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Re-building the 7M
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Wed, 17 November 2004 12:11
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Would anyone know of any workshops in Sydney that would do a basic rebuild on a 7M-GE engine for about $1,000?
Thanks
~wolf~
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Bayside Melbourne.
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May 2003
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Wed, 17 November 2004 14:00
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For a grand!!! That would be stretching it wouldn't it? I paid $3500... about the same cost as a reconditioned 7M.
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Location:
Hills, Sydney
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June 2004
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Thu, 18 November 2004 01:56
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 damn!
My 7M makes a bit of a strong rumble when starting up, but in general runs fairly smooth... Do you think that with a full service and new clutch plate the car would be good for a 10 hour trip to gold coast, and 10 hours back?
The car has done 182,000km.
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I Supported Toymods
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melbourne.vic.au
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May 2002
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Thu, 18 November 2004 09:33
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| wolf wrote on Thu, 18 November 2004 12:56 |
...The car has done 182,000km.
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wolf,
My MA61 with it's 5M done 140,000kms before it did it's original headgasket, and ever since then it has done 170,000kms spent 10G and have already done 3 other headgaskets and 1 complete rebuild (Last time around).
I wouldn't drive my MA61 with a blown headgasket as I didn't want to cause too much trouble damage. In my situation, I didn't 
Cheers.
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I supported Toymods
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Perth
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May 2002
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Brisbane
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May 2002
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Sat, 20 November 2004 00:50
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| justcallmefrank wrote on Thu, 18 November 2004 20:36 |
You should have, any hopefully the 5ME wouldn't suffered some permanent damage.
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hopefully it WOULD have suffered permanent damage!!!!
Cheers
Wilbo
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Australia
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October 2004
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Thu, 09 December 2004 09:21
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| wolf wrote on Wed, 17 November 2004 23:11 |
Would anyone know of any workshops in Sydney that would do a basic rebuild on a 7M-GE engine for about $1,000?
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I have just got a quote to install a fully reconditioned7MGE into an 89 Cressida for $4020 (Repco). Engine alone, no instalation is $3560. Local Toyoto dealer wants over $5000 to rebuild present engine - BHG.
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Brisbane
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June 2003
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Fri, 10 December 2004 10:51
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christ...i rebuilt my motor with a NEW fully rebuilt head for $2300....
Thats using all Genuine toyota VRS kit..the whole lot replacing gaskets and bolts etc throughout...
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Australia
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October 2004
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Sat, 11 December 2004 03:35
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| V8_MA61 wrote on Fri, 10 December 2004 21:51 |
christ...i rebuilt my motor with a NEW fully rebuilt head for $2300....
Thats using all Genuine toyota VRS kit..the whole lot replacing gaskets and bolts etc throughout...
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Wish I had your skills.
It gets better. The Toyota dealer rang me yesterday with the official quote to supply 2nd hand head (didn't know if it had been rebuilt or just inspected) and rebuild the bottom end for me and install it - $5,600.00 (no warranty). Then he says his brother would like to buy the car from me with the bad engine - maybe an ulterior motive I have booked the tow truck to take the car to Repco's work shop and have the fully reconditioned engine installed with a 12 month warranty for $4020.
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Brisbane
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June 2003
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Sat, 11 December 2004 07:56
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have you tried workshops around town at all? I mean a head should cost no more than $1000 rebuilt fully...
And the rest certainly isnt worth 3000 to do...
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Brisbane
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October 2002
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Sun, 12 December 2004 10:09
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call redlands engines or redhill engines in brissie, they do 7M's all the time and have them in stock all the time.
33903566
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Hills, Sydney
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June 2004
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Mon, 13 December 2004 10:33
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Sweet, thanks! 
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Brisbane
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October 2002
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Mon, 13 December 2004 13:04
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i actually work for redlands engines, i asked the boss today, we have 7MGE's in stock, $2300 full retail.
where r u BTW
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Australia
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Sun, 09 January 2005 08:17
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| Mr DOHC wrote on Tue, 14 December 2004 00:04 |
i actually work for redlands engines, i asked the boss today, we have 7MGE's in stock, $2300 full retail.
where r u BTW
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Actually, I'm in Newcastle, so I guess it was a bit far anyway. The $2300 full retail is for a 2nd hand unreconditioned motor I guess. My bill ended up running.
Remove head and diagnose problem - $ 420.00
New reconditioned motor installed - $4020.00
Water pump, new hoses, fan belts, filters and spark plugs - $ 800.00
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Total $5240.00
Frightening isn't it.
