Engine Replacement

[GotZHP]

Dude! Step 1 = Clean garage so you have room to work! Step 2 = Set up badass work bench Step 3 = photograph EVERYTHING so we can all reap the rewards of your hard work!

Great progress so far. Some day I will be pulling my motor for a rebuild (depending on how the oil consumption gets. Will be following your progress

[SureShot434]

Dude! Step 1 = Clean garage so you have room to work! Step 2 = Set up badass work bench Step 3 = photograph EVERYTHING so we can all reap the rewards of your hard work!

Great progress so far. Some day I will be pulling my motor for a rebuild (depending on how the oil consumption gets. Will be following your progress

Love it! I wish I didn't have so much crap in my garage, but the wife says we have to keep it because we are going to have a yard sale.....

More progress today but still feeling like crap.

Removed the engine mounts and the wiring harness.



Removed the Alternator.



Removed the Oil Filter Housing, oil dipstick tube, and two remaining hard coolant lines. Those are hard plastic and cracked off inside the block when I removed them. Also removed the knock sensors. I think I was leaking a little oil from the Filter Housing lol



Also removed the water pump. The only thing left is the thermostat housing. Can't remove that yet because one of the bolts holding the housing on also holds the lift point for the housing. I'm going to have to get creative.



I also finished draining the coolant from the block, and I drained the oil.

That's all the progress for right now. All in all it's going pretty smooth, and I'm having fun!



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[Sockethead]

Good progress! Fun=good!

[SureShot434]

Tried taking the exhaust manifolds off and now have a couple nuts that are rounded off. Looks like a trip to get some grip right sockets is in order next week. The nuts were so corroded that I was pulling out some studs with the nuts seized to the studs


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[Sockethead]

It's normal for the studs to come out with the nuts. Just replace them all with new when rebuilding...

[SureShot434]

Work has continued! Harbor Freight is having a huge sale so I got a bunch of tools I needed today for a great deal!

Got the valve cover off, and the Vanos off.







Then came the timing gears, cam shafts, and lifters.









Then the head came off. It's a little dirty but we will get her cleaned up.



Doesn't look like anything is warped.





Having trouble getting the 22mm bolt off that holds on the harmonic balancer.

Just ordered the new block, and will be ordering all the other parts soon. I'm going to be replacing the piston heads but I'm waiting to find out if I'll need standard or oversized pistons.

Things are coming along and I'm having a lot of fun!


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[SureShot434]

Does anyone have a timing kit I could rent from them? I really don't want to have to spend $100 plus for the kit but I will if I have to.


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[Sockethead]

Did you get the bolt out of the harmonic balancer?

[SureShot434]

Did you get the bolt out of the harmonic balancer?

Not yet. I'm thinking I may reinstall the flywheel and put the locking pin in and use a breaker bar. My impact didn't budge it one bit.


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[SureShot434]

Working on the head some more. Got all the valves out.

Intake out.



Exhaust valves out.






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