I am going to be replacing my b18c1 this coming weekend and I am interested in the process of removing the engine, more specifically, I see pictures of some kind aof plate bolted to the block so that you can attach the chains. So should I try and find that plate from a hardware store or is it some kid of tool?

Any other helpful tips would be nice thanks

 

Damn dude. You should pay me for this (jk):
Disconnect all wiring
Lift car take wheels off and axles out.
Disconnect shift linkage and header while you're down there. (Don't lose the pin for the Innermediate Shaft!)
Disconnect motor mounts!

Did I forget anything?

 

there are two threaded holes on the block that you put a bolt into and then attatch the chain...

one is driver side, intake side of head near the valve cover.... a 10x1.25 bolt
passenger side is near the passenger side tranny mount...

on my DA anyways..get a helms and it tells you how to take it out

 

you should drain all your fluids first, oil, anti-freeze, or anything thats gonna be moving through the engine , cuz it will make a mess when your taking it out.....

 

Dear Lan,
I am not interested in removing the transmission, just the engine so is it truely necessary to remove the axles and shift linkage, especially if the transmission is just gonna sit it out and watch the goings on. If the engine is coming out the top and I am not dropping it through the bottom then why would I need to remove the axles?

Helms is a good call, I am gonna look for the shop manual from honda.

 

youre going to pull the engine/tranny out together as a unit, and reinstall them together as a unit....

you can only drop the tranny w/o the motor.....ive never heard of pulling the motor w/o the tranny...

 

Why not just disconnect the transmisson and put it on a plate jack and leave it where it is, disconnecting the engine at the flywheel and pulling it out, the new engine is coming w/o a transmission, so it just seems like extra wieght to pull around. I mean the block is probably the only thing that supports it while its in but it just seems like pointless extra work to pull the transmission and remove the axles and I don't see it complicating anything just staying where it is.. I dunno, you tell me.

 

My friend couldn't get the tranny lined back up with the new motor when he tried that way...

 

its best to keep the motor together if your swapping it.. trust me it'll be a lot easier for you to put the tranny on your new motor outside of the car... are you really too lazy to pop off the axles??? won't take you more than thirty minutes unless you don't know what you're doing... an engine hoist will do all the work for you so don't worry about the extra tranny weight when pulling it out.

 

all the effort to jack the tranny up and hold it w/ the axles connected, disconnect the tranny from the motor in the engine bay and lift the motor out will be MUCH harder than pulling the motor/tranny out together...

honestly do what you want, but pulling the engine/tranny out together is the tried and true method of pulling the motor...
ive pulled 3 motors like this, and installed 1....and im sure everyone else who has told you to pull them together has done more than me...

 

Lazy is not the issue my friend, I am just trying to figure out the best path.

If together is the way you recommend then together is the way I will do it.

 

pull them together, i left the tranny in and it took me about 2 hours just to line the motor up with the tranny its a bitch much easier to line up the tranny when pulled do it or u will regret it!

 

Did you guys get a hold of a service manual before you did the swap? If so what did you use? was it really necessary or helpful?

 

honestly you can pull the motor w/o a service manual, you just disconnect everything and pull the motor/tranny out...

but it you ever plan on working on/fixing your car yourself, invest in a service manual...the 60 bux it costs will pay for itself the first time you use it and it saves you time/effort and fixed your **** the right way..

 

So I got under the engine and noticed that I could see the fly wheel... this is interesting because it seems that behind the down-pipe, the flywheel is just chilling in the open air? I don't know maybe a part is missing, we are picking up the new engine today and I guess we will find out but have you guys every checked this out? I am wondering if maybe the shop forgot to give me a piece back... It just seems pretty wierd that the fly-wheel could be exposed at all times.

 

The plate that covers the Flywheel is missing then... You should go buy one because it would really suck to get a rock in there. Seriously to answer your question though. Do the steps like we recommend. I have personally swapped a few motors in my day- take our advice on it becasue 'it is the path of least resistance my ninja friend.'

 

So now I have the old engine out and I am taking it apart for salvagable parts. The head looks great and I am thinking I will keep it, maybe I will build it in the future.

I haven't opened the crankcase yet and I was wondering if there is any interest in a stock crankshart with over one hundred thousand miles. I was thinking the other day why would anyone want to buy that? Or for that matter one to three used pistons... but think I was thinking maybe somebody might want the pistons if they blew a stock on, had a number of miles and wanted to match the wear and age of the other pistons. But that seems odd, if it were me I would replace the whole thing.

What do you guys think, is there anything anybody might want? Besides the head.

 

yeah..the crank and rods are sellable to someone looking to destroke and LS motor or something..honda cranks are forged, so miles really dont matter unless you threw a rod bearing or something bad like that...