Ok, we worked on the car some more today, heres an update.
We skipped 3rd and 4th hour (4 period day) from school and went to Mikes to work on his car. We tried to take off the driveaxle, but we dont have a big enough socket. So instead, we unplugged a few more sensors, the shift cables, and the throttle cable. We took the fuel lines off as well, and drained the tranny fluid, t case fluid, and engine oil. Basically, if I am thinking correctly (and I may not be, it was freakin cold and my brain may not have all the way thawed yet) all we have to do is finish taking off the DP, do the t-case, remove the drive axles, and then we are ready to pull the bitch. The writeup is coming along, I think I will post two (if thats ok with our mods) one for pulling/putting back in, and another for taking apart and rebuilding the engine. I am going to work on it Thursday and Friday whether Mike is there or not, and hopefully on Saturday the engine will find its way out. We found a use for Mikes old DP! There was a bolt on the cross member under the engine that was pretty stuck. Neither breaker bar and hammer or impact wrench could get it to loosen. Well, I put the end of the breaker bar into one end of the old DP and used it as extra leverage. The bolt came right out
. I was kinda excited about that, now we have an idea for that driveaxle bolt that I bet is pretty fuckin stuck. Anyway, now for the questions:
- Any idea what size the nut holding the driveaxle to the hub assembly (or whatever you call it) is?
- Is there any special way to hook the engine puller to the engine?
Thanks guys.