Got to the shop around 10 this morning to see that Glenn has just about everything removed. Looked at the motor mounts on the new engine and they were trashed. Looked at the ones on the old engine and found them trashed. Told Glenn that he needed to get motor mounts before we drop the new engine in. "What do you mean I need new mounts!?" he asked in all seriousness....
Got the intake and exhaust removed while little Glenn ran to the parts store for us to get mounts and a new exhaust manifold. Everything was coming off way to easy, nothing was tight. Neither one of us could figure out how it was running even remotely close to good before it let go. The snag came when we hit the stupid external torx bolts on the top of the transmission. Lost a lot of time messing with those. However, we finally got them off and the engine out!
Right about here is when Georgia Mike showed up to help out (pulling a Toyota on his trailer, but we'll look past that...). Mike and I took off on replacing gaskets on the new engine while Glenn worked on removing accessories to transfer over. It became clear pretty quick that the new motor had been worked on before seeing as how the oil pan gasket was glued on, as was the rear main. We attempted to change the RM but gave up quickly for fear of causing a huge headache.
By the end of the day we got the new motor in and almost bolted to the transmission. Had to call it quits early so Mike could get back to Georgia, and Glenn to go help his son.
Glad we got something accomplished today. Thanks for lunch and the variety pack of IPA's Glenn, I'm enjoying one of them right now!
Good to meet you today Mike and put a face to the name. Anytime you're up in the Charlotte area let me know!
Glenn has some more pictures, including one of me conducting official
business on my "lunch break"