Got the rest of the parts in. So got started pulling the old stuff. Doing it by myself so do not have a lot of step by step pictures. Old motor came out really easy actually. Good thing I pulled it. After getting it out I could see that about every seal and gasket was leaking oil. Transmission was covered in old dirt road and motor oil. Got the lift up as high as it would go. Having to try to swing the trans over the fiberglass front was a chore.
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Got it all out and then had to get the car out of the garage and cleaned up. Rolled her out and got out the pressure washer. Bought a 3 gallon jug of purple power and filled a garden sprayer. Sprayed the engine bay down and got to work. About 2 hours later and 3 gallons of degreaser, had it all cleaned up. Then the fun part how to get it back up my ramp into the garage. Borrowed the neighbors 12 winch. Mounted a fall protection plate to the floor of the garage. Hooked the winch to the battery from the car. Had my son hit the button while I drove the car back up in the garage. Worked pretty good. Taped off the engine bay and gave the frame and firewall a fresh coat of paint.
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Installed the new mounts for the engine. Using the BRP hotrods ls swap kit. Got the mounts in and dropped the engine in for the first time. Well finally first roadblock, the JEGS A body pan would let the engine drop straight in. But when releasing the hoist the engine would not rotate to the rear. Raised the lift, got under and the drop on the pan was resting on the back of the crossmember. Clearly this was not going to work. Not wanting to try to modify the pan the engine came back out. So first set back. Solution was to order the Moroso pan called out in the BRP catalogue. Ordered the pan and was shipped and at the door in 3 days. Great service on that.
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Got the new pan in and installed. Dropped the motor back in ad it fit perfectly fine. Got to start working on trans mount and drive shaft. So I had a spare trans laying around that was burnt. Tore it down and used it as a mock up case to verify tunnel fitment and shaft length etc. Made the job a lot easier than laying on my back trying to lift a 4L80 up and in place multiple times in a row. Got the crossmember setup and called in for the new drive shaft. The mounts moved the motor up enough it was only 1.5 inches that needed to be cut from the shaft.
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