Getting there.. *EB UPDATE*

[Damo]

Hey all,

As some of you know I blew the motor in my EB, chunks of the timing case went flying. : I think the aux shaft seized or something. Have a look here if you're interested. http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?t=26781

Anyways i've slowly been pulling everything apart, doing a lot of cleaning, some painting etc. Got a new motor for it, it's a 3.9 but it will do the job untill i can afford a reco motor. Come up allright with a degrease.



It's all ready to drop in. This weekend i'm gunna get a crane remove the old motor and swap the trans and clutch etc over then drop the 3.9 in, then it's just a matter of pluggin everything back in doing up a few bolts etc and hopefully starting the ИИИИИИ on sunday. Hopefully everything goes to plan, shouldn't be too hard. Here a pic of how the EB stands at the moment.



So if anyone has any tips or hints for the swap they would be greatly appreciated. I've helped do this swap twice before, once with dougs AU motor, and also helped Sundeep with his EL motor, so I have a pretty good idea of what i'm doing. I'm pretty sure i got the dizzy setup right. So hopefully she starts first crank. : Wish me luck lol.

Damo

[-jjM-]

u know how to style it up wit those skateboards man ;) good luke wit it all, make ure u put the right spark park leads in the right places ;)....im lookin at u.....pat(EDXR6T)

god speed mate

[Damo]

Originally Posted by -jjM-

u know how to style it up wit those skateboards man ;)

LMFAO, yeah it makes things easy when i can move the motor around. I'm surprised it can take the weight of it though. I snapped a couple of deck back in the day when I used to skate and i only weigh 60 kg LOL.

Yeah i'm gunna paint it either red or gloss black, but knowing me i'll probably leave it in primer for a few months.

good stuff damo, id offer to lend you a hand but im going to summernats :P

also i like the white rockercover, probly wont be white for long but...

[Damo]

lol thanks guys. John it's not a white rocker cover it's just primer. : Probably gunna paint it gloss black and sand back the raised bits.

LOL, yeah well paint it white! looked all bolted up nicely hard to tell in pics :P

[InitialD]

Paint is red damo, cause Red is sik ;)

Looks good. I might have to come and have a look friday night after work

[-jjM-]

Originally Posted by InitialD

Paint is red damo, cause Red is sik ;)

red is the fastest colour ;)

[dansedgli]

Good progress!!
Have ya got a crane organised?

[InitialD]

Hey damoh, why is your coolant bottle black?

[mcflux]

Originally Posted by InitialD

Hey damoh, why is your coolant bottle black?

Coz once he went black, he could never go back :hihi:

[EDXR6T]

Originally Posted by Ghia5L

Coz once he went black, he could never go back :hihi:

ive heard that b 4:P(x gf lol)

make sure u dont for and break n e thing damo

had to replace a starter and oxygen sensior coz got caught under ИИИИ whilst pulling motor out

and maby lable some vacume lines e.g heater lines and stuff

yer and make sure ur leads r right honist mistake:P

[Damo]

hahahhahah Pat the leads are right, th dizzy has numbers on it and i numbered the leads, motor is at TDC on #1. :P

Mick I painted the overflow bottle cause it was all yucky looking, you couldn't see any green.

Dan, nah i havn't got a crane organised yet, I figured i just go down to Kennards on saturday and grab one, you don't have one I could borrow do ya ? :P

Dave, shut up cant.
The only things I need to grab are a bottom radiater hose and a T piece for the heater hoses to gas converter.

[NZ]

Its a little easier to bolt the exhaust manifold onto the head while its out. Apart from that looks like you've got it sussedd

[Damo]

Originally Posted by NZ

Its a little easier to bolt the exhaust manifold onto the head while its out. Apart from that looks like you've got it sussedd

Look at the first pic Karl. :P

Dan, that would be great, i'll send you a pm after work tommorrow.

[dansedgli]

Yep come round and get it.

[Stevo]

Ive had a few 6cyl on skateboards, works a treat. Tried putting my 308 with all accessories onto one not long ago, and had one end spit out and dint the side of the shed. There were many stupid skaterboy jokes to be had on that day.

[Damo]

just a quick question guys. The vacuum tree on the back of the manifold with 3 connections, what connects to the middle one, i know brake booster on the big one and fuel reg on the end one, but i can't find any other loose vacuum lines.

Bit of an Update, yesterday I borrowed an engine crane from dansedgli (thanks mate) and today I unbolted the engine and gearbox mounts and removed the tailshaft. Tied the A/C compressor out of the way, did some more cleaning up etc. So it's all ready to come out tommorrow. The only thing i'm worried about is getting the angles right to remove and refit the motors, but i'm sure i'll work it out just gotta fiddle with the chain a bit to get the right angle i guess..

I'll update this thread again or start a new one sometime tommorrow evening if/when I get the car going again.


Fun and games tommorrow. :

[Gunns]

It is for your vent selector and heater, should be a thin black feed line.

[fairmont1998]

Air cond vacuum line connects to the other.

[fairmont1998]

Damn, beat me Mick!

[Damo]

ahh sweet as. Thanks AL, it' must be hidden in there somewhere tucked behind the gas ИИИИ.

[EDXR6T]

yer good luck with getting the angle right:P

wen we tryed it was a pain in the a@#
finally got it but if you'r doing it urself ul have to make sure nothings grabing on the way up

get the chain as sort as posible it suks wen ur jakin and the jack reaches it's peak and the donk wont go over ur framing

dont now if ur doing it urself but it's always eseyer with some one els ther too
good luck damo

[Damo]

thanks Pat, i'll have my brother helping me so hopefuly we should be right. Getting the chain as short as possible sounds good, thanks for the tip.