- Wed Sep 05, 2007 9:14 pm
#22287
Sorry. first time posting here, and well ive looked all around the net, and basically im sorta stuck on what to do.
Okay, well lemme start by saying, the original engine in my 1995 civic dx is a d15b7 and well a rod went straight throught eh bottom and throught he oil pan, so i said crappppp i need a new engine, so i head down to good ol los angeles and pick up a d15b(well thats what it says on the block, but i dont think its vtech, cause mine wasnt, and i dont need it) and it looks identical to mine. anywho, i yanked the radiator, fuel line, the power steering, the ac, the header, the air intake system, disconnected all sensors,(on the engine), disconnected all the hoses and it looks bare, now, it doesnt look as if the axles are going through the engine, so my question is, can i yank the engine by dropping the tranny to the bottom and pull the engine out top with a hoist?
another thing, the engine i bought which i was told has roughly 35k on it(still has the oil filter from japan) and where it connects to the tranny, its got like a flywheel? well something to connect to a manual transmission, as ive got a automatic, ive drained the tranny fluid, and it feels like its ready to be yanked, but im not sure how i should actually go about doing that at this point, ill take some pics and post em up as i just now remembered maybe i shoulda taken some LOL. anyway, this is my first swap and i catch on pretty fast, as far as the torque wrench goes, whats the pounds per pressure do the mounting bolts go at? if you dont understand me, im sorry im a big noob to this shit and i wanna get this yanked. now on the new engine i pulled the manual pump put the plate where that was and changed the distributor to my american(ha) one. now so that i didnt lose anything i simply placed all the bolts and intake bs on the new engine (not tight but merely laid on)
i was reading another thread on how to drop the engine out, but i went to all thsi trouble of getting a lift and putting it together that i feel i owe it to myself to use the darn thing. anybody got some tips? if i left anything out that you experts would know, please let me know so i can do that.
thanks much - danny
Okay, well lemme start by saying, the original engine in my 1995 civic dx is a d15b7 and well a rod went straight throught eh bottom and throught he oil pan, so i said crappppp i need a new engine, so i head down to good ol los angeles and pick up a d15b(well thats what it says on the block, but i dont think its vtech, cause mine wasnt, and i dont need it) and it looks identical to mine. anywho, i yanked the radiator, fuel line, the power steering, the ac, the header, the air intake system, disconnected all sensors,(on the engine), disconnected all the hoses and it looks bare, now, it doesnt look as if the axles are going through the engine, so my question is, can i yank the engine by dropping the tranny to the bottom and pull the engine out top with a hoist?
another thing, the engine i bought which i was told has roughly 35k on it(still has the oil filter from japan) and where it connects to the tranny, its got like a flywheel? well something to connect to a manual transmission, as ive got a automatic, ive drained the tranny fluid, and it feels like its ready to be yanked, but im not sure how i should actually go about doing that at this point, ill take some pics and post em up as i just now remembered maybe i shoulda taken some LOL. anyway, this is my first swap and i catch on pretty fast, as far as the torque wrench goes, whats the pounds per pressure do the mounting bolts go at? if you dont understand me, im sorry im a big noob to this shit and i wanna get this yanked. now on the new engine i pulled the manual pump put the plate where that was and changed the distributor to my american(ha) one. now so that i didnt lose anything i simply placed all the bolts and intake bs on the new engine (not tight but merely laid on)
i was reading another thread on how to drop the engine out, but i went to all thsi trouble of getting a lift and putting it together that i feel i owe it to myself to use the darn thing. anybody got some tips? if i left anything out that you experts would know, please let me know so i can do that.
thanks much - danny
