Project *clutch*

Well im going to be replacing my clutch hopefully this weekend. Im gonna put this in http://www.ultrarev.com/Exedy_OEM_R...0L_L4_Cyl._(3SGTE_ALL_TRAC_Turbo)-p69987.html I'll probobly be taking the whole engine out just because i want to replace seals and stuff, etc..... My friends will be helping me throughout this whole ordeal so it'll be intersting to find out who really is my friend .

I'll also be giving the car a paint job since the car will be undriviable for a little while. Along with that i'll bacsicly be making sure all is good and running in the engine. After everything is running good, im gonna strip her down and loose all the wait i can .

Before pictures:

 

well i got alot of the engine shit out today. I drained the intercooler and most of the radiator fluid, i cant find the drain plug on the side of the engine if anyone wants to help me out with that one. I got alot done today in 5 hours, i work slow .



HOTNESS!


Hey, where can i get one of those extenders for my MAF, i know someone sells them, i just cant find it.

Even though i know im new and all, i know some people out there really like helping others with cars (except my friends) so if anyone wants to help with this engine removal, send me a pm. I want to have it back in before spring break ends which is the week after easter...whatever day that is. Im near naperville, il.

 

Day 2

I have to go to work soon so this is all im proboly gonna get done today. I took the rad out and finished taking the intercooler out.

 

well i decided to take a detore and try and remove the cruise control. I've got the directions on how to but i just cant seem to get the damn cables off, fucking things. I was wondering if anyone could tell me how to get the cables off the CC unit and the TB. I think it has to do with the litle pin, i took pics.




or does it have to do with the actual cable itself.


and wut about the TB.


..i know im a noob....

 

yea, i got it out and rewired it to the TB, thanks man. There where 3 10mm bolts holding it down, i needed a 6inch extender with a pivot section because one was at a weird angle. You need to disconect a plug and vacum line.

 

my vac line was weird, there was no t branch, take a look for yourself.

 

Day 3... easter....

I didn't get too much done today, just got the starter out. The bastard who designed that section of the engine bay should be shot... When i got the starter out i noticed the gear was covered in this black powder.. kindof odd but then i figured, thats probobly my clutch disk!!!! lmao

Also got the car jacked up and started messing with the crossmembers and such, i think im gonna kill myself trying to get those fucking bolts off. Whats a good product to spray on the bolts to lossen them up?

 

So basicly i havn't had very much time to work on the car. My mom had to go to the hospital on tuesday, so i've been there and work most of the time now. The time that i've had to work on my car, i've broken a socket and a 1/2 to 3/8 converter trying to get that crossmember out. I've used wd-40, liquid wrench, and the propane tourch. The bitch will not come out, so basicly im gonna have to use a impact wrench.

Now i have the wrench, i just need an air compressor. Any one know of where i can rent one for cheap, and how much it would be. Money's really tight mainly because i walked off on my job because they told me i couldn't leave when i find out my mom had to go to the hospital. BTW, she had a heart attack with her heart rate at 240 and work wouldn't let me leave. So work wont give me my paycheck until i have a "chat" with them. So my account is at just about 40$ .

GOOD NEWS!!!!! its snowing.... wait, thats bad because its APRIL!!!!!!!!! Arg.... nothing goes right

 

just out of curiosity, do i have to take out the lower crossmember? The one that goes from axle to axle. I've broken two sockets now and cannot get a hold of a air compressor. I was looking at it and it kind of looks like it may not need to be removed.

O, and where can i get something to plug a vacume line, and what would it be called?

 

im lowering the engine. That mount doesn't look too hard to get at since i got the plate over it + the starter out. Then theres the mount towards the front of the car. Where is the 3rd mount?

OMG, idiot before me HAD to use an impact wrench to tighten the lugs on the tires. Goddamn where they a bitch to get off... and no, im not weak.

 

THAT CROSSMEMBER IS COMMING OUT TODAY!
weither it wants to or not

 

what size nut is the axle nut?

 

my max socket is 22 and it doesn't come close. Its more like a 30+.

question, when disconnecting the driveshaft, there is like a shield over it, i took that off and now there are 4 bolts. Correct me if im wrong, but if i take those off, i can just lower the shaft from that side. Since im lowering the engine, thats all i have to do, correct?

PICS:
Driveshaft


My crossmember finaly came out after being dowsed with wd-40/liquid wrench, being heated up with a propane tourch for 5 min per bolt, and having a impact wrench beat the shit out of it


HUGE TRANNY!!!