10-02-2005, 09:07 PM
Update:
The 2.5 motor is sitting in the engine bay all bolted up. Here are some notes from the day.
-If you plan on running the 1.8 accessories, alt, ps, a/c. You need to swap over the 1.8 brackets too.
-my MY 00 motor had the 6 tooth crank sensor which apparently is what plugs directly into the 1.8 ECU
-you cannot remove the motor from the bottom without dropping the sub frame and/or removing the a/c condensor dryer. All we did for the hour we tried was succeeded in getting the studs on the motor stuck on the sub frame and bashing up my dryer. So I had to go out and shell out the 150 for an engine hoist. Once we hooked that up it came right out and the new one went right in.
- When installing the new motor not attatched to the sub frame it makes it easier to slide in if you use an SUV jack to jack up the tranny so the motor mount studs clear the sub frame and the angle created by them clearing is equal to the angle of the jacked up tranny.
other than those things, the motors bolted up, the PS is installed and yes the lines were a bit short, took a min to bend the one and a longer rubber hydrolic hose to fix the lower one. The AC and the brackets are bolted in, the alt is in, now everything just needs to be swapped, sensor-wise from the 1.8 into the 2.5 and its ready to go after we get some antifreeze, swap the TB, and change the oil, etc.
The 2.5 motor is sitting in the engine bay all bolted up. Here are some notes from the day.
-If you plan on running the 1.8 accessories, alt, ps, a/c. You need to swap over the 1.8 brackets too.
-my MY 00 motor had the 6 tooth crank sensor which apparently is what plugs directly into the 1.8 ECU
-you cannot remove the motor from the bottom without dropping the sub frame and/or removing the a/c condensor dryer. All we did for the hour we tried was succeeded in getting the studs on the motor stuck on the sub frame and bashing up my dryer. So I had to go out and shell out the 150 for an engine hoist. Once we hooked that up it came right out and the new one went right in.
- When installing the new motor not attatched to the sub frame it makes it easier to slide in if you use an SUV jack to jack up the tranny so the motor mount studs clear the sub frame and the angle created by them clearing is equal to the angle of the jacked up tranny.
other than those things, the motors bolted up, the PS is installed and yes the lines were a bit short, took a min to bend the one and a longer rubber hydrolic hose to fix the lower one. The AC and the brackets are bolted in, the alt is in, now everything just needs to be swapped, sensor-wise from the 1.8 into the 2.5 and its ready to go after we get some antifreeze, swap the TB, and change the oil, etc.
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