Hi all,

I am about to attempt to replace my engine myself, what advice or gotchas do you all have for me???
I have never done this before, I work on my cars as a hobby so I am not a complete newbie to the concept of auto work but I do realize I don't know what I don't know so please if you have the time let me know how hard you think this is. Thankfully time is not an issue as I have a garage and a second car to drive.

thank you,

 

I've done it. Here's my thread on it:

https://volvoforums.com/forum/volvo-...rebuild-68919/

The book says to remove with the transmission but I didn't. It's tight but can be done. To give yourself some extra room, I would recommend removing the oil cooler, crank pulley, and tensioner. You'll be able to move the engine far enough over to avoid damaging the flex plate. Also, the drive axle is bolted to a bracket on the engine block. Not a bad job really. Take pics and mark wires/hoses so you know where everything goes. Also a great time to replace your oil trap. Good luck.

 

I need some help in what to do next with my engine replacement.
I have a volvo s40, 2005 and the engine is fried due to a broken timing belt. So I found a brand new engine, same year, same model (S40 Turbo) and I started the job.
I took the old engine out (including transmission), and today I unbolted the transmission and noticed that the clutch plates look different.
The first two pictures are of the transmission and the clutch of the original engine.
The third picture is of the clutch plate of the new engine (slightly superficial rust.
What part do I need, or how can I remove the clutch of the old engine.
Any help appreciated

 

The first picture is not a clutch, its a torque converter. The third is a clutch. The donor engine was from a car with a manual transmission. You'll need to swap the flexplate and torque converter from your old engine to the new one.

 

Thanks very much for your help.
Can you help me in how to remove the torque converter?
(and the clutch from the donor engine?

 

You have to unbolt the torque converter from the flexplate. Remove the starter if you haven't already and turn the engine to access the bolts. Then you'll see the bolts holding the flexplate to the crankshaft.

The clutch unbolts from the flywheel, the bolts are along outside.

When going back together, install the torque converter onto the transmission and make sure it is all the way on. Bolt the flexplate to the converter after the engine and transmission are together.

 

Since you didnt take out he trans, about how many bolts hold it in place? anything else you suggest?

thanks for the reply

 

I think it was 12 bolts. There's 2 on the back side, above the motor mount that were a pain to get to. Can't think of anything else that I didn't mention in that thread.

 

thank you Hope it goes well

 

As written above this is VERY important! Slip the torque convertor over the input shaft of the transmission FIRST. Then mate the engine and trans together. Only then should you bolt the torque convertor to the flexplate. (Make sure you remove the flywheel from the new engine and replace it with the flexplate of the old engine too) I made the mistake of bolting the torque convertor to the flexplate first then trying to mount the trans only to fight with it for hours before the clue light came on.