well today i finally started removing **** on my 88 TII to put in new engine took off the hood, removed battery, intercooler, power streering pump, A/C condenser, alternater, fan, fan shroud, and air pump. only worked on it for 3-4 hour not to bad i guess for my engine swap. for tommorrow removal of thorttle body, upper intake manifold, rats nest along with all other hoses and ****. if any one has any advice for me it is more then welcomed.i am planning to pull engine and transmission together. also if i get to it i will remove the turbo. will post pictures of progress tomorrow until then plz let me know what u guys think



-James NJ

 

well today i got rid of all the unneeded **** basically brought it down to the block and turbo. tomorrow i will be disconnecting the motor mounts, trans crossmember, all trans wiring, and will be disconnecting the down pipe from the turbo. also i will probly disconnect all a/c, and power streering lines seeing that they will not be needed any more. if any one has any helpful advice it will be greatly appreciated. i cant wait to finish cleaning up the engine bay alot of degreaser will be needed. will post pics of progress later tonight or tomm. BTW does any one know where i can get a new or good conditioned engine wiring harness the owner of the car before me used medical tape around the thing and made awful connections added up with 20 years of grease the things not even worth trying to revive.

 

Sounds like you're doing pretty well all by yourself. Puttin' it back in is a little more difficult, but putting the tranny/engine combo in at once solves the alignment issue.



Your best bet for a wiring harness is to find a good used one. They come up on ebay all the time. Be prepared to pay about a hundred.



Cheers

 

yeah i heard that it might be a little more difficult but its ok. i looked on ebay could only find a N/A wiring harness. does any one on here have a good conditiond 88 T2 engine wiring harness i could purchase off them if so just let me know. well im gonna go and start my mission for today after i finish unbolting and removing the last of the engine bay im going to do the TB mod and start porting it hopefully will have pix up later today

 

two more things to do remove trans crossmember and down pipe think im gonna need an impact gun for theses tried by hand not happening. did every thing else the old fashion way too. gonna eat some lunch and then start taking apart my TB does any one have any advice for me while doing this?

 

Did you have someone drain the freon or did you do that yourself and if so, how?

 

i just unbolt the compressor from the bracket and push it to the side.

 

yaeh i drained the freon i have my a/c recory and recycling license rofl even though i really do but any way i have pix and i did the TB mob and roughly ported it if i can get ur guys advice would be helpful its my first

time and i think i came out well considering i used a dewalt drill and a grinding stone lol

 

ok here are the pic tures the first 2 are of TB before port the others are the port job. also theres a picture of all the stuff that came out thats not going back in lol. there are also some dismantled engine bay pictures. oh yeah and the TB mod. i got alot of progres done yesterday and today. its almost time to pull the mother out.

 

i love the piles of crap that you make doing this... i have one too.