While the motor was on the stand I wanted to do as much preventative maintenance on it as possible. So I did a bit of research and found that 3S-GTE water pumps were interchangeable, and that the rear main seals and front crank seal were also available in America. Ideally I would like to have changed the camshaft seals and the hydraulic idler as well but those parts are not available here. I started with removing the timing belt, and then compared it to the 3S-GTE belt I had picked up in hopes that the belts where the same, unfortunately that was not the case, the Beams belt was a good two inches shorter. I was in a bit of a hurry so I didnt get as many pictures as I should have, but here is the front of the block:



I guess I will have to order a HKS or Toda timing belt, not really a fan of reusing stuff like that. After I got the belt off I started with the water pump. The first pic is the old pump on, the second and third are the O.E. pump next to the 3S-GTE pump.The fourth is the block with no pump.






Everything actually looked pretty good, but since I had bought the water pump not to long after I bought the motor I put it on anyway. I used the O.E. gasket over the paperish one that came with the new pump because it was made of thick plastic and looked good. Of course I RTV'd it up, lol. Also I didn't realize I had forgot to take a pic of the pump installed.

Next I went to do the rear main seal, which was in a crappy spot on the stand but it wasn't too bad.



This was the first rear main I have ever done, and i was surprised at how easy it was.

..............and with the new seal in..............


So it was time I turned my attention to the front crank seal. In all honesty I did not get this done, because it looks like the oil pump has to be removed. I haven't done any research into oil pump swaps or if i can get a new gasket so I let it be for now. Based off of how good the water pump, rear main and bottom end look it will more than likely be fine.

Next up on my research list is an oil filter and dipstick relocation. These things are on the old hammer head upper pan on my motor. I know that the 3S-GTE and 5S-FE use the area in the picture below that has the odd white circle on it:


Well, with all those things done I had a bit of time left over so I put my new Hawk pads on my daily to get it ready for the autox season lol: