Have been trying to post since Memorial weekend to provide an update. On Saturday, May 29, I noticed that the birds nesting in my engine hoist had gone. I decided to wait one more day, just in case. On Sunday the 30th, with no parent/fledgling activity, I began disconnecting all of the ancillary connections for the engine removal process. I got everything ready under the hood. I disconnected all of the electrical, vacuum, ign coil, throttle cable, pulled the fan and radiator, ect., ect., then sprayed all of the major bolts with PB Blaster to soak overnight. On Monday the 31st, I disconnected the stick shift handle, removed the driveshaft, motor and trans bolts/mounts, speedo cable, backup light wiring, exhaust pipe flange, clutch cable, and fuel lines. I then hooked the load leveler to the hoist and pulled the engine/trans as one unit. The old engine/trans is now in the carport alongside the engine that is going to go in, while the 5-spd trans to be connected to it, is in the garage.
My next objective is to remove/swap the intake/exhaust manifolds from the old engine to the one going in to the car. As I looked for gaskets at Rock Auto, I saw that there are three different gasket types; a round, an oval, and a "D" type. I need to make the time to see which type I will need, and I am hoping that both heads use the same type.
Something is up with my computer I think. when I tried to update over the last couple of weeks, I was also trying to include pics. I kept getting some sort of error message, or a message that I had double posted. As you can see the two previous posts to this one, I have figured out that I can post, but only without pics. The pics that I was trying to include are smaller than 3MB, so I can not figure out why they will not work. Maybe the wrong format? They are JPEG's, so I don't know why they don't work.