Alright I have the flywheel on the clutch on the head on. What other pieces can I put onto the shortblock before I dump it back into the car that will save some time in the long run?
Has anyone ever put the intake on and then put it back in and just hooked all of the wires/hoses up?
does anyone have a writeup on a motor reinstall, search has been down all day?

 

flywheel, clutch, pressure plate, head, intake manifold,and water pump thats all !!

 

cool. That should take some time off of trying to reach for those ack IM bolts.

 

you might want to attach the engine harness as well and the heater hoses on the block side, its a tight fit on the drivers side and a lot of the instalation time comes from wiggling around and connecting hoses/wires.

 

i have found it to be easer to remove cradle, motor, tranny, and wiring harness from under the car

 

ya its deff way easier buy doing it all from under the car, some of us dont have lifts tho : (

 

Yea. I'm doing it in my single car garage. I hardly have enough room to walk around the car when its in there. Motor is back in, getting the damned thing to sit on the mounts properly was a pain in the ass. I plan on putting the tranny on tonight sometime. I hate trying to move the harnesses around in there. They never seem to be in the right spot. I also hope I got all of the coolant hoses hooked up in the proper spots.

 

Everything, including the upper and lower radiator hoses, and the wiring harness.

If you want to do it easy and fast that is

 

Be VERY careful when hooking up small coolant lines and hoses. The will easily reach, and fit in the wrong spot, and send coolant into the intake.

 

any tips on keeping the harness out of the way while installing the tranny?