After replacing the head gasket twice to no avail and having the head of my engine checked over/resurfaced, I think my engine is done for, thanks in no small part to some excellent overheating from a blown headgasket.
So, I bought a used engine from a guy who just did an M50 swap. I need to find the quickest/easiest way to get mine out and get this newer one in. I'll have jackstands, an engine stand and a small trolley jack, basic hand tools, and I'll be renting an engine hoist.
So far, I think I'm going to go with the following:
- Remove hood, radiator, fan/clutch, AFM/air filter.
- Unbolt exhaust from exhaust manifold.
- Disconnect all wires, coolant hoses to the heater core, back of head, thermostat, radiator; fuel lines to the rail/FPR; and vacuum line to the brake booster.
- Remove A/C and P/S pumps and suspend them with cords.
- Disconnect driveshaft, reverse light sender, and slave cylinder from transmission.
- Detach the transmission from the car - I assume there are mounts up top, and I'm not sure how the shift linkage is attached - and support with trolley jack.
- Support the engine from the hook on the front of the valve cover by a chain from the engine hoist.
- Unbolt the motor mounts on either side.
- Lift? I assume there'll be some fighting with it to keep the transmission from hitting the ground or the front of the engine from taking out the A/C condenser -- any advice here would be good.
While it's out of the car, I was planning on a new T-belt, switching over my nearly brand new water pump, changing the oil pan gasket, switching the transmission/clutch/flywheel over to the new engine. Anything else I should be doing would be good to know.
- Drop the engine+trans back in with the hoist, doing the reverse maneuvering as above.
- Reconnect everything I disconnected above.
Alright - so, what am I missing or planning on doing in a dumb order? What am I assuming is going to be simpler than it is? Any tips or tricks would be useful. Any new parts I should be getting other than the previously mentioned stuff? I'm getting new motor/trans mounts too.
I have no clue what I'm doing here, so I'd like to get as good an idea as I can before I start getting dirty.
So, I bought a used engine from a guy who just did an M50 swap. I need to find the quickest/easiest way to get mine out and get this newer one in. I'll have jackstands, an engine stand and a small trolley jack, basic hand tools, and I'll be renting an engine hoist.
So far, I think I'm going to go with the following:
- Remove hood, radiator, fan/clutch, AFM/air filter.
- Unbolt exhaust from exhaust manifold.
- Disconnect all wires, coolant hoses to the heater core, back of head, thermostat, radiator; fuel lines to the rail/FPR; and vacuum line to the brake booster.
- Remove A/C and P/S pumps and suspend them with cords.
- Disconnect driveshaft, reverse light sender, and slave cylinder from transmission.
- Detach the transmission from the car - I assume there are mounts up top, and I'm not sure how the shift linkage is attached - and support with trolley jack.
- Support the engine from the hook on the front of the valve cover by a chain from the engine hoist.
- Unbolt the motor mounts on either side.
- Lift? I assume there'll be some fighting with it to keep the transmission from hitting the ground or the front of the engine from taking out the A/C condenser -- any advice here would be good.
While it's out of the car, I was planning on a new T-belt, switching over my nearly brand new water pump, changing the oil pan gasket, switching the transmission/clutch/flywheel over to the new engine. Anything else I should be doing would be good to know.
- Drop the engine+trans back in with the hoist, doing the reverse maneuvering as above.
- Reconnect everything I disconnected above.
Alright - so, what am I missing or planning on doing in a dumb order? What am I assuming is going to be simpler than it is? Any tips or tricks would be useful. Any new parts I should be getting other than the previously mentioned stuff? I'm getting new motor/trans mounts too.
I have no clue what I'm doing here, so I'd like to get as good an idea as I can before I start getting dirty.
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