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Posted by: aveale Apr 13 2005, 01:04 PM

Is there a medal/patch/diploma/sticker/frisbee that you get after your first engine drop?

If so [B]send one over[SIZE=1] cause I did it!!!!!!

Question - is it alot harder to put the bugger back in?

Thanx for the hand-holding!!

T

Posted by: tat2dphreak Apr 13 2005, 01:25 PM

no, you just get the personal satisfaction of saying "I did that, yo!"

I think it's easier to put one back in, than take one out...

we're here for the hand holding...

Posted by: ArtechnikA Apr 13 2005, 01:33 PM

QUOTE (aveale @ Apr 13 2005, 02:04 PM)
Question - is it alot harder to put the bugger back in?

no - you just roll the car over onto its roof and the engine drops right in.

seriously - congratulations.

on the way out, your engine will have a way of reminding you if you forgot to disconnect something. it will have ways of reminding you if you forget to *re-*connect something too - especially if it's something like an oil line...

just keep chanting the famous Clymer mantra: "installation is the reverse of removal."

Posted by: vsg914 Apr 13 2005, 01:37 PM

I just drink another beer when its out, and have a cigar when it fires back up.

Posted by: Root_Werks Apr 13 2005, 01:41 PM

QUOTE (ArtechnikA @ Apr 13 2005, 11:33 AM)
on the way out, your engine will have a way of reminding you if you forgot to disconnect something. it will have ways of reminding you if you forget to *re-*connect something too - especially if it's something like an oil line...

Ground strap on the trans Those suckers would hold up the whole car!

Posted by: davep Apr 13 2005, 02:09 PM

QUOTE (aveale @ Apr 13 2005, 11:04 AM)
Is there a medal/patch/diploma/sticker/frisbee that you get after your first engine drop?

Yeah, you get a "BTDT 914 engine drop" certificate. Installation is just about as easy.

Posted by: Rand Apr 13 2005, 03:07 PM

aveale: Kudos! Props for taking the plunge! The virutal cirtificate is yours. Way to go. There's plenty of support around here for the next steps.

Posted by: nebreitling Apr 13 2005, 03:25 PM

congrats!

i think it's a little harder to put back in, just because you have to line everything up correctly. still a one-person job if you're carefull and take your time...

good work

Posted by: Travis Neff Apr 13 2005, 03:38 PM

The key is beer, the more you drink - well taking it out seems a little scary, but enough beer and you won't remember it even going back in. Then figuring out the next day that you put it in backwards or upside down

Posted by: Thomas J Bliznik Apr 13 2005, 03:40 PM

The problem with putting the engine back, is your memory goes bad after 5-yrs. Where do all these hookups go???? Make it a 1-yr project.

Tom

Posted by: Bruce Allert Apr 13 2005, 03:55 PM

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vsg914 Posted on Apr 13 2005, 12:37 PM
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I just drink another beer when its out, and have a cigar when it fires back up.

Ah-yup

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Travis Neff Posted on Apr 13 2005, 02:38 PM
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The key is beer, the more you drink

A-yup again I remember my first time. Man, what a feeling of accomplishment... especially when it started

Good Job Buddy

....b

Posted by: Root_Werks Apr 13 2005, 04:02 PM

QUOTE (Thomas J Bliznik @ Apr 13 2005, 01:40 PM)
The problem with putting the engine back, is your memory goes bad after 5-yrs. Where do all these hookups go???? Make it a 1-yr project.

Tom

Or "This engine shelf thing doesn't look that hard to replace."

"If I replace that, then I will want to paint the engine bay,,,,,, pull the wiring loom, fuel lines, weatherstripping...." It never ends!

Posted by: jr91472 Apr 13 2005, 06:34 PM

YO bud!!! good to hear from ya!!

Congrats on the pull

my experience has been that most things on these cars are easier than you think it will be. so just keep going.

The only danger you are in now is getting the car off jack stands before next winter. One thing just keeps leading to another.

later