Well another idiot starts the adventure!
Here's a set of pictures from today's action at Imola Motorsports in Minneapolis. We made quite a bit of headway before we got stuck with three broken triple squares trying to take the tone ring off the engine. Some heat and Snap-On should solve that problem on Monday.
Anyhow, we got started about 8:30 and had the engine dropped by 11:00. Took a lunch break until about 1:00, separated the transmission, tried the tone ring and switched to doing some general cleanup.
All I can say is I'm happy I have a beast of a mechanic (Jeff) on my side! This car has more hoses, lines, electrical hooksups, etc. that I've ever seen. Quite the tight fit too.
Here was the sequence (in rough order):
1.) Remove the front bumper, wheel well trim, passenger headlight.
2.) Loosen the radiator assembly.
3.) Start taking lines and electrical fittings off - plenty of them and well baked on.
4.) Remove suspension & half shafts.
5.) Revmove rear exhaust, heat shields, etc.
6.) Remove drive shaft.
7.) Drain oil, pull AC down, remove AC lines.
8.) Place cart under the engine.
9.) Get a bunch of guys and figure out what's going to hit, what lines are still connected.
10.) Raise car off engine.
11.) Admire big lump of steel and aluminum on cart.
12.) Go to Mort's for a pastrami on rye and a business meeting in greasy clothes. Don't get much business done - just talk about cars instead.
13.) Split engine - required removing passenger turboand splitting drivers side from manifold.
14.) Remove ECU from harness so someone can figure the 6-speed programming out.
A couple items that need some attention - valve cover gaskets, cam tensioner seals, a goofy little pump - drivers side. Turbos look great with 90K on them.
Monday's list - Valve covers, plugs, water pipe & seals, get the tone ring off, install flywheel, install adapter ring, install clutch, mate engine and transmission, install pedals in car, install gear selector.
That's about it for now. See the Flickr link below for the pictures and a two minute stop-motion video of the engine pull.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/norcost...57626809400109
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Originally Posted by Aronis
I gotta tell you, it's pretty fun watching a guy like Jeff work - awe inspiring. He had that engine out so fast it made my head spin. It's kind of like being on a dude ranch only with cars....maybe there's a business model hiding in there?
