It's finally happening. I started my engine swap today. My Olds 350 is just about done, so I figured it was about time I got cracking on the car itself.
I think I am going to pull the trans along with the engine, as I have heard it is much easier than trying to hook everything up in the car.
I have everything disconnected from the engine except for the mounts and exhaust. And I climbed under the car and found that there is just one electrical connector to the trans, and one crossmember bolt. Well, that and the shift linkage. Should be easy.
I started with draining and pulling the radiator. The shroud and brackets came out super easy.
The electrical connectors and and wires are all unplugged/off, and the vacuum lines are off.
And my little brother and I took the hood off, just because it is so much nicer to NOT have it eating my head.
Without any further ado, the pictures of the progress of a total engine-swapping newb.
One of the last pictures of the Horror-Time 4100 hooked up...
Where'd the hood go?
Oh, there it is
The MASSIVE hole where the radiator and fan shroud was.
My AC might have been slightly improperly vented. :shhh:
And last but not least for tonight, it seems as though my car has decided to do wheelies. :lildevil:
^That's funny that you should mention that. I JUST ordered the brackets for the cable last night. A few quick clicks and I should have my new JEGS parts in a few days.
Sorry for the lack of updates. It's been a VERY busy weekend. Between helping my dad put a new roof on our house and work I've had no Cadillac Time.
That being said, I have this Tuesday off! Wrenches will fly, engines will be worked on, and a gearbox will be bolted to something. So sit tight, and I'll be back next week.
Yeah. The irony is I just got BACK from all my car nonsense and pulled in and my belt was destroyed. Didn't even make a sound (may have slipped off and just worn down for those thirty seconds I still had to drive. I had a belt left from the LAST time this crap happened (Damn oil) and put it on. I will go in search of a slightly smaller belt now, so I can make SURE it is kept plenty tight and hopefully get this crap dealt with when I take the car in once I have some free cash. That and my neon lighting on the right side keeps bugging out and I will have to deal with that.
Note: As much as I disapprove of ricey neon lighting on cars I feel that the one and ONLY time it is properly called for is on e Hearse, for that whole "Eerie" feel it gives off. Not on a regular Brougham and never on a muscle car, not on a sports sedan, not on your CTS-V or a fast car of any kind and especially not one of these little "import tuners".
Neon can be tastefully if they are not made tacky, so no strobe headlights, random badges or LED skulls mounted on the chassis, no ghetto rims, no HID kits, no Ghettoblaster and no loud exhaust system, even though those are the traditional modifications FL sees for slow cars to make them look slick, but I am happy with the way my car looks and can honestly say that the only time these neon lights have EVER been used is for a Halloween display. Also, on that note, I hope to get some good photos this October for you guys from Ultimate Horror weekend (So you can see that weird "Art Car" Hearse with the fangs and weird murals on it) and at another event that The Director Of Recreations decided I should help with after I found her snapping photos of my car.
I am like...The Duke of Off-Topicness, so I'm going to shut up now.
^About time I stepped in here. I have Mon. - Wed. off this week. And most of Thursday. I promise you, there will be updates and LOTS of pictures. Sorry, just have been VERY busy with work lately. Thanks for the nudge, Roo.
(Also, good to finally see you on here redneonzftw!)
My TV Cable Bracket and Throttle Cable Bracket, fresh from JEGS.
This is the adapter that bolts to my carb flange. It's what the TV cable hooks to, and how all the shifts will be controlled. I need to get either another carb spacer or a thicker one. I can't install this piece yet, because it hits where the EGR valve would go. I'll be heading to the speed-shop tomorrow to look for a suitable spacer.
I painted the heater-core pipe so it matches the engine. This came from the 307. Why is there a vacuum line connector on the back? The one from the HT4100 didn't have that. I'd have just used the one from the HT, but it's too small.
So... Much... Scraping...
I need that oil filter housing...
The housing came off once the exhaust came off. There was so much rust. Three of the bolts came out, one snapped off, and the last one didn't come out. If you look closely, the whole front of the manifold cracked and split! That bolt stayed in (with a chunk of manifold), and the the rest was pushed out of the way. Either way, I got the filter housing off.
Also, just about all of the other parts got painted today! :highfive:
Tomorrow I think the Olds will get the accessories put on it and I'll see if I can get the engine mounts off of the HT and test-fit them to the 350.
BEAUTIFUL. Krylon makes a paint for plastics that works really well on that flunky (FLUNKY not "Funky") intake hose that connects to the air cleaner housing...and that hose is just oh-so-fun to degrease too.
^That intake hose is actually in REALLY good shape. I found it at the junkyard and it might have been free. I was just using it to prop up the air cleaner housing so the bottom could dry.
the vacuum port on the heater control is to let coolant into your heater core. Its controlled by a vacuum line coming from the firewall(on a car with a stock 307). Vacuum is applied when you turn on the heat and it opens the valve to let the coolant to the heater core. If you want to use the 4100 heater stuff, can you get a thread reducer? I got one from ACE for a temp sensor and it works fine.
^Thanks for the tip, CS. I have to go to the hardware store anyway. And Dullahan, when I said free, I meant they just gave it to me. Smaller or odd plastic parts they will sometimes tell you to just keep.
I also have a question regarding the oil filter housing. Is there supposed to be a gasket between that and the block? Or is it just metal on metal? I REALLY don't want to get it full of oil and have it spray everywhere. I have several types of RTV, if that can be used.
I got (most) of the accessories on today! Three more bolts and the alternator and the power steering pump are completely done! That 307 has been invaluable for parts and references for part placement.
I also got the crank pulley and the oil filter housing on. I asked about the oil filter housing earlier, about whether it needed a gasket or not. Turns out I had a new gasket for it the whole time! So yes, it is metal on metal from the factory, but if you take it off they do make gaskets for it.
PICTURES!
Does anybody have a picture of the AC bracket configuration for the Olds 307? I took mine apart to clean and paint it, and have since forgotten how to put it back together.
looking good man. If I can remember after work, I'll try to get some pictures of my AC Bracket on my 87...
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