Fixing a rattling Landcruiser engine 

Glad we could be helpful

Even better, a large magnetic tool tray!👍

The adjustable spanner is to hold the bridge cos without it you can dislodge the valve collets

The adjustable spanner isn't just a "tip", it's the procedure given in the FSM.

Hammer it until valves are nice and tight again 😂

Official Toyota service docs state top dead centre. Although to be fair the timing mark is off to the left at around 10pm (if it was a clock)

TDC is the mark at about 10 O'clock if I remember correctly. The timing mark at 12 O'clock serves another use. When setting your valves, the important thing is to check that the rocker is sitting on the round part of the cam, not a lobe. Keep turning the engine and move down the engine setting the valves as you go checking the rocker is on the round part of the cam each time.

Mine (415,000km) was out of spec too .. until a month ago. Good for those 6 people that they at least bothered to check.

It's a bit of a mission to check, I'm not surprised most people don't bother 😂

@@vPerformance "most people don't bother" and that's exactly the point about used vehicles that look all tidy and polished on the outside but the oily bits get neglected.

Two points here. Have they had their engine from new? If they have had it properly serviced, this will have been done at scheduled intervals. Two, if they have bought the vehicle 100'000 km before, it may have been done then.

Not really, it is a 24 valve. If you look, one rocker transfers it's force onto two valves via the part you mentioned. It is actually a piece of wonderful Japanese engineering. (Please remember this originally was a 12 valve design.)

Really? Well as a diesel mechanic of 30 years experience myself, with one of these engines powering my 79 series work truck, i think the design is awesome and the engine dessign overall is legendary.

@@i-am-that-what-i-am it is actually im just mumbling.