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Removing engine


Towlie
05-21-2004, 09:13 PM
Any tips, or pointers from anyone who has removed there KA24DE

like a bolt that was incredibly hard to get off or something?

i guess im doing it myself to the bad engine, wether i have supervision or not

anyone have a link to a step by step or something

i know its prolly a lot easier than im imagining, just very tedious

where do i start :-X

Zanark
05-21-2004, 09:15 PM
Buy a service manual and remove and un bolt everything lol.

Towlie
05-21-2004, 09:18 PM
Buy a service manual and remove and un bolt everything lol.


a lil late for that
none of the places around here have my service manual

ive tried to get one already

vsiev
05-21-2004, 09:49 PM
download it off my sig....also remove the hood makes everything easier....=)

Towlie
05-21-2004, 09:53 PM
download it off my sig....also remove the hood makes everything easier....=)

thank u so much

im so fucking stressed rght now
i think im gonna die of ulcers


im always so stressed and this car project
is gonna make me or break me


my friens were gonna do this shit but changed plans
and are pissing me off
i dont have all fucking weekend and month to figure out if they can do it or not sunday
if they cant, i have to have other planns

and i only have $350

now i have someone who is buying my body for 400
and now he wants to just trade an engine and he pays for install
for the body of my other car
but cant do it til next weekend
and i dont wanna take someone i dont knows word

and the car i just bougth has no tag and doesnt run right now
and i need to tow it somewhere liek tomorrow
my only days off of work are tuesday and sat
and i live in a damn apt complex

pissing me off!!
ahhhhhh

Towlie
05-21-2004, 09:57 PM
thank u so much

im so fucking stressed rght now
i think im gonna die of ulcers


im always so stressed and this car project
is gonna make me or break me


my friens were gonna do this shit but changed plans
and are pissing me off
i dont have all fucking weekend and month to figure out if they can do it or not sunday
if they cant, i have to have other planns

and i only have $350

now i have someone who is buying my body for 400
and now he wants to just trade an engine and he pays for install
for the body of my other car
but cant do it til next weekend
and i dont wanna take someone i dont knows word

and the car i just bougth has no tag and doesnt run right now
and i need to tow it somewhere liek tomorrow
my only days off of work are tuesday and sat
and i live in a damn apt complex

pissing me off!!
ahhhhhh

And I apologize for the incorrect spellings, and bad punctuation, I am just really upset right now, and need to vent!

vsiev
05-21-2004, 10:04 PM
where are you located? Just make sure you take pictures or mark where everything is if you are going to swap engines(meaning an high mileage ka24de to a low mileage ka24de) so it makes it easier to install. Good luck

Towlie
05-21-2004, 10:18 PM
where are you located? Just make sure you take pictures or mark where everything is if you are going to swap engines(meaning an high mileage ka24de to a low mileage ka24de) so it makes it easier to install. Good luck


good idea,

i always forget to do that and mean to


im in orlando fl

smokeurass
05-21-2004, 10:25 PM
why is it like 170mb for the manual? wtf?

Towlie
05-21-2004, 10:29 PM
why is it like 170mb for the manual? wtf?

its big and prolly in some weird formant, and stuff

but yea
its fucking huge lol

vsiev
05-21-2004, 10:50 PM
it is for the 93-98 fsm....it is in pdf format...who cares it is free....

Towlie
05-21-2004, 11:13 PM
would the easiest way to do this swap be to remove engine A the one with the good motor, with tranny, than remove tranny, remove engine B the bad motor, with tranny, take off engine b tranny, connect B tranny to A engine, than insert in body B?
or leave tranny B on the driveshaft?

vsiev
05-21-2004, 11:22 PM
is tranny b better than tranny a? is there a problem with any of the tranny? you are going to have to rent an engine hoist and maybe a stand for the engine cause it isn't good just to leave it on the oil pan....

SHO411
05-22-2004, 12:22 AM
Well if you were in Ga I would have done it for you for around $400, or volunteered to help, but to give you advice, I had to drop my Small block chevy out of my T-Ram, and damn it was hard and it was also cold, did it in winter.
Jack the car up, drain all the fluids, put it on jack stands, get an engine hoist (I had bought one since I figured I would like to open a shop one day and my 240 project also. Costed me like $200 for a goodyear one, but it is prety). Mount the engine secuerly to the hoist, and then unbolt the Kmemeber, there should be 4 bolts, also disconect parts that can't flek like brake and A/C line trust me, this is a big short cut. (Why am I even giving you my trade secrets???? .....well you own a 240 so we buds none the less just cuz of the car, but keep this between us okay shhhhhh.....)
Any ways, sorry I am drunk, but back to the project, disconect the harnesses and wiring, get sticky tabs if this is your first time, anywhere you unplug, make a distinctive # and a corresponding one on the counter part. After all is disconnected (plus tranny), just lower it to the ground. Put a metal sheet or something that can slide, put it under the motor, and set it down on that.
Now jack the car higher since you don't have a shop lift, You are going to need no less that 4 jackstands, and two will have to be the big ones, put them on the front. Jack the car higher and higher till you can slide the motor out. Do the same to the other car, then reposition the engines under the car, drop the cars, and reverse your removal procedures.
Now honestly, It may seem just tedious but let me warn you, it is not something you will do in one day unless you are skilled. It took me a month to finish the repairs on my T-ram, most delays were cuz of money (can't seem to find a job, may be cuz I drink too fucking much and too young), and took us around 6hrs to put in a 350 into my boys car cuz there were three of us. #s help, kiss up to your budys, or do what we do, whoevers car we are working on buys the beer (also impresses the neighbourhood chicken heads). But it was not an easy job. Infact I who loves cars more than women needs constant reassurance from my brother that once my 240 project is done it will be well worth the effort .(my friend is pissed off cuz he wants me to put a 350 in my 240, he loves those blocks, he offered to put one in my brothers 750 bimmer). It is no easy thing, trust me, call up your friends you gonna need them.
Good Luck. PM me if you need any help,not ASE certified but I am treeshade wooohoooooooo.......................Damn I am wasted.

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