Can This Rusty Lexus Engine Be Saved?

In this video, watch as I attempt to revive a legendary Japanese sedan that was destined for the junkyard. Find out if it was worth the effort! I put all my skills to the test to start the car. Idler pulley for serpentine belt: https://amzn.to/3PIq02m Idler pulley #2: https://amzn.to/3PFxvXB Serpentine belt tensioner assembly: https://amzn.to/40jz9Dj Buying the car:    • We Drove Hours For This Mystery Car Find!   Borescope and checking the junkyard engine:    • Can You Fix This Engine With Just One Tool?   Part 1    • Goodbye to My SUPERCHARGED ISF Reveals Hid...   Part 2    • LS400 Engine Disaster After 175,000 Miles!   breaking down the broken engine Part 3 This video: Timing belt problems, installation, dropping the engine in Part 4    • Will This Lexus LS400 Finally Start After ...   Will the car start? 0:00 Why Amazon and Ebay timing belt kits are terrible 1:00 Contents and initial quality of the ebay amazon timing belt kit 1UZFE B 3:40 First steps, disassemble old timing belt components 4:15 Removing the timing belt tensioner assembly and pulley 4:59 Removing the hydraulic tensioner 6:25 Removing the timing belt idler pulley 8:35 Timing belt inspection, cracks, problems 9:30 Crank timing belt sprocket removal 9:55 Water pump OEM gasket and paper aftermarket gasket comparison 10:46 Water outlet thermostat housing beginning of removal 11:50 Bolt type wheel puller set to remove the crankshaft sprocket 12:42 Pulling the crankshaft sprocket off of the crank, inspecting the crank seal 14:15 Camshaft oil seal leakage or not? 14:45 Removing the old crankshaft seal 16:10 Imitation crankshaft seal inspection and epic failure 17:10 Wasting time trying to install a seal that doesn't fit and is too small 20:19 Crank seal is absolute garbage 22:10 Gave up on the crank seal, moving on to the water pump removal, taking out the bolts and nut 23:10 Water pump is stuck on the crossover water pipe. Everything is stuck 25:56 Pry bar needed to deal with the stuck water pump, popping the pump off 26:56 Inspecting the factory OEM water pump original gasket 29:50 Factory Toyota parts have arrived. Inspecting new rear main seal, transmission dowel pins, crank seal, water pump crossover o-ring, water pump gasket 31:50 Inspecting the $15 aftermarket motor mounts 32:25 OEM crank seal installation, perfect fit. Use an extension to tap into place 34:45 OEM water pump gasket installation 35:25 Water pump bypass pipe o-ring installation 36:05 Water pump bolts, aftermarket no good. OEM are aluminum and should be replaced 36:38 Water pump installation 37:45 Factory Service Manual process. Step 1 Tensioner pulley installation. Aftermarket assembly tolerance is too tight 39:20 Torque specs for tensioner pulley 39:59 Number 2 idler pulley torque specs 40:50 Water pump assembly torque specs 43:19 Install the crankshaft sprocket pulley 44:34 Number 1 idler pulley with loctite, puller bracket doesn't move smoothly 45:18 Temporarily install timing belt, our timing belt doesn't have any alignment marks 46:00 Where the crank and cams need to be aligned to be in sync and TDC 47:15 Install the timing belt over the crank sprocket and camshaft gears 52:52 Install the lower timing belt cover 53:20 Crank pulley installed and lined up at TDC 54:28 Install the drive belt tensioner and torque to spec 55:13 Install the alternator 55:30 Removing the bad belt tensioner pulley, bearing noise 56:45 What's the part number of this bearing? 57:32 The problems begin . Setting the timing with a belt that has no alignment marks 59:47 We are off by a tooth or two 1:02:15 Timing belt is finally on, complete, and in sync 1:02:40 Why this kit sucks and why OEM timing belt is key in this process 1:04:40 Regrets and wishing I had spent the money on OEM parts 1:07:07 Pulling the timing belt tensioner pin to enable it 1:07:56 Crank pulley holder tool to torque the crank bolt 1:09:26 Installing the fan bracket 1:11:18 Install the Number 2 timing belt cover 1:12:16 RH Number 3 timing belt cover installation 1:13:05 LH Number 3 Timing cover installation, cam sensor wiring and grommet 1:14:20 Water outlet and thermostat housing installation, gasket or RTV? 1:18:12 Install drive belt idler pulley, fan pulley, drive belt and final steps. 1:19:38 Removing the engine from the stand, final overview of the entire motor and what was done to this point 1:21:37 Rear main seal, broken transmission bolt, rear engine dowels to align transmission 1:24:50 12x1.25 and 10x1.25 transmission holes. Chase out all your threads before installing the transmission 1:26:41 Installing the rear dowel pins 1:27:50 Attempting to extract a broken transmission bolt 1:37:15 Installing the ring gear, flywheel, spacers in the correct order 1:41:35 Aligning the transmission to the engine and mating them together. 1:45:05 Do not crack your transmission oil pump. Very important to spin the torque converter to seat it before tightening the transmission bolts 1:46:55 Using the Toyota forklift to install the engine. Tight fit!