I've also spent over $300 on the power steering and $125.00 on the automatic just before this happened. All up about $5650.00. Hopefully nothing else will go wrong!
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Brisbane
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July 2002
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Sun, 09 January 2005 08:56
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| dixie wrote on Sun, 09 January 2005 19:17 |
| Mr DOHC wrote on Tue, 14 December 2004 00:04 |
i actually work for redlands engines, i asked the boss today, we have 7MGE's in stock, $2300 full retail.
where r u BTW
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Actually, I'm in Newcastle, so I guess it was a bit far anyway. The $2300 full retail is for a 2nd hand unreconditioned motor I guess. My bill ended up running.
Remove head and diagnose problem - $ 420.00
New reconditioned motor installed - $4020.00
Water pump, new hoses, fan belts, filters and spark plugs - $ 800.00
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Total $5240.00
Frightening isn't it.
I've also spent over $300 on the power steering and $125.00 on the automatic just before this happened. All up about $5650.00. Hopefully nothing else will go wrong!
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5650 and at the end of the day you still have a stock 7m-ge... hmm
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Brisbane
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October 2002
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Sun, 09 January 2005 23:40
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| dixie wrote on Sun, 09 January 2005 18:17 |
| Mr DOHC wrote on Tue, 14 December 2004 00:04 |
i actually work for redlands engines, i asked the boss today, we have 7MGE's in stock, $2300 full retail.
where r u BTW
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Actually, I'm in Newcastle, so I guess it was a bit far anyway. The $2300 full retail is for a 2nd hand unreconditioned motor I guess. My bill ended up running.
Remove head and diagnose problem - $ 420.00
New reconditioned motor installed - $4020.00
Water pump, new hoses, fan belts, filters and spark plugs - $ 800.00
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Total $5240.00
Frightening isn't it.
I've also spent over $300 on the power steering and $125.00 on the automatic just before this happened. All up about $5650.00. Hopefully nothing else will go wrong!
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try again, $2300 is for a fully reconditioned exchange 7MGE, they made a nice profit off u , u'd think if u paid them all that money they wouldnt charge u for the diagnosis fee. 
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Adelaide
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September 2003
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Sun, 09 January 2005 23:53
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| dixie wrote on Sun, 09 January 2005 18:47 |
| Mr DOHC wrote on Tue, 14 December 2004 00:04 |
i actually work for redlands engines, i asked the boss today, we have 7MGE's in stock, $2300 full retail.
where r u BTW
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Actually, I'm in Newcastle, so I guess it was a bit far anyway. The $2300 full retail is for a 2nd hand unreconditioned motor I guess. My bill ended up running.
Remove head and diagnose problem - $ 420.00
New reconditioned motor installed - $4020.00
Water pump, new hoses, fan belts, filters and spark plugs - $ 800.00
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Total $5240.00
Frightening isn't it.
I've also spent over $300 on the power steering and $125.00 on the automatic just before this happened. All up about $5650.00. Hopefully nothing else will go wrong!
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All I can say is that you were ripped off bigtime.
Never go back to them again  
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Australia
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October 2004
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Sat, 15 January 2005 04:49
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try again, $2300 is for a fully reconditioned exchange 7MGE, they made a nice profit off u , u'd think if u paid them all that money they wouldnt charge u for the diagnosis fee.
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Now I'm really angry because it turned out to be a Redlands engine anyway. The price I was quoted (by Repco who supposedly organised the engine) was $3650 for the engine itself and $4020 installed. When I accepted, they passed me over to another mob who did the installation. They then told me I needed a new water pump and all the hoses and belts should be replaced. Extra $820. The $420 for the diagnosis was actually by a Toyota dealer and I had the car towed to this place from there to have the job done.
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Australia
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October 2004
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Sat, 15 January 2005 04:51
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All I can say is that you were ripped off bigtime.
Never go back to them again
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You're not kidding. I must be the soft touch of the year. I was going to go back and have them do the first oilchange, but they can forget it now.
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Location:
Brisbane
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October 2002
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Sat, 15 January 2005 13:12
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if u go elsewhere for the oil change make sure u are within their 100-1000k range {or what ever it is} and get it documented or they can tell u to get stuffed when it dies
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Australia
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October 2004
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Re: Re-building the 7M
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Wed, 19 January 2005 05:38
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Sounds like I'd better get the first service there. They said it'd be around $80.00 which, for an oil and filter changes sounds a bit rich to me.
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