My God Bones, what have I done?, Busted my engine-drop cherry |
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My God Bones, what have I done?, Busted my engine-drop cherry |
mudfoot76 |
Aug 1 2007, 09:56 PM
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Currently teenerless :-( Group: Members Posts: 946 Joined: 18-March 04 From: Carmel, IN Member No.: 1,814 Region Association: None |
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Finally got around to working on the teener again tonight. I was trying to find a local source for the 12 point tool to remove the CV bolts, but ended up getting it from Pelican. One thing their article doesn't mention is that when I pryed the joints apart, these thin metal/cardboard gaskets fell out (in pieces). Is this normal? Once those were apart, we double and triple checked to make sure all the wires, hoses, etc were disconnected. Looks good, so we thought. Place the furniture cart, position everything, slowly lower, unbolt engine and trans mount bolts (those engine bar bolts were a PITA!!!) *plop* Start to try and roll it out, and we notice we forgot to disconnect the flapper wires (D'OH!). OK, 8mm wrench, done. Now the only problem is that our floor jacks cannot lift the car high enough for the carbs (44idf) to fit underneath everything. We tried to rotate the drivetrain around some but no luck. My helpers were my brother and a co-worker, and both of them had to leave at 10pm. We placed jackstands in strategic supporting areas (and left the floorjacks too just to be safe) and they left. I didn't want to do anything else to the car in this state without anyone else around to call for help in the event of an accident so we will resume tomorrow. Either I need to find better floorjacks with higher lift, or the carbs have to be removed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) (or both? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) ) I'll be hosting an engine installation BBQ when it is time to put the mofo back in the car. Aligning the sheetmetal into the rubber gasket, I imagine, will be teh suXXorz, but easier if there are other ppl around who have done this before. |
SGB |
Aug 3 2007, 07:34 AM
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just visiting Group: Members Posts: 4,086 Joined: 8-March 03 From: Huntsville, AL Member No.: 404 Region Association: South East States |
Were temps ever high (maybe blockage in the oil cooler?)
Well, now that you've done it, are you less intimidated by the engine drop process? |
mudfoot76 |
Aug 3 2007, 09:24 AM
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Currently teenerless :-( Group: Members Posts: 946 Joined: 18-March 04 From: Carmel, IN Member No.: 1,814 Region Association: None |
Were temps ever high (maybe blockage in the oil cooler?) Well, now that you've done it, are you less intimidated by the engine drop process? No, oil temps were never abnormal before any of this happened. It was a little scary when I removed the last bolt on the trans mount and the whole thing dropped onto the cart. Otherwise, the only things that concern me is making sure I'll be able to reconnect all the bastardized wiring that all the POs have done. I spent many hours drawing my own diagrams and labeling every wire, so hopefully that means re-intall will be relatively easy. I still think that getting the engine re-aligned with the car will be a PITA, and when that time comes I will host a BBQ. I am strongly considering installing dual CHTs while this is out. That shouldn't be too hard, should it? |
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