Let me know how hard it is to do it yourself? Is there a easier way of doing it? I'm friend is having a hard time linging the tranny shaft to the motor. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

It is pretty easy. The hardest part is reassemblying the short block to long block. If you are installing the engine on to the trany make sure the clutch is on the flywheel. if its a manual autos are easy just bolt the tourqe converter to the flywheel. but manuals are a little more trick if you are having problems turn the flywheel and rock the engine till it slips in.

 

How do you position the tranny? Does the motor mount need to be off or it's ok on? Any more step to step advice?

 

have not searched but i would almost bet money that there is a write-up on this SOMEwhere

 

There is more room if you have them off but you dont need to.

 

leave the motor mounts loose (in the subframe), so the motor can lean back or forward...it's a bitch

 

Taking it out with the tranny attached is just a bitch :\

 

If you are gonna tackle this yourself I highly recommend you partner up with a mechanically sharp friend and preferably someone that's done this before. Even if you have to pay the guy or gal some money it will be worth it to speed things up and give you some confidence that you will be doing the rebuild right. Or just dive in and learn the old fashioned way, make a mistake or two but with use of this forum you will figure it out.

 

As Rocking Rotary said, leave the mounts on but don't tighten them. Use a lift with a load leveler or a jack under the engine to raise the front of the engine and tilt the rear down. That will greatly aid in lining up the tranny.

 

^I said that fool!

 

Yes, but you didn't explain how to get the motor to actually lean back.

 

I just rebuilt my own motor, its easer then an old chevy, the most important part is just going slow and taking your time, I highly suggest getting the video from rotaryaviation the 13b rebuild video. Watch that and you'll think you can take on the world. It shows you everything all you need to know was how you took the motor out and how to put another one in.

 

Well I have yet to do my FD but I have done several FC's and it is much easier to leave the motor mounts completely off to aline the motor and tranny. Then when the motor and tranny are bolted together lift the motor slightly w/ the engine hoist and put the mounts in. Otherwise the mounts make it much harder. One last thing. Leave the tranny in neutral so you can spin the motor to make it match up if need be. Good luck.

 

I just recently put a reman engine into my FD. I decided to install the motor mounts with the engine out as I figured I'd have better control over the oil sealing process.

Putting the engine in was not bad. I took off the subframe bolt and nuts and lowered the subframe at the rear by wedging a 2X4 between the frame and it. This allowed enough room to drop in the engine with the engine mounts fastened. It is rather tight but, I had the engine mate up with the tranny in less than 15 minutes.

Ironically, now, after about 1000 miles the oil pan, next to my passenger engine mount is leaking oil. The problem seem to be an engineering one. The oil pan, right at the engine mount bolts have no reinforcement and is nothing but a thin sheet metal. Once the engine mounts applied torque on this thin metal, it buckled up right between the two outside bolt towers of the mount. I am trying to fix it by building a brace between those engine mount holes. Now I see why someone came up with the idea of an oil pan brace...