Engine Swap journal

[Raceboy]

Right on Wes, looks good so far. good luck on your project.

[excalibur02]

god i miss that feeling of pulling a motor out for your first time!!! looks like youre doing great

enjoying yourself? i love the fun of swapping a whole motor.

wow mike i had the same feeling lol. ohh good times from my backyard swap! had to put wood on the ground in order to roll the engine hoist. that was a bitch!

had coolant, p/s fluid all over me that disgusting smell lol

[IMG]http://www.****.com/eventphotos/mauri%20h22%20swap%201%2008-23-04/mini-my%20camera%20120.jpg[/IMG]

sorry to high jack but great progress man! thumbs up for your first swap, there will be more

[excalibur02]

[QUOTE=wed3k]fuck that heater hose, idk how to take it off just gonna use a coupler and buy some heater hose from homedepot
QUOTE]


with the heater hose just take a box cutter cut it right in the middle. then peel it off and wiggle it around with vise grips or pliers. then just go to honda or a parts store and get a new one. and with the motor still out install it on the fire wall and put some hitemp copper silicon. with that it wont leak and will stay there forever. then just have it laying there so when you put the motor in go underneath the car and put it on the metal hose in back of the block. if you dont understand just give me a aim msg

accord4gen

goodluck

[wed3k]

[QUOTE=excalibur02]

fuck that heater hose, idk how to take it off just gonna use a coupler and buy some heater hose from homedepot
QUOTE]


with the heater hose just take a box cutter cut it right in the middle. then peel it off and wiggle it around with vise grips or pliers. then just go to honda or a parts store and get a new one. and with the motor still out install it on the fire wall and put some hitemp copper silicon. with that it wont leak and will stay there forever. then just have it laying there so when you put the motor in go underneath the car and put it on the metal hose in back of the block. if you dont understand just give me a aim msg

accord4gen

goodluck

sorry, i dont understand but i already bought the extra heater hose and coupler

[wed3k]

today before work i took the tape off the polyurethaned mounts and everything looks pretty good, extremely strong and i ddint even prep much so i hope it'll hold.
my rear motor mount is fine but i filled that as well.
the only one that i did not fill was the tranny side because i dont think it will need it (i might be wrong)

i did an extra front dogbone but i think ill give it to The NEXTAZN because im helping him with his clutch.

i locked down the crankshaft and removed the flywheel.

spent an hour and a whole lot of cursing to get the brake booster on and off. i didnt even measure that little penis that comes out of it
i hope it'll work okay, otherwise ill be fucking pissed.

went down to autozone and tested out my alternator and it came up to "Good"

cleaned out my egr ports and realized the egr port plugs that i bought does not fucking fit so i have to dig into the trash for my old ones and JB weld those bitches.

started drilling out the bolt out of my manifold that snapped
got my TPS off as well, you need to dremel thoserivets and fit a flat head into it, it should come off pretty easily.

last but not least i transfered most of the sensors and hoses over to my a6 manifold.

still left to do is mount flywheel/clutch/tranny
put back rear engine mount
brake master cylinder?
still trying to get the oil filter sensor off (any help please, i dont have a cresent wrench )
finally attach the intake mani and TB to the new engine

[Ilikebigbutts]

very nice stuff, i will admit doing your first engine swap is like losing your virginity.I swapped my f22b dohc about three months ago and the feeling you get from driving the car after all that work is just amazing...keep us updated man.

ILBB

[h22sparkle]

Thats how we do em

[wed3k]

i can asure you guys that i will be having a a "free" type sale int he classifieds getting rid of all this junk in my room.

i didnt do anything to my car today
woke up late but tomorrow i shall start swapping and gettign shit ready.

[wed3k]

plugged egr port plugs

drilling out and grinding this stuck bolt on my DC header

my polyurethaned motor mounts

how you remoce TPS screws, use a drmel w/ cut off wheel and drill in far enuf to use a pretty wide flat head screwdriver.
it shouldnt be too hard to get them out

my DIY heater hose coupling

new oil seal, APC wires, msd convertion cap and old brake booster that i replaced

[Lantis]

looking good.


just don't forget to refill your headlight fluid before you get back on the road.

[wed3k]

looking good.


just don't forget to refill your headlight fluid before you get back on the road.

of course, i got some flux capcitator fluid from honda the other day as well.

[LX Rida]

Looks good man! I cant wait to pull my motor.
I say you tape everything up and spary the engine bay white.

[wed3k]

Looks good man! I cant wait to pull my motor.
I say you tape everything up and spary the engine bay white.

it doesnt really bother me and it isnt worth the down time

what are u swapping to?

[cp[mike]]

I say you tape everything up and spary the engine bay white.

i agree, all you need is a roll of paper towels, roll of masking tape, couple cans of white paint... comes out pretty good actually, id rather have a flat white engine bay instead of a glossy purpley maroon one.

[img]http://www.****.com/mauri/painted%20bay.JPG[/img]

[LX Rida]

^look at that!!
...you know you want to.