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Engine assembly and installation

I assembled it in reverse order.

Several unpleasant moments were caused by the lower levers with old ball joints and bushings.
I had to go to my garage at night and use a powerful hydraulic press (apparently for pressing different bearings and shafts under factory conditions) and my original Toyota press plates solved this issue brilliantly.

As if it was a fart — easily and effortlessly, the job is done with the press in 25-30 minutes.
Note that until I put the J under the hood, I did not fully tighten the lower levers' bolts and caster rods – ONLY AFTER THE FULL LOADING OF THE FRONT AXLE.</b>
Then I installed the lowered Teins back where the stock ones were. The cartridges turned out to be completely intact — very surprised by their performance.
The original piston rod bellows worked for only 2 years but are still in perfect condition. Bumpers as new. Struts' bases — RBI duplicates will soon ask to change them to originals (guys, don't put this crap, I swear it's a piece of junk).

Here it is, now in place.
The procedure for placing the heart involved a lack of experience with this task.
This huge part refused to tilt its gearbox tail towards the tunnel drive shaft.

Those involved did not give up and the engine finally found its place.

Checking the drive shaft showed that the choice of A34x front part and A42x rear (all from an 8th generation car) was correct.

The suspension swap also went smoothly. Unscrewing the bolt with a control washer, I removed the flange and the mount from the 42nd gear box.
Then I installed them on the 34th front part.
Removing the flange was done using a powerful three-jaw puller by USSR (very impressive puller, so fierce and military, it beats wheel hubs off stubs like a press ))) ).

Digression.
Generally speaking, developed (by all garage art standards) tools allow you to create miracles.
A couple of years ago I couldn't even imagine that I would be able to deal with the car THIS way.
And this brings pleasure. (We'll do it again, a little bit ))) ) Toyota's tools have shown themselves to be wonderful.
Everything really works. Tubular wrenches and sockets work perfectly — not a single fitting is bent, not one bolt's splines are stripped.
The spacers pressed out the lower ball joints, mounted the suspension bushings on the lower lever and pull rod-caster. Not for a moment did I regret buying them.
According to the manufacturer's philosophy and auto repair manual, I have long since found myself a hobby. I speak very sincerely.

Bushes.
The original GX-81 were torn apart, the rubber pads from the new engine were also damaged (frustratingly, I was not prepared for this moment). Based on this, the motor was not placed on the mounts but only laid on pieces of the old ones. Shortly after I will buy the necessary parts and fix them in their places in my garage.

Engine mounts.
This is a separate debate. The theory with the rotation of mounts from 9th generation cars looks very convincing.
But... on the 10th generation block, when installing mounts from JZX90 backwards, only three out of four fixing bolts fit properly.
Therefore, my JZX81 frame perfectly fits the mount and base from the X10 with cushions and that's it.
The shift relative to the radiator is such that the viscous coupling is removed and fans are put in place.

After placing the engine on its place, I hung all my weight on the stabilizer and rolled the car back and forth for 40-50 cm. Then just tightened the suspension.

This visit to the welcoming swap garage (the second one by count) ended (Igor, Timur, Head of Igor's family, a big respect to you guys!).
For the third time I packed all my belongings in the trunk and left on a tow with a very intelligent Suzuki Vitara XL7 (Misha, thanks! ) for my home garage.
There will be a pre-assembly, motor connection and start-up.

Continuation follows.

BTW, the final parts of the manual will be released as the work progresses. Currently there's an enforced break due to weather outside, money issues, and lack of light in the garage…
Thanks to everyone.