At 3:15 pm this afternoon the patient left the opertaing room under its own power.

Pulled the motor last weekend without incident, and starting stripping it Saturday. No problems until removing the turbos when two studs broke off and severely slowed the process while I replaced studs and tapped holes. After that she went together no problem and I dropped it back in today.

Actually pulling the motor and dropping it back in was very easy; I have done cars that were much worse. Never expected swapping parts to take an entire day though. Thanks to everyone who lent advice or just moral support. 425 more miles to go before I can stand on it...

 

Congrats!!!

Good to see a 7 back on the road.

I'm about to pull my engine so that I can get my turbos out. They're such a B*tch when the engine's in the car

 

WHAT no videos? Geez doesnt anyone have entrepreneur<sp? skills? Just think of the $$$ that cld be had if someone took the time to film a engine swap. I know I'd probably pay $10 or so bucks for it!

 

I agree...

I think if I had to yank the turbos again (which I will ) I'd just pull the whole damn motor.

 

Yes it sucks swapping parts from the motors for 4-5 hours doesn't it. Congrats now go drink a beer.

 

4-5 hours? I spent about 12! It took that long to degrease parts and replace a bunch of the turbo studs that broke

 

pics?

 

Way to go. Now I know who to call when I need to replace my motor!!!!!

 

Remeber before u put the stuff back in use anti seize...my turbos came out with no problem after using that stuff

 

Thanks for the offer to help earlier. If your ever blows up and you need a hand, I will be....uh...I will be uh....out of town