Can anybody give me some help this weekend, Saturday and/or Monday with swapping out my my engine in my Explorer? :hammer: I mostly just need a spotter to help with getting the engine in and out of the truck. PM me if you can help, Thanks. :thumbsup:

What time. I will be coming thru Valencia probably around noon and can give you hand for a few hours.

I can probably help Monday. I'll be in Oceanside tomorrow.

Wow, quick responses. :eek: :cool:
What time. I will be coming thru Valencia probably around noon and can give you hand for a few hours.
Noon (tomorrow i assume) would be about perfect for pulling the engine. I'll have it all ready to go. :thumbsup:

I can probably help Monday. I'll be in Oceanside tomorrow.
That would be great. :thumbsup:

So now John told me that he WILL be in town this weekend. :confused:
Help will still be appreciated in case he backs out again. :p:

I'll call Monday morning to see if you still need help. :thumbsup:

No fair!

I am swapping an engine and trans in a 91, no help!
I can offer moral support :)

I'll be avail monday for sure (day off from work) if ya still need help
lemme know

No fair!

I am swapping an engine and trans in a 91, no help!
Did you ASK for help? :dunno: :p:

Can anybody give me some help this weekend, Saturday and/or Monday with swapping out my my engine in my Explorer? :hammer: I mostly just need a spotter to help with getting the engine in and out of the truck. PM me if you can help, Thanks. :thumbsup:

When and where Im there.
Jeff could you weld my shock while im there.

Wait whats the pay, all the dr pepper we can drink! Im in for sure.

I'm so used to it I dont ask for help anymore hahaha but help is often offered by some of my friends, if I need it they will be there :)

I'm so used to it I dont ask for help anymore hahaha but help is often offered by some of my friends, if I need it they will be there :)

Its good to have friends like that.

Wait whats the pay, all the dr pepper we can drink! Im in for sure.
That was the idea. I made sure to stock up for Matt, but he brought his own. :dunno:

Pulled the truck in a 7am, Matt showed up as I was working on the last six bolts, and the engine came out easy with his help. Thanks again Matt. :thumbsup:
I finished installing the pushrods and rockers in the new engine, and then set to tackle the header vs. trans adapter problem. I started with the easy side and decided I could shave a little of the adapter and make it work, so while there I started to hook up the EGR and found that my tube didn't fit properly. With a few bends i got it right, but cracked the tube, and then did a crappy job welding it back up. Then on the other side I realized that even shaving off 75% of the adapter it'd still be snug, even after I bent the header as much as I dared. So I gave up on the headers and went back to the stock manifolds, and was pissed that I screwed up the EGR tube now. Took me another hour before I remembered I had parts for two engines there, including a perfect EGR tube. So, at the 12hr mark I decided to call it a day. :rolleyes:
Tomorrow I'll finish up pieces of the new engine, and be ready to pop it in on Monday morning.

Glad I could help you Jeff. That new motor is going to be nice when you get it in.

i just got my engine swap done and am glad its over...more went wrong here than building a sas suspension

John will be helping me tomorrow morning. But thanks for all that offered to help. :thumbsup:

So, I'm not needed tomorrow?

John will be helping me tomorrow morning. But thanks for all that offered to help. :thumbsup:

10-4:thumbsup:

Sorry I missed to post earlier, I'm close so if you need an extra hand let me know.


Mike~

It's in and working - no problems. (Jefe keeps fine-tuning the SCT programming though!)

Actually, the engine made it back in and bolted up to the tranny in about an hour - the rest of the time was all the "other" stuff.

So this is the built up one right?

Yes. The truck is getting a brand new 4.0 and he is still selling it. :(

So all is good? I'm guessing it went in without a hitch.

So all is good? I'm guessing it went in without a hitch.
I've put about a hundred miles on it so far. Its not a huge difference from stock but I'm still tweaking the tune. I'm hoping that some headers that fit and a y-pipe that flows will help it out.