On Saturday i pulled my finger out, took a teaspoon of concrete, and figured i could work in the rain if need be. So managed to get the engine out of the garage with a bit of pendulum trickery and no small amount of good luck:
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That meant i could get access to the back of the engine to put the rear main seal and carrier on, and then the flywheel:
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Add some pink bits, and then a fresh release bearing to the gearbox.
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Then its time to gingerly wheel it all over to the ute to offer up:
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Lift engine into engine bay, and spend a while trying to line up the input shaft with the clutch. Remember part way through that you forgot to remove the clutch aligning tool (yes, note that above). Wiggle the engine back and forward until you can get your hand into the bellhousing and pull that out.
Funnily enough it is much easier to get into place without an alignment tool in the way….
Manage to get it lined up and then add the bolts in and pull down on the dowels:
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Took a bit of effort to get the bellhousing bolts in, but managed to do that. Much easier without the intake and exhaust manifolds in the way.
Then it was up to test fitting the dynamic compression ratio modification device:
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Spent a bit of time checking out clearances and taking measurements for the eventual spoolyboy install:
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After that there was a bunch of boring bolting up of ancillaries. But im waiting on heater hoses to arrive, because they are a pain in the arse to replace with the manifolds in place, so i thought I should actually do it now. But that will delay most of the rest of the bits. Hopefully they will arrive this week and I can get it screwed back together next weekend and then start on the tray soon after.