So after many days of just enjoying the summer break, and vacationing with the family. The Kid finally got some time to work on his AE86. I helped him pull the motor swap out of the donor car, so I don't have much (actually I didn't take any pictures from that). He spent most of the day cleaning and getting the engine bay ready for the swap. Swap over clutch lines and slave cylinder. SR5 is on the left side, while GTS is on the right side. He also swapped over the throttle cables, and fuel tank and fuel lines. We decided to drop the motor in the way it is and not do any mentainance or even cleaning for that matter. The swap was running good, and we will be doing work on the motor later on. For now we just want it running.
The day started out with the swap ready do go. We decided to just drop the swap exact same way it came out. Nothing was changed but the fluids. Keeping in ming this is his project and it will be worked on/modded many times. Right now the main concern is get the car running and work out the kinks. This car has been sitting for 10 years after all.
The kid swapping over the clutch lines and slave. Being Sr5 is on the the left and GTS is on the right.
As stated GTS clutch slave needs to located on the right side. The main reason for this is that the exhaust manifold is on the left of the motor.
Getting ready to drop the motor in. I now have to put the camera down and help this kid drop it in. I think the Mom would not be very happy if I let him drop an engine on his head.
With the engine in. He proceeded to install all the accessories. Yes folks we reused the belts too.
After routing the wire harness to the ecu. He then installed the water bottles.
Its getting dark. But before we head in for the night. We got pretty far. It should be ready to start next time.
Everybody who loves working on cars should have one of these Monster Light. Not only this thing is bright. It also has attachments to hang under the hood, on the fence, and stay in place on the flood under the car. Highly recommended.
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