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Date:         Mon, 2 Jan 2012 13:04:47 -0800
Reply-To:     "John C..." <yacoltyayhoo@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "John C..." <yacoltyayhoo@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Engine swap lessons learned
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Conversion / Swap lessons learned ....

Ever heard of the Ole' Sayin' : Derned if ya Do,,, &&& Derned if ya Don't !!!???

The problem (to me) is that after changing everything needed to re-seal the engine so you wont have any troubles down the road Is that if & when it doesn't start after the conversion It makes it all the more difficult to diagnose !!! Especially if you have no experience with the new engine ???

YMMV ;o)

JC... heard it in a love song; cant be wrong... ;o)

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 9:47 AM, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote:

> Finished swapping the engine out of my 90 GL with the screaming manual > transmission (bad bearing), and into my 90 non-GL automatic (whose engine > was making a Bad Noise). When I finally added all the requisite fluids and > hooked up all the wires, it started right up. Ran it for a while, and then > noticed a small puddle forming under the back. Coolant, or course. The > water pump to engine case O-ring is no longer sealing. Never leaked before, > when it was in the GL, but we all know that's what happens, right? I > changed all the hoses, replaced the plastic 90 degree bend hose fitting on > the right side by the pulley with a metal one, changed the fuel lines and > injectors,and changed the ossified and leaking flywheel/flex plate crank > seal and O-ring. > > So the lesson I've learned is, if you don't know when the water pump seals > were replaced last, you might as well replace them if you have the engine > out, even if they don't leak. I've just gone ahead and ordered a whole new > water pump, because if I'm going to rassle with getting the old one off > with the engine in, I want this to be the ONLY time I do it. >


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