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ib4200 · 07-05-2010, 10:19 PM

....any tips? i already starting taking it apart, i hear dropping the subframe is easyest?

so far the only question i have is, on the drivers side wiring harness i see it splits by the back of the head and goes strait down, any idea where it goes too?

LTb1ow · 07-05-2010, 10:21 PM

If you have a lift, yes, drop it out the bottom. Just remember to disconnect your ABS block so it doesn't drop down and snap all your brake lines.....

Oil pressure sender, 02, etc... just unplug everything. Its really simple.

ib4200 · 07-05-2010, 10:28 PM

nah its getting done on jackstands, i was planning on lifting the front of the car with a cherry picker, should i just take off the front brake lines?

LTb1ow · 07-05-2010, 10:31 PM

Hmn, might be not so fun that way...

Get a spare set of old rims, lift the rear wheels and then set em down into the old rims, should get you some extra room to yank the front up.

you have a good impact gun? The chassis to K bolts may be a pain with just a breaker bar. And yes, just take off the brake lines from teh ABS.

Most of this is common sense, if it looks like it will snag, remove it or move it. Lower the K slowly and watch for things hanging up. Then make sure you have a good set of stands to leave the body on, and a good dolly to move the engine/K on.

ib4200 · 07-05-2010, 10:35 PM

yeah the rear tires are on some ramps, it really doesnt look to hard.

LTb1ow · 07-05-2010, 10:37 PM

Don't forget the power steering resovior, hot/ground lines to started/block, knock sensor, whatever lines the T56 has etc etc...

NastyEllEssWon · 07-05-2010, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by ib4200

nah its getting done on jackstands, i was planning on lifting the front of the car with a cherry picker, should i just take off the front brake lines?

done it this way in a few times. just make sure you have a beefy set of stands before you get under it.

ib4200 · 07-05-2010, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by LTs1ow

Don't forget the power steering resovior, hot/ground lines to started/block, knock sensor, whatever lines the T56 has etc etc...

yeah i already have the power steering resovoir off and i took the ground strap off that goes from the coil to near the abs block, i assume theres one behind the engine also?

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done it this way in a few times. just make sure you have a beefy set of stands before you get under it.

yeah it does look easy but it'll still take me awhile since i can only work on it like one day a weekend cause of work and school, why are extra beefy jack stands important? i have 2 6 ton stands and 2 3 ton stands and a set of ramps

LTb1ow · 07-05-2010, 10:49 PM

You want good jack stands cause they are going to be extended pretty tall and I would nto want to be under a car supporter by puny jack stands fully extended....

NastyEllEssWon · 07-06-2010, 12:41 AM

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You want good jack stands cause they are going to be extended pretty tall and I would nto want to be under a car supporter by puny jack stands fully extended....

this.

heres a good look at what you'll be dealing with.

V · 07-06-2010, 07:11 AM

i left the ac system in the car, just remeber battery cable to starter, and the harness going down also goes back to the trans. I dropped mine with the complete engine harness still plugged into the motor, just disconnected it at the pcm

WildBillyT · 07-06-2010, 09:11 AM

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this.

heres a good look at what you'll be dealing with.

Yeah. Set your e-brake and put some wooden wedges behind your rear wheels.

LTb1ow · 07-06-2010, 10:32 AM

And don't go under the car unless it has both the jackstands and cherry picker attached and loaded....

NastyEllEssWon · 07-06-2010, 11:02 AM

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Yeah. Set your e-brake and put some wooden wedges behind your rear wheels.

yeah good advice, you cant see it in that pic but theres a set of small foldable chocks in front and behind the driver rear wheel

siguy · 07-06-2010, 11:26 AM

Yes pull the motor from the bottom one note the difference from how i did it was i took of old rims and put the back tires on it (This is so you don't have to hoist the font so high like I see from the other pictures...)

Also use a engine hoist with a strap instead of a chain (this way you can wrap it around the front rad support without scratching anything also with the strap attached to the hoist you can move the body back and forth to ease installation after you are all done

ib4200 · 07-06-2010, 09:25 PM

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Also use a engine hoist with a strap instead of a chain (this way you can wrap it around the front rad support without scratching anything also with the strap attached to the hoist you can move the body back and forth to ease installation after you are all done

yeah i was gonna use straps, so the best place for them is the rad support? its strong enough?

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Yeah. Set your e-brake and put some wooden wedges behind your rear wheels.

yeah i have wheel chocks and my parking brake is set

LTb1ow · 07-06-2010, 10:27 PM

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yeah i was gonna use straps, so the best place for them is the rad support? its strong enough?

yeah i have wheel chocks and my parking brake is set

Without the K, front suspension, wheels, engine, and trans.... not much weight left up front at all..

deadtrend1 · 07-09-2010, 03:46 PM

I still wouldn't feel safe with the car THAT high in the air, on that angle, on jackstands. Unless there was a lift attached to the front as a fail-safe.

LTb1ow · 07-09-2010, 05:12 PM

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I still wouldn't feel safe with the car THAT high in the air, on that angle, on jackstands. Unless there was a lift attached to the front as a fail-safe.

The jacks are the fail safe, but yea, I would not leave the car up like that.

sweetbmxrider · 07-10-2010, 10:15 AM

so after you get the motor/k outta the way, drop it back down?

ib4200 · 07-10-2010, 02:23 PM

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so after you get the motor/k outta the way, drop it back down?

yup

ib4200 · 07-12-2010, 10:20 PM

worked on it a little more this weekend, i took the shifter assembly off the trans with all the wires that go along with it, i finished getting the wiring harness out , and i took out the AC condenser but i still need to take off the hard lines that go to the rear of the AC pump to take it out, haynes says its only one bolt holding them in? I didnt really touch the brake lines yet cause i ran out of time to work on it.

This week i'll go out and get a cherry picker and i'll probably get some people to come over next weekend to help finish the job

NastyEllEssWon · 07-13-2010, 02:09 AM

yeah its only 1 bolt on the flange holding the hard lines in. to get it off on greenphoenix's car we had to put a stubby on it from the bottom, have him hold the ratchet while i looped a box wrench around the handle of the stubby and pulled up from the top. it was quite tight