thing is, this is a 1993 engine, but I think the VG30E was designed pre-1990. It definately has flat tappet lifters and overhead camshafts. Here's a...

Bought new camshaft and lifters for my overhaul. Want to start the car on Sunday or Monday. Basically, what can I do about the break-in for the camshafts and lifters (flat tappet hydraulic type) if I have on hand, only SM rated 5W-30. Will adding 1 bottle of AC Delco Engine Oil Supplement to the...

Ya Anies, the pictures are really good, I've found a website Photobucket where I can host them, but when I link it to this website they get resized to much smaller so I'll put the link to the homepage if people want to see. I'm going to organize it into main folders: BEFORE AFTER I put the...

I suspect the varnish means nothing. I don't have scientific proof, but i'm going to upload some photos of before and after of my overhaul, and you guys can see first hand how after 16 yrs of use on dino Castrol GTX, the varnish is not that bad. Sludge, maybe that's a different issue. If full...

Maybe the thermostat also, if the thermostat is in a horrible location like the maxima, where access is when your doing the timing belt. You may want to pick up the replacement for the crankshaft sprocket plate and harmonic balancer plate if your car has them, cost is like 4 bucks. These are...

Thanks everyone. I did it like Kestas diagram except for the oil rail gaps are 90 degree from the pin hole. Either way I just don't think this is really important considering 60RPM movement, how much they spin, there's no way they stay synchronized. I asked another engine builder and he told me...

Thanks guys, but Ragin, which one will be fine - the way I did it, or the way in the BOLD CAPITAL LETTERS which is not the way I did it.

Picked up my replacement rings set and this pack has a small instruction note. What does this point mean: MAKE SURE EACH RING GAP IS NOT POSITIONED IN LINE WITH PISTON PIN OR THRUST SIDE OF PISTON My other set had no instructions, so I followed my Tom Monroe book on engine building. Here is...

Can someone comment on the procedure I do (I already know the oil change procedure) once I'm ready to drive the car. Someone told me I should go into D2 (Automatic Trans), not D1 or and D (Drive), and drive up to X amount then let foot off gas or something to seat the rings. Basically floor it...

Ya, I just sucked up the cost and ordered it. There's no way I'm going to waste all that money and time on a hundred bucks. The whole overhaul could have been a complete waste if a left it in there. And surely enough, when I removed the oil rail the 2nd time and looked at it, it wasn't round...

Heres a joke for you. Dealer wants $232.09 for the ring set. I paid $28.00 US for the set with the broken ring. I found a set at partsource for $90.00

Good news is I think I can get a new set by TUES, I called Part Source. Question though, it will be OK to use 1 oil ring assembly different brand from the other 5 right? All the other cylinders are done already, and i'd like to avoid re-ringing those again.

When I was installing the piston #3 into the bore with the ring compressor, one of the oil rails from the oil ring caught on the edge and bent out the side. So I removed the rail from the land, and tried to flatten it on a vice, it seems to flatten OK. There's a little nick in the chrome of the...

Thanks guys - I think your suspicion is correct - they are the wrong size even though the intake ones fit fine from the same package. I compared the exhaust ones with the old 16 yr old ones (as in the photo) but they are slightly different size. I called the machine shop that did my work and...

I suspect it could be a worn out drive axle that needs to be replaced. Check the axle boots if they are torn.

http://s398.photobucket.com/albums/pp65/1993-VG30E-GXE/STEM%20SEAL/ click on photo to zoom in.

Bloody site won't let me edit the post above. Here are some spelling mistakes - and details I missed out. Please IGNORE the above post and replace with this one: Question guys, I have 6 backups for the intake valve stem seals. Can I just use those ones on the exhaust side too? The seals I have...

Question guys, I have 6 backups for the intake valve stem seals. Can I just use those ones on the exhaust side too? The seals I have I don't think they can fit, I tried hammering them lightly and it mangled another one. The intake oil seals fit on nicely, and I do notice that the hole for the...