Like I posted before my engine is making a clunk sound. Bikerboy tells me that i probably need a new motor but now i dont have the money from him to fix it for me but im going to do it myself and at the same time learn. So anyways for all the other people that did swaps before can you please tell me what i need to disconnect in order to get the engine out? And what kind of tools i need besides the engine lift? Everyones response would be much appreciated. Thanks guys
you can do it...my advice, search on nasioc. maybe post a vid clip of the sound so we can all hear her cry.
well, if you don't know what you're looking for it might be tough. You're going to need something to hoist it out with and probably the help of someone who has removed an engine before but is nice enough to want to do it on the house. Good luck w/ that. Essentially you need to disconnect all ancillaries, all electrical connections, the engine mounts and the tranny and you just winch it right out. then you take a picture of yourself sitting in the empty engine bay. It's mandatory.
if it's the same clunk like a rod bearing.... hahaha look into spending LOTS of hours taking things apart. There are a handful of bolts to take off.... I've replaced rod bearings before.... and I will be tearing apart my EJ22T. There are just a lot of those little 10mm bolts.....ahhaha oil pan, water pump, oil pump, heads, pullies, covers, etc. What are you replacing?
I wouldn't even begin to take mine apart cause even with a manaul I wouldn't get it back together right. Have you done this sort of thing before?
No but FuJi, and Justin have done it before and I believe i will be getting a little bit of help from them
When Bikerboy mentioned you may need a new motor did he give you any ideas that you focus on when ripping into the motor? pistons, etc....
FYI, if you ARE fixing a rod bearing, you are pretty much taking the motor apart from outside all the way to the INSIDE. WHOLE MOTOR TEARDOWN.
I say go for it. I did a 93 Pont Bonneville in my garage a couple of years ago, not much fun but saved a bunch of money. Take lots of pictures as you are going along and label everything you take off. Take your time and dont force anything. I bought a couple of socket extensions and flex connectors as I went along to get at some of the tougher nuts. You need some special tools if you doing the piston and bearings yourself, but you could get a machine shop to do that part (or get a short block).
i couldnt have done it without driftin240. i'm getting closer now to being able to do a complete teardown by myself.
teardown is the easy part... putting it back to gether and having it work is the challenge... ha ha ha... I so wish I was an engine guy...
