Hello and what a nice day,

i have been refitting my head over the weekend and i appear to have a problem.

i have re-seated all the valves ready for the head going back on but i noticed i don't seem to have any spring seat shims.

It is common practice for the valve spring to be seated on a steel shim (between the spring and head).

i DON'T seem to have any? they are shown in the tech manuals i have for the st185.

I don't remember removing any and if i had they would be in the bags containing each valve,spring,retainer,shim and collets.

This seems a bit odd. should there be some on this head?

if so does anyone have a spare set or a Mr T part number so i can order some more?

Better have a look through my bench at work in case i put them in my cam trays or in their own bag.

The car has been apart before and i have the bag of "SPARE" parts to prove it..LOL.

Cheers

Sean

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1990 JDM ST185 Grey.
ST205 head gasket.
ARP head bolts.
ST205 Koyo Rad. (almost)
Front mount intercooler.
Colder plugs.
3" decat pipe.
4 Branch manifold.
Nitrous Oxide Steroids for Cars!

ive taken my 185 head apart in the shed and the only shim on the valve train is the shim over bucket!

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Sprint ST165 aka "The 500BHP Sledgehammer" #6 in the Toyota Sprint Series. GT3071 1.9bar

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13734-88361 (subs) 13734-88460: seat, valve spring

is that what you are looking for?? sorry can't work out how to attach a pic from the EPC

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ST165 turbo 4WD
ST185 GT-FOUR RC Carlos Sainz Limited Edition 825•5000
ST185 turbo 4WD Carlos Sainz Limited Edition 2541•5000

the part i am thinking of is a very thin steel almost washer which generally sticks to the head and doesn't really notice.

they are shown in the manual i have for the gt4 (alltrac)

i'll check my MR2 data and post a picture.

Gary this is the little bit spring seat

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1990 JDM ST185 Grey.
ST205 head gasket.
ARP head bolts.
ST205 Koyo Rad. (almost)
Front mount intercooler.
Colder plugs.
3" decat pipe.
4 Branch manifold.
Nitrous Oxide Steroids for Cars!

okay the spring seat is listed in my 1990 alltrac manual.

my 1991 celica manual doesn't show it.

and it is listed in my 1991 MR2 Turbo manual.

Gary thats the wrong page mate you want em41 but yes that is the part.

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1990 JDM ST185 Grey.
ST205 head gasket.
ARP head bolts.
ST205 Koyo Rad. (almost)
Front mount intercooler.
Colder plugs.
3" decat pipe.
4 Branch manifold.
Nitrous Oxide Steroids for Cars!

i can confirm that above part number relates to the mentioned spring seat in the BGB.

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ST165 turbo 4WD
ST185 GT-FOUR RC Carlos Sainz Limited Edition 825•5000
ST185 turbo 4WD Carlos Sainz Limited Edition 2541•5000

the 88460 number?

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1990 JDM ST185 Grey.
ST205 head gasket.
ARP head bolts.
ST205 Koyo Rad. (almost)
Front mount intercooler.
Colder plugs.
3" decat pipe.
4 Branch manifold.
Nitrous Oxide Steroids for Cars!

I just took my gen 2 head apart, I don't remember seeing any spring seats either? I'll double check later though...

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"The gene pool could use a little chlorine..."

Thanks for the numbers Gary.

ordered them from MrT on Monday afternoon and got them Wednesday afternoon. Grand total was 11 quid so no real biggy.

fitted the valves back in Wednesday night.

Cheers

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1990 JDM ST185 Grey.
ST205 head gasket.
ARP head bolts.
ST205 Koyo Rad. (almost)
Front mount intercooler.
Colder plugs.
3" decat pipe.
4 Branch manifold.
Nitrous Oxide Steroids for Cars!

all the 185 engines i had apart run steel valve spring seats.

So does mine now jon...so the old ones will turn up 2 day some where

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1990 JDM ST185 Grey.
ST205 head gasket.
ARP head bolts.
ST205 Koyo Rad. (almost)
Front mount intercooler.
Colder plugs.
3" decat pipe.
4 Branch manifold.
Nitrous Oxide Steroids for Cars!