penguininatux

Hey man. Thanks for the advice/help. i kinda already knew how to do the tranny thing, but i have a question. on the passenger side axle.. did u unbolt that bracket (i circled it in the picture below) and then just pull the axle out? is that the only thing holding it in there? and yea i removed the A-arm so it can move. and was it in there just like the drivers side ( a little tought to pull out)? Thanks..




oh and if you think you were holding a spun rod bearing, you sould see the one i spun lol..

jinxy

that brackets a pain in the ***. just pull it off. you kinda have to spin it. theres a pin in it. then pull the axle out. its alittle tough to pull out like the drivers side

penguininatux

theres 2 bolts holding it on, and 2 engine braces (inch steel bars) in the way of one of the bolts.. i was workin on gettin it off before work though.. did you have the same situation? becase u wrote "just pull it off".. could u just pull yours out?

jinxy

of course you take the bolts out. they should be 14's but theres also a little metal dowel to hold it in place. so you have to pull back on it alittle and twist it to get it off. those god damn intake manifold braces **** me off. mine wernt in the way of the axle though.

penguininatux

alright.. dropped the tranny. removed clutch/flywheel etc. rod caps, main bearing caps etc. crank pullly, oil pump, and some other junk.. but finally got the ****** out.. (crankshaft).. sounds pretty easy.. but was a pain in the *** times 10 for sure. Anyways.. ordered a bulk of parts like. new rod bearings, main bearings, non-ac belt and removed ac comp., ps belt, spark plug wires.. neways.. gotta grab some gaskets.. but the crank is finally out. and i am so relieved.. im going to look around for machine shops/new/used cranks to throw in tomarrow.. and all next week is spring break for us high school students, so i have a gap of time to put my POS car back together.. anyways.. Thanks for the advice everyone at HMT.. even though i didnt go with the new long/short block advice.. o well.. im using plastiguage and taking my time to hopefullyu make this my reliable boosted daily driver like it was before.. Thanks.. oh here a pic of the crank just for the hell of it.. i have all my ---- i coulda take pics of but need to get to bed soon.. peace.

jinxy

You orderd rod bearings before getting your crank turned? I give your motor 30 minnutes tops before this happens again. you have to get oversized bearings afer you get your crank turned. machine shops like to have everything so they can measure everything up so its cool. thats why we said get a new longblock. that cranks going to cost you 200 bucks and you wont even be part way into it. gaskets will be 80 plus all of the little ----. and its still iffy.

penguininatux

k rawr.. i dont think you've ever had crank work done.. because they can add metal to the rod journal.. heres an article.

Jim demonstrated the process of adding metal to a crankshaft rod journal. Metal is then wire feed welded onto the surface of the journal in a narrow bead, starting at one end and slowly moving across the length of the journal keeping about a 25% overlap between adjacent beads. After the metal has been added, the crankshaft is machined down to the correct size.

so yes.. i did order rod bearings before i had it machined. And an oil pan gasket is like 10 bucks lol. and oil pump is 7. And yes i bought all new seals also. no reason to be an *** hole rawr.

hmtcrxsir

save yourself the hassle. And just buy a used engine. You'll thank me later on. If not then you should be 100 percent sure of what you are doing.

penguininatux

had a long conversation with a machine shop.. they'll do the work and im giving them my bearings so they can match rod and main gap as close as possible.

jinxy

rear main seal, headgasket, intake manifold gasket. exaust manifold gasket if needed. tb gasket if needed water jacket gasket. if the machineshop measures the ---- for the bearings im sure you'll be fine. but getting crank work done like that is going to be more than 200 bucks. usualy they just turn them. im not trying to be an ------- or anything. just how you typed it made it sound like you were going to take it to a machine shop have them do whatever then throw some stock bearings on. just looking out for your motor because it would suck to go through all of that twice