I removed the engine from my 92 Montero the other day to do a full rebuild. It's got 185k miles, a rod knock and what I'd guess is a collapsed/failed HLA (or 2, or 5..)

Anyway, it's going to get a rebuild. Are there any tips or tricks to improving the engine? I saw in a post below that some of the engines (I think it was about a 3.5l 24v) can use the HLAs from a later Diamante or something.

I am planning a stock rebuild, but if there are later parts that are an improvement and don't take lots of specialty machining, I'd be in for trying them.

Thanks!

Last edited by 4runnerpilot; 06/04/09 12:07 AM.
88 Trooper, 2.6 5spd
89 Trooper RS
92 Montero