Swapped an engine this weekend, pics inside

**will1384** · 11-14-2005, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by FishPony

doesnt really matter which way you take it out but i've always just "dropped" the engine out of front wheel drive cars and lifted the car off the engine. now if i had an engine hoist i might do them different but when all you got is a lift you make due

its funny I have every thing but a lift - I used to use a old tree and some chain
and a come-a-long, now I got a motor lift - and I also used to jack up the
car or truck and use old rail road ties, or old rims, to keep it up in the air
then drop the transmission on my chest, now I use a transmission jack -
little easier to breathe

**Tidder** · 11-14-2005, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by muldrick

You actually put a whole weekend into a Taurus? tsk, tsk.

Mercury...whatever.

Yup, these cars are almost like hondas... lol. Bad comparison...

They last forever. Plus I got a really good deal on that parts car. It was wrecked so I bought the whole thing for $100. Now I have enough parts to fix my other escort as well. So basically I paid $100 and got 2 working cars out of the deal.

Yay for me.

**kevinlekiller** · 11-14-2005, 10:16 PM

Funny , you say they last forever , but they are non working

**Tidder** · 11-14-2005, 10:19 PM

lol, hey, my car was still working fine, but the clutch went out, so I figured I'd swap the whole engine. And like we were talking before, my other car came from someone else that doesn't know how to take care of their stuff, it dropped a valve seat or something from overheating.

My engine with 160,000 still runs like a champ. But I would be scared of something going wrong driving it all the way to Louisiana.

BTW kev, tell me what kind of car you drive again??

**kevinlekiller** · 11-14-2005, 10:26 PM

I drive a porsche 911 gt1 1998 (google it

)

**Tidder** · 11-14-2005, 10:28 PM

Originally Posted by kevinlekiller

I drive a porsche 911 gt1 1998 (google it

)

I googled and came up empty handed. I searched for kevinlekiller's porsche 911 and no results were found... I also just tried kevin's porsche 911 gt1, and also couldn't find anything...

What am I googling for?