everything to nothing... except the pistons from the connecting rods, and the rockers from the heads...

start 12:30am
end 2.30am

total time: 2 hours of pure gearheadedness

wow was that fun, and yeah i learned a lot cuz i did it all myself instead of mechanic dad doing it all for me...almost like back in the day when i would make lego v8'*

WTG Haro!!! You'll be fixing your own car soon enough.

Was anything overly tough? Or did you find that, as I've told people...a car and engine is nothing more than a few systems built upon each other...and in essence is a pile of parts held together in the right places by bolts and nuts.

Looks good to me...engine dissassembly rules. No better way to understand it.

Looks good. I'll be doing this when I can find a good long weekend to spend at home. Was there anything difficult and require special tools or "special attention"?

And the big question... now what?

Two words for you Andrew: Holy Crap!

That is super impressive. Say.. while you have it apart, change your water pump.



Seriously though, I am impressed. Gonna rebuild it as long as it is in a million parts? Oh and is this the old engine or the new one?

As the rep from the NE I'll do it for you Andrew

Andrew Morty

great job... now let see you put it all back together.......

oh ya and you might wanta pick your alm intake from the cold concrete floor.
warpage will ocure, at least thats what i have always been told so i never placed anything alm on the floor/ground..... you know what i ment

screw the "Recruite" position, you are going to need a gearhead status once you're done!

harmonic balancer gave me some troubles only because i didnt have the right tools... started with a cresent wrench :? , and then bought an electric impact :? , and finally bought a 1/2 breaker bar with a pipe on it, and me pretty much standing on it to get it off...24mm bolt btw

everything else was in my socket set other than a screwdriver and what not...

suprised nobody said anything about the missing SC... my dad was originally gonna part this out himself, but the SC went to $100 to some guy in finland.. so he said i could do it and try to get more for everything

this motor is out of a black 01 ssei with 43K, cause of death: blown piston from predetonation, from using cheap gas im assuming..

this motot is strictly to part out and sell... will be going in FS asap...

one other things, there has to be a better way to get those bars that hold the crankshaft in, i used a screw driver to pry....

oh yeah.. the ground isnt cold, its actaully warmer in the garage than the house...