When did I say anything was heavy?

 

faeflora was asking dawg.

 

**** run yet?

 

So I called the machine shop today and they said my head was flat. So either my block is not flat or my reused stock bolts had stretched. I think I am going to take bothe the block and head bolts to the machine shop tomorrow to see what they say.

 

It's very rare for an iron block deck to lose flatness.
Maybe you had dirt.

 

I do not really want to take the block to the machine shop. Mostly because it would be a bitch to move.

So tomorrow I will take up all the bolts when I pick up my head and show them the pictures and see what they say. Hopefully they can measure the bolts and tell me that 2 stretched.

As soon as my head is back I will be putting everything together. I am really hoping to have the car back together and running this weekend.

 

I picked up my head yesterday. So today I put it on along with my IM and turbo. I just need to finish up a few things on the motor like, timing belt, oil filter, and some small misc stuff. Then I will be dropping the motor back in the car. Hopefully it is in and transmission gets attached sometime tomorrow. I really want to get the car running on Sunday.

I will probably post pictures in the morning.

 

I just put my Timing belt on perfectly the first try. I am pretty sure that is a first for me. I am about to drop the motor in the car. Should have pictures up tonight.

 

Motor is in, clutch is on, tried to get trans connected, but I do not think it is on right. I will pull it back tomorrow and try re-seating it. Hopefully I get the car running by Monday.

 

pics or ban.

 

Me fist pumping because my motor is in.

 

i just want pics cause i miss you.

 

Apparently my cellphone was failboat when taking all the pictures yesterday and today. None of them are showing up. This sucks.

 

What hose are you using for the reroute? Is this a one piece hose?

 

Here is a link tot he post with more info about using the single hose.

 

I hate my god damn transmission. The POS will not go in correctly.

 

You didn't center the clutch disc well enough when you tightened the pressure plate.

 

I had the clutch tool that came with my FM2 in correctly when I put on the clutch and PP. I have since reinserted the clutch tool to make sure it was centered correctly. God just likes spiting me is what I think.

 

So after a long grueling day of fighting with my car the motor is in.

That is how the car looked when I started this morning.


That is my cat watching to make sure I am not messing up.


That is me pulling the motor again to get the trans attached because after fighting it for 3 hours I could not do it in the car.


That is the motor reinstalled with the trans attached. Now I just need to hook everything up. So hopefully tomorrow I can get the car started. A big thanks goes out to my uncle who randomly showed up and helped me out.

 

I ended up re-centering the clutch several times while motor was in the car and still had no luck. When I got the motor out and did it the trans slipped in just about perfectly. So I think it was a combination of being slightly off center and me just having back luck getting the right angle on the trans and engine.