Thanks mate for the appreciation

 

I thought it has to do something with idle rpm

 

Work in progress ....... really fed up with scrubbing and i hate it it won't let it go ...... **** is really real dam ...........

During removal of sensors and cooling pipe temp sensor broke into half leaving half of the body inside intact ....

Some pics after initial cleaning

 

And some pics after cleaning the stuff 2nd time .... still deposit of sludge and oil stains ...

 

Bits and pieces that need replacement

 

You should be able to get the broken sensor out with an EZ Out.

 

Head broken sensor sorted... cleaned a bit of head valves area and the block and the results are great ....

 

Oh so you're keeping it carburated? Not going to fuel injection?

 

That last image, is that the code to get the correct oem main/rod bearings?

 

Yes it indicate bearing size.

 

D15Z4 is fuel injected .... see the pic below before taking out from 99 lxi

 

Ok so from carburated you need to change the gas tank and engine wiring to the donor motor.

Carb to efi swap is much different. You need to change the engine and interior harness and fuel tank

 

Yes the hatch already had an efi setup.... guess what it had a b16a init ..... the tank lines are still intact but the center harness was burned

But as of now i have sorted out wiring and waiting for some parts to arrive next month.

 

Received water transfer pipe thermostat and throttle body gasket

 

I'd suggest replacing that thermostat housing if you can. Predicting leaks on that one.

 

Thermostat housing is in good state ... I just buffed it to remove pitting.

 

Some close look of back seat clips, collars and locking mechanism to mix and match the rear seat section and cleaning of rear seats in progress.

 

Seats look like they're in pretty good shape. I like the fabric.

 

Thanks @ DaX your replies are always motivational

Finally after long wait and weather conditions .... things will be moving forward, Some parts arrived
tools collected ... will update here soon

 

Wow, and I thought I was dedicated to my re-build! Great work sir!

 

For the past few months been really busy with work load ...... had a chance to put heat + sound insulation sheet at the inner firewall area and car has been parked away for denting and painting work ....

Here municipality has started to put violations on car being dirty + not in use so thought its the best time to complete paint job and remove the car from its current location.

Rims removed for polish and cleaning one rim completed 3 more to go

 

Looks better w/ every post you make!

 

Some parts received ..... Now its time to work on engine build

 

Due to issues with retaining the old color in papers... i had no options left but to go with original color so it would most probably would look like this

 

That's original? I'll be damn....