Today I concentrated on removing everything from the front of the engine.. Tommorow the engine will go up on the engine stand and I wanted to make it lighter, if possible.
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First thing, today is to remove the oil filler. I started by removing the two breather hoses that go to the passenger side cam cover. |
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| I then removed the two bolts securing the oil filler. |
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Then the hose at neck of the filler spout. I don't remember right this second where it goes, luckily it is labeled. |
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| Next, I wanted to remove the housing the t-stat is mounted in - I don't know the correct name for this part. First I removed the fuel line that connects the front fuel pressure damper to the passenger side fuel rail. |
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Line removed in this picture. |
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| Next I removed the large house to the left of the t-stat cover. |
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Then I removed the front fuel pressure damper. |
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| Then I removed the t-stat cover so that I'd have a little better accessibility. The t-stat cover is so much easier to remove when it isn't in the car! |
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Then I removed the t-stat. |
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| I can't remember what this was for and my note is gibberish. |
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I detached the bolt-down for this cable (I think it is the driver's side knock sensor) |
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| I then removed the plate that retains the spark plug wires to the front of the engine (where they cross to go to the distributor caps). |
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I had to disconnect the wires from the cam covers as well. |
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| Here's the front of the engine with the wires removed. |
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| Here I removed the Vacuum-operated switch valve (tune-intake flap). Whatever that is. |
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Driver's side engine cover off! |
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| Removed the distributor cap. |
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| Passenger side engine cover off! |
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Next I unbolted the smog pump. But I was unable to get it off - later on, Jay Kempf told me it has to be pried off, which I did. |
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| I'm not absolutely sure what this plug is for, but I did label both ends. |
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Disconnected a very small wire that goes into the smog pump. |
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| Since I was unable to remove the smog pump before, I attempt to remove the bracket it is attached to. Also without success. |
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After failing with the smog pump, I moved to the other side and successfully removed the alternator. |
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| Removed the wires from the alternator. |
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Alternator removed. |
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| Sure looks lonely.. |
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There was a small wire going through the lower engine cover. I believe it is for the timing belt tensioner. |
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| Removed the other end of the wire from the timing belt tensioner. |
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Lower engine cover removed. I cut the A/C compressor belt because A) I'm lazy and B) I wasn't going to re-use it anyway. |
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| Removed the thing the t-stat mounts into.. Anyone know what this thing is actually called? |
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