The Burning Rom Posted February 9, 2004 Report Posted February 9, 2004 Well...after 2 weeks of looking at the car (TGP #2), I finally decided to pull the motor this weekend. It wasn't bolted to the torque converter, so pulling it didn't take very long. When I got it out, I found two suprises...one good..and one bad. The first was that the motor had a refurb tag on it. And the motor doesn't look too bad at all. Looks like it was a refurbished long block. The heads look clean, and there's still a lot of blue paint on the block. :shock: So it's looking like rebuilding the motor won't take very long. The hardest part will be finding a turbo and rear manifold. BTW, does anyone know if the dealer would be able to tell me anything about this motor if they had the refurb # and the VIN? :? The other suprise was..well...this picture says it all: That boot is shot. Apparently the tranny was not propped up last time the car was moved without the motor in it. So...as long as I have the motor out, I might as well replace the whole axle along with some other things that are a lot easier to replace right now (High Pressure PS line, Accumulator, Cradle bolts and mounts). There are some more pics of the motor in this folder: http://www.neonix.org/nero/tgp2/motorpics/ And here's pics of the car when I first got it: http://www.theburningrom.com/nero/tgp2/ Quote
LukeZ34 Posted February 9, 2004 Report Posted February 9, 2004 God damn.. that car looked trashed when you first got it. Btw, your pic that you posted doesn't work. Quote
maybe2fast Posted February 9, 2004 Report Posted February 9, 2004 What does the clifford button do? Quote
Dannymik Posted February 9, 2004 Report Posted February 9, 2004 \ said: What does the clifford button do? clifford....don't they make alarms and such...maybe a trunk release :? Quote
The Burning Rom Posted February 9, 2004 Author Report Posted February 9, 2004 \ said: Probably just a flashing LED. That's exactly what it is. It won't be there for long though And as for the pic...it works for me. :? Quote
dkorinko Posted February 10, 2004 Report Posted February 10, 2004 Although it sucks to find problems...I would be glad that was the only thing u found. The last time I pulled the motor in my car, three of the pistons had holes the size of quarters in them! Can you say detonation? And these were J/E Forged Pistons, i couldnt imagine what would have happened to the stock ones! :shock: Quote
GnatGoSplat Posted February 10, 2004 Report Posted February 10, 2004 Wow, that poor car was trashed! I have some extra genuine Delco CV joint boot kits if you want to fix that axle. I mistakenly bought a pair of inners when what I needed was outers. $50 down the tubes. Quote
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