6.2 swap thread
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Day 1 in the books. Went from 9 to 3 with an hour break, so about 5 hours of work.
Got everything removed, all that is left is remove the bellhousing bolts and lift the engine out. Lot of work! Tomorrow morning first thing, I will remove the bellhousing bolts and hopefully it just lifts right out.
Tomorrow goal will be to get the block back in the car, the new cooling lines connected, and get the transmission connected. Those are the difficult things. After that it's just basic re-assembly.
Got everything removed, all that is left is remove the bellhousing bolts and lift the engine out. Lot of work! Tomorrow morning first thing, I will remove the bellhousing bolts and hopefully it just lifts right out.
Tomorrow goal will be to get the block back in the car, the new cooling lines connected, and get the transmission connected. Those are the difficult things. After that it's just basic re-assembly.
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Those bellhousing bolts on my car mostly had studs extending from the nut. A normal socket wouldn't work. A deepwell socket ran my stuff back against the firewall. I ended up cutting a 15mm deepwell socket down to the shortest depth that cleared the studs. I guess I now have a midwell socket.
Of course many of those studs have 13mm nuts holding wires, pipes, hoses, and the tranny dipstick. Those work fine with a standard socket mostly but in a couple instances 13 and 15mm ratchet box wrenches were the tool.
Of course many of those studs have 13mm nuts holding wires, pipes, hoses, and the tranny dipstick. Those work fine with a standard socket mostly but in a couple instances 13 and 15mm ratchet box wrenches were the tool.
Thank you, I will make something work. The pressure plate bolts were on TIGHT, I had to put my flywheel lock tool which only gives you a little room and use a regular box wrench. Busted my knuckle pretty ******* one of the pulls.
Nice work! Bummer about the trim but I'll bet it feels good to get it out. Should be say to do the motor mounts and roller lines now 
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Did I mention in your thread that I supported the trans with a piece of 2x4 and a piece of 1x4 stacked on the sway bar? Turned out to be the perfect height for pulling and reinstalling the engine.
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I have my motor out now, but I am using the sway bar to keep the trans up.
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