Pulled engine and trans last night...PICS

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Well I finally pulled the engine and transmission out of my '91 LX last night. It came out pretty smoothly. I couldn't believe how rusted out the transmission crossbrace was . Anyway, here are the pics and some more info:
http://franksperformance.com/Forums/index.php?showtopic=245&pid=751&st=0&#entry751

 

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I have a lot of cleanup to do on that engine bay as you can see!

 

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looks normal for a car or that age.....

 

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Its going to take some elbow grease to clean up all that crud in the engine bay.

 

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oh know you reminded me of what i should be doing this winter. i don't want to do that again.

 

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i did mine too couple weeks ago all by myself and if was my first time too took me about 3 days all alone to do it

 

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gaslight said:

Its going to take some elbow grease to clean up all that crud in the engine bay.

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You can say that again. I plan on putting a wire wheel on an angle grinder to make it a little easier to remove some of that surface rust. Either way it is going to take some time.

 

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that bay doesn't look that bad man - heres what i did -

I wet the whole bay, sprayed it with whitewall cleaner, and let it sit for like almost 20 minutes- than i scrubbed it forever and rinsed - than after that, i sprayed it with wheel cleaner that is stronger, and let it sit for 10 minutes- than scrubbed again - and you'll be surprised how much it cleans up -

than tape off all the wires and hoses and paint it!! Def paint the bay while the engine is out - might as well, better than taping up an engine and spraying around it - even if you don't weld up all the holes in the bay - still paint it

 

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I8URVTEC said:

...I couldn't believe how rusted out the transmission crossbrace was ....

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If you plan on keeping the car AOD...I have a crossbrace in great condition from when I swapped my car to 5spd.

I can take some pics if you're interested....

 

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perfect time to fill all those extra holes in the engine bay and then paint it.

 

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why do mustangs have all of those extra little holes? also, why did they have that extra hole that's next to the stock air filter box, but is capped?

 

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I am thinking it is because of the same basic structure since 79 and maybe back then they used those for accessories. The big hole ,I think, is symetric to the one on the driver's side where the washer fluid is. I don't have my mustang now so I can't go check.

 

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yeah those two holes are identical but on opposite sides....all those holes are ridculous

 

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good job..... be sure to look closely at that crossmember under your trans, dont want to be bearer of bad news but its pretty rusty!
Jack

 

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wht93gtEd said:

If you plan on keeping the car AOD...I have a crossbrace in great condition from when I swapped my car to 5spd.

I can take some pics if you're interested....

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I plan on putting in a C4. Would the same crossbrace fit?

 

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I8URVTEC said:

I plan on putting in a C4. Would the same crossbrace fit?

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I'm really unsure...anyone else???

 

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old_blue said:

I am thinking it is because of the same basic structure since 79 and maybe back then they used those for accessories. The big hole ,I think, is symetric to the one on the driver's side where the washer fluid is. I don't have my mustang now so I can't go check.

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Yea, those holes are for the air intake tubes off the carb on the 79-85 stangs.

 

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What is the best way to fill the holes? I would asume welding some thin sheet metal and then grinding it down smooth.

 

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Did you wrap the chain around the oil pan? Or did you connect it to the headers?

Also can you lift the block from the intake?