Is a swap really that diffucult? hard to do menny of you have done swaps and im looking to do the same is it really that dificult-hard?
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having done my first honda swap last week, i would say its not "hard" but if its your first time. you should plan for a lot of downtime so you dont have to rush things. take your time, get the right tools, and keep your cool and you will be fine
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Originally posted by Accord R33having done my first honda swap last week, i would say its not "hard" but if its your first time. you should plan for a lot of downtime so you dont have to rush things. take your time, get the right tools, and keep your cool and you will be fine
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if youre comfortable working on the car, its really not hard, just time consuming. like if you can swap out an alternator, fix leaking gaskets, stuff like that, youll be able to manage a swap. like eric said, just make sure you are willing to buy the proper tools, and you have the time and patience to do it - for example, to replace anything in the engine bay, you need to disconnect everything leading to it. like to replace the alternator you disconnect the wires, loosen the tensioner, remove the belts, THEN you get to remove the unit itself... imagine that times 100. its all easy stuff... just lots of it.
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It realy isnt that hard if you have air tools and a cherry picker. I strongly suggest reading up on it, espcialy on here, they have good info on the wires and what to do. Deffinalty dont rush it like they said and plan some down time, and have extra money on your hand. Do all the water pump and timing belt, and you'll have to check for leaks after a swap, ever swap i have down, there was always a hose that would leak because it needed tighting. But it is worth it and I would say with all the stuff, it isnt that hard.
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It was easier than I thought. I did a head gasket and timing belt on my eclipse and that was harder than the engine swap. Depends on how much experience you have. If youve done stuff like timing belt change, and head gasket, or maybe tranny swap, then this shouldnt be a problem. If the most youve ever done is an intake, you shouldve got your work cut out for you. Not that you cant do it, just read through the swap diy and maybe find a buddy with more mechanical skill.
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Originally posted by 92BLACKEXIt realy isnt that hard if you have air tools and a cherry picker. I strongly suggest reading up on it, espcialy on here, they have good info on the wires and what to do. Deffinalty dont rush it like they said and plan some down time, and have extra money on your hand. Do all the water pump and timing belt, and you'll have to check for leaks after a swap, ever swap i have down, there was always a hose that would leak because it needed tighting. But it is worth it and I would say with all the stuff, it isnt that hard.
ive done 1 swap with air tools, and 3 without. there was a time difference of maybe 1 hour, if that. the place air tools really come into great use would be taking the axle nut off, but thats about it.
a set of deep sockets, a wrench, a few extensions, 36mm axle nut socket, custom breaker bar, jacks, jack stands, needle nose pliers, engine hoist, or a tree and pullies with rope, is all you really need.
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Lol we used the air tools for everything, engine mounts and anything that can be reached, took about less that an hour to pull out my F22a6.Last edited by 92BLACKEX; 09-05-2006, 05:47 PM.
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Theres also ways around certain tools. For example I didnt have a chery picker when I took my engine out. Instead I jacked up the car, secured a chain to the engine and secured the chain to the celing with a cable jack. (there was a big pice of wood in the celing). Then just use a cable jack and jack the engine up and drop the car down and move the car back a bit.Been a long time. Still alive...
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when i did my swap, i did the ghetto version of getting your engine out and thats with lots of blocks and 2 skateboards. gotta use what you have
make sure you have a giant roll of paper towels (or lots of cloths) and buckets to catch whatever drips
take your time and don't rush anything, try to remmeber which hose/switch goes where
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