Day 8:
Busy Christmas holiday, haven't had time to update this forum. Day 8, the day to install the engine. The actual date was December 19th, a little over three weeks since we started the project.
We started by comparing engines making sure we had all the parts swapped that was needed on the new engine. After using an impact wrench to install the knock sensor that is located below the intake manifold, Toni read the warning tag cautioning against using impact wrenches on the knock sensor...lesson learned.
All in all, it took us about 3 hours from the time we put the new engine on the cherry picker to the time we had the engine bolted to the mounts and transmission. I'm sure those that do this often have tricks we have not learned, but it drove us crazy trying to get all of the angles/bolts lined up between the engine and transmission.
One of the best tools we bought for the project was the engine leveler that went on between the cherry picker and the engine. I think we spent around $70 from Amazon for the tool, but it made adjusting the angle much easier. Money well spent.
As far as the coils, we went ahead and splurged for Accel ignition SUPERcoils. We decided it wasn't worth the chance to go generic for the coils. Plus, if it has "super" in the name, you know its gotta be good!
A few pictures:
And our prayer that we get the bolts to line up and did everything right ;)
