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Title: fitted replacement engine today
Post by: shanjon on 12 January 2009, 20:31:42
As some of you may be aware my brother in law killed his engine and it fell on me to do repairs,
well i fitted the donor engine today  which came from a guy on feebay ,,, please bear in mind i had not heard the engine run and apparently it had been sat in their yard for approx two months,
i connected the battery turned the key and it fired and run first turn and is a sweet little engine (result) even more of a result is there was no eml and the temp gauge now works :y
Title: Re: fitted replacement engine today
Post by: TheBoy on 12 January 2009, 20:34:10
And a job well done then...
Title: Re: fitted replacement engine today
Post by: hotel21 on 12 January 2009, 20:35:26
Sounds like time well spent....   :y
Title: Re: fitted replacement engine today
Post by: JamesV6CDX on 12 January 2009, 20:35:27
Did you (or do you plan to) do cambelt kit, oil change, and plug change? Most important things you can do, alongside breather clean :)
Title: Re: fitted replacement engine today
Post by: STMO123 on 12 January 2009, 20:36:27
Good job.  :y
Title: Re: fitted replacement engine today
Post by: shanjon on 12 January 2009, 20:38:15
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Did you (or do you plan to) do cambelt kit, oil change, and plug change? Most important things you can do, alongside breather clean :)

all done , apparently it had only done 85,000 miles but i told the brother in law i needed the parts as we had no history
Title: Re: fitted replacement engine today
Post by: shanjon on 12 January 2009, 20:39:18
i did make a slight little boo boo which caused me a little more work though :-[
Title: Re: fitted replacement engine today
Post by: Welung666 on 12 January 2009, 20:39:47
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i did make a slight little boo boo which caused me a little more work though :-[

which was?
Title: Re: fitted replacement engine today
Post by: shanjon on 12 January 2009, 20:43:59
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i did make a slight little boo boo which caused me a little more work though :-[

which was?

in my haste i thought i would turn the engine over to check everything  was connected ok ( not expecting it to start straight away) i forgot to connect the two pipes to the rad that  come from the auto box that carries the transmission fluid  to the rad and hey presto auto transmission fluid everywhere :-[
Title: Re: fitted replacement engine today
Post by: Welung666 on 12 January 2009, 20:46:22
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i did make a slight little boo boo which caused me a little more work though :-[

which was?

in my haste i thought i would turn the engine over to check everything  was connected ok ( not expecting it to start straight away) i forgot to connect the two pipes to the rad that  come from the auto box that carries the transmission fluid  to the rad and hey presto auto transmission fluid everywhere :-[

 ;D ;D ;D At least it was ATF and not hypoid! You'd be smelling like cat pee for weeks if it was :y
Title: Re: fitted replacement engine today
Post by: shanjon on 12 January 2009, 20:53:28
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i did make a slight little boo boo which caused me a little more work though :-[

which was?

in my haste i thought i would turn the engine over to check everything  was connected ok ( not expecting it to start straight away) i forgot to connect the two pipes to the rad that  come from the auto box that carries the transmission fluid  to the rad and hey presto auto transmission fluid everywhere :-[

 ;D ;D ;D At least it was ATF and not hypoid! You'd be smelling like cat pee for weeks if it was :y

if it smells anything like the oil used in the self levelling shocks i know what you mean, :)