Engine mechanically disconnected. Exhaust off (pita because it's been welded as one piece header back... Stupid "mechanic" who worked on this thing before). Torque converter bolts weren't nearly as bad as everyone makes them out to be, it took me about 15 minutes to get all 4 of them, no I didn't pull the intake.
What was worse was the lowest engine stud on the driver's side... that took me about 15 minutes. So I guess it's 4 times worse than torque converter bolts... No idea why it was so much harder to do that side than the other side.... but it was. Maybe the tranny cooler lines, heater core lines, and steering linkage had something to do with it...
Tonight after I warm up a little bit I'm going to go back out and get the timing belt on the swap engine! That'll be exciting.
Tomorrow I need to disconnect and label electrical, fuel, and hoses going to the engine. Then pull her out!! WOO! (something tells me it's not going to be as easy as I want it to be). If I'm feeling really ambitious I'll drop the 22 in and see if I can make it run. We'll see... Depends on above parentheses. I don't have a header for it yet (this weekend Jason?). But I can still start it up and see if it'll run... And make awful noise. haha.
That's it. I have some pictures. But laziness compels me not to post them. Anyhoo, there'll be better ones of car sans engine tomorrow. Maybe if someone is around I can get the mandatory pic of my car being powered by One Chris Power.
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention... Watch out for that AC condenser!! I think mine is rabid because I have 8 deep gashes in the knuckle of my right pointer finger. I hope I don't start frothing refrigerant at the mouth!!
(yes, I have a piece of plywood to protect it now, did this while pulling the rad, somehow...)
