I found a 100K miles engine for $300 with a 6 month warantee.

The car has 180K miles and search my other posts to see how I think the owner drove it running hot and blew the head gasket. The head might even be cracked since it was run at 60 mph without coolant.

I just do not want to put so much blood and sweat into a head repair to arrive at a point of needing more repair.

Does the engine drop out of the car with the subframe or does it come out of the top with a picker?

It's a no go as a DIY if it drops out of the bottom since I do not have a lift.

 

You can pull the engine from the bottom, but most people use a cherry picker and take it out of the top. I've read of people who have done enough swaps that they can have an engine pulled out of the car in 45 mins. But for a first time, I'm guessing you should be able to do it in a day, a weekend at most. I will be doing an engine swap in the spring and am looking forward to it.

 

Probably like the dash board pull huh?

First time took me half a day. I can do one now in under 1 hour.


Does the engine come out of the top alone or does the transmission have to come out at the same time with it?

I'll buy a service manual for sure.

 

I've done one on my 850. I took it out the top. The engine and tranny come out together. Also have to pull the cv axles as with any front wheel drive car. I pulled it for a rear main seal leak, also did the timing belt, water pump, cam oil seals, tranny oil seals, front main seal, oil pump gasket, oil tube gasket inside oil pan. It's pretty straight forward and they designed the a/c and power steering so you can leave them connected. Took me about a day to take it out, and a day to get it back in, I was taking my time.

 

I found a $250 engine at a DIY junkyard with 105K miles on it. The car had tons of dealer service records inside of it so it looks as if it was well cared for. Someone has already taken the accessories but the engine is untocuhed.

A hit in the left rear 1/4 panel totalled it out.

I just got a copy of the VADIS program and while it is helpful it uses odd terminology and is vague about things at times.

This is what is unclear to me at this point:

1. Do the axel shafts just pull out of the transmission or do you need a special tool to release them?

2. Where is the SIPS member they want removed?

3. Does the automatic transmission separate from the engine by just undoing the 7 bolts on the bell housing or do you have to remove the 6 T-50 screws that are associated with the torque convertor prior to this?


Although the oil pan has a drain plug in it some idiot who processed the car prior to putting it out drilled a hole in the pan.

BTW, how much would you say the whole engine weighs?

 

1. The passenger side axel has a bearing attached to the motor that needs to be taken off. It will slide right out. The driver side sticks a little, I think they put a small clip on the end. I used a small pry bar and it should pop right out. Oil will come out the empty holes

2. I don't know what SIPS is? (Side Impact ???? ????)

3. You should be able to separate the tranny without removing the torx screws, but you'll have the torque converter attached to your flywheel. They're pretty easy to remove use a 30mm socket on the crank and rotate the flywheel clockwise to access them.

If the pans in good shape maybe you can have it welded. Make sure it's a fix you can live with as the pan doesn't come out very easy once it's in the car.

I don't know how much it weighs, maybe 300-400 lbs. The tranny is pretty light.