05-05-2013, 10:03 PM
People who deserve more thank-yous than I can say: Joey, DJ, Mike D., David M., Navin, Sacha and Joey's friend Laurens.
Joey, Laurens and I got the old motor out yesterday (Saturday). That was the "easy" part of this weekend.
Started wrenching around 10 AM this morning. I had heard "everything with a plug has to be moved over" and that was true.
We ran into an issue with the fuel rail. The '95 has a fuel pressure regulator (FPR) and the '99 has a "pulsation dampener" which does I-don't-know-what. Between our collective brainpower (mostly not-mine) and Google, we figured out we needed the '95 injectors, on the '99 rail, with the '95 FPR mounted upside-down in place of the '99 dampener and new custom-cut fuel lines to replace the hard lines that were a part of the old rail.
If you followed the above paragraph, go have a beer because you deserve it.
Anyway, the motor is in, everything is bolted down, everything is plugged in. The battery was too flat to actually start the motor, but it did crank with the proper noises. So, the battery is on Joey's trickle charger and we'll try again tomorrow.
Current issues to address:
• Coolant gushes out of the "water outlet" that holds one of the coolant temp sensors. I had to put the old outlet on the new motor, and in my haste, didn't move the gasket. So, need a gasket for it. And more coolant to replace what poured from the bottle onto the ground. Twice.
• When ignition is turned to "run" the temp gauge goes straight to full-hot. Not sure why. Probably a sensor. (Edit: we accidentally grounded a temperature sensor wire)
• Needs transmission fluid, because I forgot to buy it when I was at AutoZone last time.
• Check fuel lines to make sure send/return are in the right spots.
• Figure out where the open vacuum lines go. Probably can use some T-connectors to split a few vacuum ports.
• Either find a few new nuts for the cat/exhaust connection, or replace the catback. One is cheap, the other is what I'd really want to do.
What's left after that:
• Re-install front bumper
• Re-install hood
• New tires. The Azenis on it right now have the pliability of a Lego wheel.
• Detail the friggin paint. A lot.
• Driiiiiiiive.
Joey, Laurens and I got the old motor out yesterday (Saturday). That was the "easy" part of this weekend.
Started wrenching around 10 AM this morning. I had heard "everything with a plug has to be moved over" and that was true.
We ran into an issue with the fuel rail. The '95 has a fuel pressure regulator (FPR) and the '99 has a "pulsation dampener" which does I-don't-know-what. Between our collective brainpower (mostly not-mine) and Google, we figured out we needed the '95 injectors, on the '99 rail, with the '95 FPR mounted upside-down in place of the '99 dampener and new custom-cut fuel lines to replace the hard lines that were a part of the old rail.
If you followed the above paragraph, go have a beer because you deserve it.
Anyway, the motor is in, everything is bolted down, everything is plugged in. The battery was too flat to actually start the motor, but it did crank with the proper noises. So, the battery is on Joey's trickle charger and we'll try again tomorrow.
Current issues to address:
• Coolant gushes out of the "water outlet" that holds one of the coolant temp sensors. I had to put the old outlet on the new motor, and in my haste, didn't move the gasket. So, need a gasket for it. And more coolant to replace what poured from the bottle onto the ground. Twice.
• When ignition is turned to "run" the temp gauge goes straight to full-hot. Not sure why. Probably a sensor. (Edit: we accidentally grounded a temperature sensor wire)
• Needs transmission fluid, because I forgot to buy it when I was at AutoZone last time.
• Check fuel lines to make sure send/return are in the right spots.
• Figure out where the open vacuum lines go. Probably can use some T-connectors to split a few vacuum ports.
• Either find a few new nuts for the cat/exhaust connection, or replace the catback. One is cheap, the other is what I'd really want to do.
What's left after that:
• Re-install front bumper
• Re-install hood
• New tires. The Azenis on it right now have the pliability of a Lego wheel.
• Detail the friggin paint. A lot.
• Driiiiiiiive.
Now:
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M
'16 Ram 1500 | '97 BMW M3 | Some Press Loan
Then:
87 BMW 325e | 91 BMW 535i | 96 BMW 328i | 95 BMW 325i | 95 Mazda Miata | 13 Focus ST | 09 BMW 128i | 00 Pontiac Firebird | 05 Yukon Denali | 96 BMW 328iC | 11 Ford F-150 | 06 BMW M3 | 10 Range Rover SC | '03 Ford Ranger | '18 Ford F-150 | '01 BMW X5 | '98 Volvo S70 T5M