Day 5 - Yank'n the engine

The time change made for a great day to work on my project - and no sun today meant I had a "second-monkey" - who suffered a mild injury... more on this in a little bit.

I started early this morning pulling the exhaust, putting some scrap wood over the condenser and removing everything from the path of the, soon to be exiting, motor.

Once the second monkey rolled out of bed and got her go juice (www.wingedbean.com) when went after releasing the motor from the transmission bell housing and the torque converter. then it was a matter of a little push here and another there - and poof!@ engine out!

The "as-yet-unnamed" hoist (some suggestions are "GreGor the HeHoist" and Super-hero names) did its job beautifully and my sister and I were able to modify a table I found in the alley to hold the engine and rest on the block itself.

There is alot of the red gasket sealant sticking out the valve covers and seems to be some blow-through the intake gaskets onto the top of the block (or the clutch is wearing out on the a/c compressor?) but bolts so far have been relatively easy to remove.

Once I figure out how to get to them!

I removed the air intake and am now on pause until I can get a locking chain wrench to release the crank pulley... (168Nm torque'd!)

Oh - And I labeled everything, including my sister - I hope to get it all put back together again so I can drive my victory lap!


The Ticker:
Hours:
10 - today: more prep work, labeling and pulling the engine
11 - previous
---
21 total

Dollars:
$1030 - running total

Injuries:
1 - scraped ankle (yes, it bled)