This is my first time pulling a motor in a dsm. My buddy Nick who is helping is completely NOT mechanicaly inclined. Its 9am on friday and we have been at work all night. So there is the story line.

Okay well to start the morning off my car wouldn't start :evil: 9am


We finaly get it into the hobby shop on base.1030am


Nick having at it.


Here was the first problem. Cotter pin was sheared off and the nut was rusted to the disk. Then the axles wouldnt come out of the trans.


Nick with the MACH truck impact gun,He loved the impact wrenches


This was at 130pm


Had to clean up the space and move around to the other side where there cherry picker was. So that took time.
This is at 240pm


and at 315 pm. here it is going to the ground!!!!!


All in all I can't say that I wasn't dissapointed in my work.
#1 rusted axle nuts. Took a little time.
#2 axles did not want to come out of the trans. We cut the boot. We messed one of hte ends of the drivers side anyway from the sheared cotter pin.
#3 had an almost incompetent person helping me who actually learned very fast.
#4 ME not having a F N clue besides a packet I printed off of VFAQ online!

 

i can tell you that a DSM is a car that will turn you into a mechanic over a period of time, its one of the cars that will teach you how to work on cars. i never took any auto classes or anything, got my dsm in 99 and it all started with replacing an axle, then replacing the locked up turbo.. i was hooked. now i'm working on everyone elses shit.
however i'm not sure that pulling the engine was the best solution to troubleshoot a "no start"

 

whats goin back in there? same swap? 6 bolt?

 

No taht wasnt the reason for pulling the motor. Nick(Hybridawd) Has my other motor that im putting in my GSX. Which I needed all the accessories off of this motor. pulley's alternator, ps pump and brackets and so forth.

And nope nothing is going back in the car im calling Uwrench it to see if they want it and if not. on the the junk yard. I have no need for it. I have already stripped everything i need from it so far.

 

and i say thank you...lol

 

I hear ya bandit.. So when ya wanting ot come get the motor. and whne ya come I guess I can take those rims from you since someone wants to buy the black ones from the car.

 

haha...i prob wont be able to buy it this weekend, but i can bring the wheels up there for ya this weekend if you need 'em

 

That will be cool with me .