motor swap progress

[espey_16]

I got my motor out this weekend, it was kinda a pita, but it could have been worse. I took the top end off the old motor before anything because there's not enough room in the garage to lift the car and keep the engine assembled. The only problem I ran into is my dolly I was using to roll the motor and tranny out with broke while it was still under the car. Cheapo harbor freaght dolly that's rated at 1000 lbs.the only things I have to swap to the new motor are the oil filter extension, the power steering, and my clutch & flywheel. So tonight when I get off work ill hopefully be ready to put the new motor on the k member.

[Tom Rs]

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nice. Be sure to post pictures.

[espey_16]

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You need a pulley puller to get the power steering pump off right???

[techsan23]

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You need a pulley puller to get the power steering pump off right???

There are holes in the pulley you line up with the bolt heads to get at them.

[LETZRIDE]

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yup 2 bolts hold it on...plus the hardline in the side...but once you get the two front bolts off she just slides off the studs

[espey_16]

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Thanks for the helpfull replies guys. Yeah I'm a moron, all it took was a second to realize I could fit a deep socket through the pulley.

[espey_16]

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Last night I started to torque my flywheel bolts down, and guess what happend? I snapped the first one off in the crank. Imagine that. Those bolts are all new as of last july too. After that I just gave up on it for the night because I had a horrible day at work and that was the icing on the cake. So I just went and drank some beer.

[ACiFiC]

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hahah solid update. what were you torquing too? wow.

[espey_16]

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11 foot lbs. Seems kinda low to me, I thought I torqued them down way more last time.

[techsan23]

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Our factory flywheel bolts are TTY. Its best to replace them every time; especially if your only using grade 5. Dont forget to loctite em.

[LETZRIDE]

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ya its 11ft lbs then something like a 90* turn...like stated they are tty, hopefull you can get that snapped bolt out without pulling the motor...that will suck.

[espey_16]

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Hey guys, sorry its been so long since I've written. I had to put a hold on my project for a while, but it's almost done now. I ended up getting that bolt out of the crank and I went and got some grade 5 bolts for my flywheel. Guess what happened??? I snapped the first one off again. So I decided to get some grade 8 bolts for it, and again I snapped one off. Well after that I decided to take my torque wrench in and trade it out under warranty because I thought it was out of calibration. It's a 10-150 pound wrench, but it wasnt reading. Anyway after I got a new bolt and torqued them all down re-assembly was real smooth. I started the car last night for the first time, and it fired right up. The only problem I know of is it's misfiring real bad, and I think its because of my plug wires. Back in January or February I bought some of those ZZP 10.5 mm wires, but when I put them on they don't all "click" on the coils and plugs. I'll get that figured out tomorrow, then all I have to do is bleed the brakes and Im done.

[espey_16]

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Whats up y'all? I got the misfire issue figured out yesterday, I had to pull the plug wires off the coil packs and I put an old spark plug in them and crimped them down. Now it seems to run fine, but it smokes like a chimney. Any thoughts as to why its smoking? It's supposed to only have 59xxx miles on it.

[bigbrian442]

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Let it run awhile and see if it clears up.

[bluex]

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What color is the smoke? Blueish or white? How long did you run it?