Humpty Dumpty Engine swap

[afsigma21]

This is a starting point for the posting of my engine swap.

Pictures of the parts to swap on the long block
Picture from where it has been parked for the last 6 months. My daughter and her friends drove it partying on her 22nd birthday. It had fun, but the rod has broken loose from the crank it it most likely spun a bearing.
Engine bay photos, all Pre swap.

[afsigma21]

More pictures to come.

[dunedog]

Are you planning on pulling it through the front? or dropping the subframe?

[SoCalli V8]

It had fun, but the rod has broken loose from the crank it it most likely spun a bearing.

If your motor has thrown a rod, your whole lower block is JUNK .....! (because a busted rod thrashing around just for a few seconds will trash everything.) Pull off the oilpan to confirm, but it is V8 time for you dude....

We would all love to see the graphic debris pictures....

[SoCalli V8]

Will your motor spin over? Or will it just make an horrendous (sp?) noise....?

If it is an `94 or later, you can cut the rad support and pull the motor out the front, rather than dropping it down from underneath.

Keep intouch with us.

[afsigma21]

It is a 97 and it runs, but makes horendous noise, L O U D.

I am honestly not 100% sure, but I tried to repeat what AJ the mechanic said. He is a friend of a friend so I think what he said is reasonable. Especially from the metal sparlies in the oil and the noise. Plus my dad agreed, and my dad always seems o know a hell of a lot more than I ever gave him gredit for. He's in his 60's and seems to have done it all!

I do not know how AJ is going to pull the motor out for sure, but he did not think it would be a problem.

I dont relly want to go v8, it seems too much for me. The whole motor and all the new accessories was less than $2k and swap is not very expensive.

Hopefully this will start in the next couple days.

[SoCalli V8]

Oh, it still runs....? but with a loud knock. When you said a broken rod, I was thinkin` five cylinders with one rod thrashing around in-there....

[dunedog]

ya,"broken rod" does kind of bring pictures of holes in a block....

and not to be smart (but I will) when I first saw the pics with the new items for the van,I smiled and chuckled a little,thinking ;"He has no idea!".....,

When I had to do the engine on mine,I cut the upper radiator supports and pulled it out through the front.
Of course having a lift in the vehicle made this so much easier for accessing tranny bolts and working around the top of the engine.

keep us informed ....and sounds like AJ is a good friend .....

[afsigma21]

The Long Block arrived yesterday, pretty quick shipping. Ordered Thursday afternoon arrived Monday morning.

WOW a long block with nothing on it sure looks SMALL. More pictures forthcoming.

[Xephius]

Good luck with the swap. Be warned, once you do the swap with the V6 you may catch the V8 bug!

-X
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[afsigma21]

Engine is out, it was taken out the front with the radiator supports cut.

There were "chunks" that came out when the oil was drained, I will get pictures of the carnage in a couple days when the old oil pan is pulled off and pictured.

[afsigma21]

Picked up the Van today and it runs really good. Here are some pics of the process.

Long block:


Gasket set:


Carnage - 3 pics

[afsigma21]

Empty Engine Bay Inside and out

[afsigma21]

Deadman Hanging

[afsigma21]

New engine going in