Cool deal Im_DANomite, thanks for the outline!

Keeping the drive shaft attached to the tranny is a good idea.
My dumb-*** tried to keep the tranny angled so the fluid wouldn't come out.
Worked fine until I started to lower it with a trans-jack and the oil started coming out.
Needless to say, I just drained the fluid out completely.
Oh well... live and learn

 

A DIY would be good with some specifics. More than likely I will be doing this next year so the more info the better so i dont have to wing it :-)

 

^^just hit me up when you do...i'll guide you through it

 

If you guys had to buy a rebuild where would you buy it?

 

either Mazmart or the dealer.

 

I was just wondering if there was a rebuild shop that did any extra things for longevity.

 

mazmart

 

I tried that the last time - its a HUGE PITA.

Ahh, that explains it.
I'm doing it on my back, on the floor.

 

screw that, call me spoiled, but i won't work on a car without a lift. i've been on the ground plenty of times, it's just frustrating.

 

Well, then many - if not MOST - of us would never work on our cars.
Even if I had the resources for installing a lift, I don't have the headroom!

 

^^haha, true true. it's so bad that i won't do an oil change without a lift.

 

it was a bitch to get out now lets see how hard it is to get back in....

 

alright guys i don't know how it happened but i am missing the radiator hose that goes from the engine to the radiator line that goes across the firewall... cal someone take a pic asap so i can see what it looks like so i know what i am looking for.... it is on the driver side and goes from the engine to.. well i already said that.. other than that i have it all back together and am just missing this one hose... please help any advise would help... also i did it without taking out the tranny and i think that made it alot quicker no problem getting it out or putting it in...

 

That hose can barely be seen, let along photographed. But I gave it a shot. Three, taken standing on the driver side of the car. Not the whole thing...just what the camera and flash could see.

In 1656, is it the hose just above the brake reservoir and the hose from the brake booster? And below the AC line, which is the fatter metal tube/hose at the top?

In 1660 it angles forward and turns down. It's in the center of the picture, passing behind the blue thing. You can see a bit of the dipstick (yellow) and at the top a little of the oil filter is visible.

1661 is a little wider shot. You can see three bends: first one down, then one angling forward, then one turning down.

From there it goes down and the next bend is to the rear. It does another zig into a fitting maybe 6 inches below the oil filter fixture.

Hope this helps you identify it, and maybe find it in the pile of extra parts. Or figure a replacement with generic heater hose.

Ken

 

okay i got everything together and it won't start.... i pulled the plugs and cranked on it and gas ans oil came out.. i put 2 stroke in it to make sure it didn't dry start... and cleaned the plugs and put back and then tried again and it didn't work and took out the plugs and cleaned them and still nothing... it doesn't sound like it is having combustion. it turns and goes ruh ruh ruh ruh ruh but combustion isn't happening at all.. sounds like only the starter is turning the rotars... any ideas.. the coils spark and the spark plugs spark.. but nothing....

 

Hmmmmmm. Reset ecu?

 

i did the pump brake 20 times in 8 seconds and the oil meter sweeped or whatever it is...