Engine install help!
#1
Engine install help!
I bought a 1991 forerunner that the previous owner removed the engine because of excessive rod knock and never installed a new engine. I picked up an engine localy and am currently installing it. My problem is i cant get the bottom of the bell housing to bolt up. I have the bolts in and the top bolts are almost complety on but there is a much more signinifgant gap between the engine and the bell housing on the bottom. I just cant get the gap to close. It takes quite a bit off force to tighten the bottom bolts and i dont want to break anything.
#2
You may need to lift the trans until they line up and slide them together. You don't want to pull them together with bolts. I like to leave the stiffener brackets a little loose and snug those bolts last, they use the 4 smaller bell housing bolts on the bottom.
#3
Rotate the torque converter until it goes all the way into the trans, should hear 2 or 3 clicks and it should go deeper in the housing. At least on american v8 thats what you need to do
shem
shem
#4
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. My problem is i cant get the bottom of the bell housing to bolt up.
Hi:
A little more information would help.
Is it a 4 cylinder or a V6, automatic or manual shift, and did the donor engine come from an auto or manual shift?
Do not under any circumstance try to close the gap by bolting it closed, you will crack the bell, and cause big time bux.
Pls. reply so the forum can help you.
Art.
Hi:
A little more information would help.
Is it a 4 cylinder or a V6, automatic or manual shift, and did the donor engine come from an auto or manual shift?
Do not under any circumstance try to close the gap by bolting it closed, you will crack the bell, and cause big time bux.
Pls. reply so the forum can help you.
Art.
Last edited by ZARTT; 05-24-2021 at 12:22 PM.
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Hound Dawg (05-24-2021)
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IIRC On the 3VZE where the bottom 4 bolts go in are two brackets that attach to block. Two bolt holes per bracket. I had to loosen each bracket and thread everything in loosely before tightening it all up to make it work.
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millball (05-24-2021)
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