like the title says I NEED ALOT OF HELP!!!!!
Normally my friend would help me with this but he went to the marines and left the job half done. Then my cousin was going to help me but he moved to miami so now I'm all alone and I've been saving up until I could buy everything I need and its finally time for me to tackle this project alone.
When I got an engine off of ebay and my friend dropped it in for me he said it didnt work. He took it back out and opened it up and it was worse off then my original engine he said. From what I could tell it was just a lot of metal shavings to much to be normal wear and tear but I found a place where you can recycle metal and I took both of my busted engine up there and got a little less than 900 for the metal, so I made a nice profit off of that but that just went towards the new engine hoist and some more tools (craftsman to replace the stuff I bought from Target). Then I got a job @ starbucks and bought a new engine hoist (I forgot to buy chains to lift the engine out with guess that has to wait), a remanufactured engine from GM and Chilton manual. The problem is the Chilton manual I bought is for RWD vehicles and mine is a FWD and when I went back I couldn't find one for FWD vehicles
and most of the pictures do not match. I also looked for a shop manual but I could not find one for my car...Heres a list of what I've done so far..
*removed the radiator
*removed the air cleaner assembly
*removed belts and hoses
*disconnected all of the wiring (i was told i didnt have to take a pic of it because the connectors can only connect into ont thing and cannot be mistakenly put into the wrong place)
*removed alternator
*disconnected power steering pump
*disconnected the exhaust pipes
*drained out the oil
*removed the oil filter adapter
Doing all of this was hard because I had to do it on the side of the street since my uncle wouldn't move his 86 Buick Century out of the way (he hasnt driven it in the last 2 years) but he finally sold it so now I can work without worrying about cops or getting hit by a car.
As far as I know I still need to unhook the tranny, remove the starter, and my friend said since its a FWD I have to remove something called a drive train. My chilton manual doesnt say anything about a drive train but it says something about a flywheel. My friend also told me I dont have to worry about that because I do not have a flywheel
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This is where I get confused I understand disconnecting the tranny and removing the starter but what/where/and how do i remove the drive train he said if I dont my axle would break when I was trying to pull out the engine. I can handle myself when I have instructions but since my manual is RWD i cant follow it anymore because nothing else matches....
So actually this will be the 3rd engine going into the car but this one has a money back guarantee and a warranty.
I NEED HELP!!! I wish I helped with taking out the other engines so I could know what I'm doing now guess I always have to learn the hard way.
ANY HELP IS APPRECIATED AND I'M SORRY IF MY STORY IS LONG WINDED I JUST WANTED TO TELL THE ENTIRE STORY.
I Love my 87 Olds ninety-eight and I dont ever want to part with it and I plan on keeping this car until the wheels fall (may not be to far from now) off or until I am not capable driving anymore. To me its a classic and I'll do anything to restore it.
PLEASE AND THANK YOU
