Spend $20 renting this engine hoist.. thought it was gonna be pretty easy. Now when I jack up the engine the tranny hits the frame.. what the hell am I supposed to do about this?




I no longer have the inspiration I had when I started this.

 

you have to tilt it at an angle. one of those leveler things works good....or do as i did and hold the chain in a different spot to tilt it.

 

Ok Ill try that. I've fukin given up hope on this.. seems like theres always a prob.. a stripped bolt or something.

 

Yeah I just told u to angle it up on aol instant messenger, mess around with it.

 

Welcome to the world of working on cars. Nothing EVER goes right

Just to make it easier, take out the battery tray and all the stuff that impedes the removal of the engine and transmission. Or you could simply drop the transmission off of the engine, and pull the motor out by itself. That's what I did for my CRX, but not for the civic. I pulled both out of the civic at the same time.

 

I would say one of those levelers are the best thing in companion with the hoist. You think you have it bad just try pulling out a motor froma car that the passenger side has been pushed in almost a foot!! Thats how my first parts car was lots and lots of dicking around!! For my second one (motor isnt out quite yet) but I took off everything and anything that could possibly be in its way but then again the body will just get scrapper so it doesnt make that much of a difference what gets screrwed up.

 

You do NOT have to welcome me to that concept.. I know that all too well unfortunately. You're talking to someone that took 4 days to replace an axle.

Anyway, I moved the chain and it worked, I was so ready to give up.. thanks! Now if I could just get that speedometer cable boot pulled up.


[Modified by drjondurst, 2:42 PM 3/18/2003]


[Modified by drjondurst, 2:43 PM 3/18/2003]

 

Good stuff, glad to hear it
feel free to IM me if you have more q's about this kind of stuff!

 

Exactly what is said above and remember that angling the tranny nearest the ground is key. If you don't you will have to remove the tranny. Just angle it and pull it out. My first swap was the worst/most educational experience of my life in dealing with cars. After doing one, most mods seem to be so easy.

 

yet another reason to drop the motor out the bottom.

glad to hear you got it out finally.

 

your lucky it's not a B.. the worst part about the swap is trying to angle it in without smashing it into everything.

 

It ain't that bad if you take the trans mount off first. I don't think you could drop it in with the trans mount on. You have to drop the trans below where the engine mount bolts up, then you need to lift the trans up into the mount,.

 

thats how i do it.. always put the left mount on after engine is in.. but it's still the hardest part *

 

check my sig, i have a picture of how u should mount ur chains




[Modified by slowpokesi, 11:00 PM 3/18/2003]

 

where in Oklahoma are you? Maybe I could help?I am in South OKC

 

hey glad to hear you got your job done

 

AMEN!!!

 

man just ******* grab the crank pulley and lift.. the engines so dam lite anyway..

 

Im in Stillwater, thanks for the offer tho. Ok when I last posted I had just got the tranny to not hit the frame.. I just now finally got the engine out. I finally undid that speedometer cable and found a way to pull the motor from the top without takin out that gay shift pin.. luckily Ill be using the same tranny on my ZC so I'll never need to mess with the pin.

dirty engine bay:



As I was in the middle of working out the shift linkage **** this huge 18 wheeler comes down my street and I know what for . I got lucky, the driver was badass and didnt charge me the $50 residential fee and he didnt have a truck with some kinda lift he mentioned so I didnt have to pay $40.. saved about $100 in shipping. Though we did have to haul the ZC off the truck in the middle of the rain, it wasnt too hard though.






Also can someone tell me what or why they did this to the flywheel before shipping it? And how am I supposed to get those 6 12-point bolts in the middle of the flywheel off now?




[Modified by drjondurst, 6:38 PM 3/18/2003]

 

Damn that is a very clean looking ZC, that flywheel is crazy, hope you didn't want to change it.

 

I could be wrong but wouldnt that engine be from an automatic?? Isnt that the torque converter sitting there??

 

Change it?? How would his clutch mate up to it as it sits??

 

Are you talking about the welding? I have no idea. That looks like a torque converter from an automatic, so they should have just threw that thing in the dumpster to begin with. You will need to grind the welds off.

 

**** wtf!! Someone please confirm or deny this. Dont the automatics have less power..? Steve had told me I'd have to use my own flywheel and clutch but how am I supposed to put them on that ZC?

 

I have never heard of the automatics having less power. Maybe less power to the ground because of the stock slushbox, but it really looks like you are going to have to grind the welds off of the torque converter to get it off to get to the flywheel bolts.