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Engine swap question
« on: July 30, 2006, 09:16:06 AM »
  Got the old 2.3 pulled out yesterday, what a greasy job. 30+ years of oil leaks I wanted to do on a nice cool sat. It was a great day here on sat., did not even hit 70 degrees. Looks like its still hot across the whole country.
  OK, my question is, is it easier to put the motor and tranny back in as 1 piece, the book says nothing about it. Or should a guy put in the tranny and then the motor.
  BTW, I'm doing a 2.3 auto to a 2.0 manual swap, guess it's time to get out the pressure washer and douche the engine compartment. Its gonna be nice putting in a grease free motor into a grease free engine compartment. We still have a good week of cool weather ahead of us so I won't be sweating my #*@@s off.
  Thanks a bunch,
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Re: Engine swap question
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2006, 10:23:21 PM »
  Engine comp. is clean and ready to be painted, tranny will be going in tomorrow as I got the auto. floor shifter out tonite. Maybe by this weekend (I hope) I'll be able to take the Time Machine out for a cruise. Gonna be nice to drive a Pinto again with a 4 speed. I havent done that since 1980 when I sold my 71 runabout that I bought in 1975 when I was in the navy,  hope I don't sound to old :sorry:
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Re: Engine swap question
« Reply #2 on: August 03, 2006, 04:35:38 PM »
a tranny engine stab is easy if you can jack the rear end up high enough... I avoided it for year besause I didnt have jack stands that were tall enough. But Now I do and I love to stab them in one peice.
It does help to have a second persone to keep things from twisting while stabbing. the extra weight is lot to handle by ones self  if your trying to keep everything SHINNY!

Best of Luck
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Re: Engine swap question
« Reply #3 on: August 03, 2006, 11:06:43 PM »
  Thanks Frank, I got the tranny mounted in last nite, don't have to shorten the driveshaft which was a concern. Tomorrow nite if I'm not to tired after work I'll drop the fresh 2.0 in and sat. I'll botton up the electric end of things on sat. I swaped  altanater from the 2.3  that I took out of the car and mounted it on the 2.0 so I would'nt have to figure out wireing diagrams and use the same connectors, just splice the wires to go to the other side of the engine compartment. This is time consuming but at least is nice cool weather to do it in. Only about 75 today
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Re: Engine swap question
« Reply #4 on: August 03, 2006, 11:30:25 PM »
Quote from: FCANON on August 03, 2006, 04:35:38 PM
a tranny engine stab is easy if you can jack the rear end up high enough... I avoided it for year besause I didnt have jack stands that were tall enough. But Now I do and I love to stab them in one peice.
It does help to have a second persone to keep things from twisting while stabbing. the extra weight is lot to handle by ones self  if your trying to keep everything SHINNY!

Best of Luck
Frank

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