Evening all,
So today was a VERY productive day…..
Ej20 was stripped out by 11.00, h6 offered up and mounted by 1.30, running by 5.30
Few points to note,
With the reversaru 4eat gearbox, it pushes the engine back about 30mm, so needed to redrill engine mounting holes in the chassis rails,
This in turn meant I couldn’t fit the coolant overflow tank in its original position due to the top hose arrangement,
This isn’t a problem as I can mount it outside the rear panel but still within the coach build body,
I’m glad i did the prep work before hand fitting the dash harness’s,
It made today so much easier,
I just needed to remove the original front harness for the ej20 and feed the 5 (YES 5!!) front harnesses through the new modified heater pipe grommet and over the fuel tank to the wiring grommet in the firewall,
Defiantly have a helper when it comes to fitting the engine into the hole!!
And also it helped having a helper when it came to the wiring.
As my van has a false floor, i decided to fit all the ecu’s and fireboxes under the false floor, these needed feeding from inside out, so with me in the van doorway and a helper under the van we managed to get all the wiring in and out of the firewall grommet.
Anyway here’s some pics
Still plenty to do,
Radiator to swap (old one isn’t in the best condition)
Remove chargecooler rad ( from when it was a TD)
Coolant plumbing to connect up
Driveshafts to refurb and fit (short auto shafts)
Some wiring to tidy up and a couple of connections to make
Gearbox oil to drain and refill
Engine oil to drain and refill
Coolant to fill and bleed
Exhaust to make up
Clutch master cylinder and pedal to remove
Blank off clutch master feed pipe from brake fluid bottle
Blank off gearstick and handbrake cable hole in the floorpan
Intake pipework to fabricate
It won’t be all done tomorrow (I don’t have any intake parts to start with as I wasn’t sure what I would need) but it should be driving and running with fresh fluids tomorrow,
We will see how the day pans out…….
More updates tomorrow
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