{"id":4854,"date":"2025-05-26T06:35:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=4854"},"modified":"2025-05-26T06:35:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:35:13","slug":"engine-swap-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=4854","title":{"rendered":"Engine swap #2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3179.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3179.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3179.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3179-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3179-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lots of brackets and parts to clean an paint before the install of the donor engine. I won&#8217;t be using the pulley as I&#8217;ll need to use the three groove pulley that is on the original engine so I can run the AC belt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3180.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3180.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3180.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3180-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3180-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New trans mount block and front trans seal.  I&#8217;ll need to order one new u-joint bolt; the rest are OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3181.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3181.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3181.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3181-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3181-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The new seal in place.  The front plate is still leaking out a bit of oil. There was a lot of oil and gunk in the trans lower front cover and so I can expect some leakage. It shouldn&#8217;t matter for the short time the engine\/trans will be in use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3182.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3182.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3182.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3182-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3182-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve removed the four bottom bolts holding the bell  housing to the engine and also the three flex plate bolts. I&#8217;m supporting the trans so I can remove the top two bolts that will leave the engine and trans connected only by the two alignment pins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3183.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3183.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3183.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3183-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3183-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Only two bolts that need to be removed from the top so I can pull the engine separate from the trans. With this done I&#8217;m ready to pull the engine. Still waiting on an engine lift plate from Rock Auto<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lots of brackets and parts to clean an paint before the install of the donor engine. I won&#8217;t be using the pulley as I&#8217;ll need to use the three groove pulley that is on the original engine so I can run the AC belt. New trans mount block and front trans seal. I&#8217;ll need to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/?p=4854\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Engine swap #2&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4854"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4867,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4854\/revisions\/4867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kgworks.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}