Thats the bulk of the cost on the swap

 

On my way back from the junkyard... I ran into this.

 

Joe, your my new idol. Props for pullin through!

You should put the basic bolt ons on while the motor isnt in the car

 

Delorean! whoa those things are rare! I havent seen one in real life.

 

DeLorean! Back to the future we go!!!...I'm gonna do my swap soon after I get my associates. Nice job. Wish I could get a motor for that much.

 

Joe empty your PM box FooL!

 

Thats a great deal on the motor. I paid 800 for one with 30k on it.

 

woo flux compasitor

damn tl-s motor with only 23k awesome find

 

Box is now EMPTY!

 

LOL, that's the first thing I said when I saw it. I slammed on my brakes infront of a cop without thinking of it.. it was bad. lol.. just to take the picture
lol

 

Believe me you arent missing anything, they are pig slow! I was expecting super car performance when I finally drove one, but it sucked.

Getting a Delorean up to 88 MPH is no small task. Good job Marty!

 

Although this may be so, there was a "special package" these cars came with that made up for the lack of power. In the trunk, there was a pound of cocaine provided for the purchaser being a loyal customer. The feds caught onto the fiasco and ceased the distribution of the car.


Taking out the dash tomorrow. I'm making sure I work fast on this.

 

I saw a delorean a few years back in my hometown, this guy who lived about three blocks away from me kept one in his driveway all the time. He barely ever drove it though...btw, good luck with the conversion, hope nothing goes wrong working outside and all.

 

I took the liberty of going back into one of my old threads and found the pages Kris scanned for me for disconnecting the tranny. I thought I'd paste it here for future reference for you guys when it comes to removing your tranny from the driveshaft. This way, you'll be able to remove the engine + tranny all together.






If you need it enlarged, here's the link to the Switching Transmissions Thread

Also, Steps #25-32

 

While doing this swap, jut remove the motor and trans all in 1. There is no need to disassemble it. Both can be pulled out together.

Also if you pop you hood open, unclip the washer fluid hose from its mount on the passenger side strut tower, pop off the hood strut on that side, then go to the drivers side, unclip the drivers side hood strut unscrew the mount it attaches to on the hood and look down a few inches you will see another threaded hole, screw it in there then attach the hood strut. It will hold the hood open vertical for you. Of course if you dont mind taking the hood off it will give you much more room. But it works good for those installing headers or spark plugs,

 

^ I'm not disassembling the tranny from the motor at all, ... but for my year , I have to disconnect the drive shaft to be able to have to engine and tranny come out together. ... It's Strange

 

You have to do that for ALL years.

Unhook it from all the mounts slowly start lifting. Get it up a inch or so and then pop the half shafts out of the trans and intermediate shaft then start lifting slowly checking on them that they are sliding out. Pop them out all the way one enough and pull engine out

 

Alright.. I'll try that later on today. Have to type up a paper first

 

If not you have to take off the large hub nut, separate the knuckle from the lower control arm and then remove teh whole axle then reassemble the knuckle to the control arm.

 

What a GOOD WRITE UP

 

Not again... I went through this hell back during the summer. I couldn't get it off if i my life depended on it.

 

Big breaker bar and a 4-6' pole for an extension

 

Cool, I'll provide another update tonight.

 

I can say Joe make me into a BELIEVE that I can do this too. Specially Since i have garage an air compressor with Tool. Keep up the good write.

Did you get the engine an tranmisson for 700?

 

Well, I'm pulling an all-nighter for this stupid job... I'm trying to get as much done as I can before school starts up monday. So from now i'll be doing the conversion, and then from there, walk straight to work for 9-7pm, and then back to the conversion again a little while after resting.

So far, tonight I've done the following:

1. Uninstall my headers
2. Removed the shifter cable from the tranny
3. Drained the engine oil
4. Remove the cold air intake + battery
5. Removed the front air bag (I'll show you how)

What's left to do for tonight:

1. Drain both coolant and ATF fluids
2. Removing the drive-train from the tranny
3. Removing the dash
4. Removing the engine harness
5. Removing the transmission's harness
6. Removing the bolts to prepare the engine+tranny for removal
7. Chillin with beautiful women, while drinking smirnoff ice to relax
For example: . .. you can definitely see how tired I am from this conversation.. I can't even smile right. lol oh wait.. "conversion." sorry for the spelling. haha once again, too tired


AND I have LOTS of pictures for you guys.

To start off... here's what you need to know... I found some bolts that hold in the dash:

When I removed my XS power headers... I must admit, for a year of having these things, they are AWESOME! They're still in incredible shape!




The only downfall is that from being lowered, I ran into some major speed bumps.. and yet, the end result.

BUT, many of you were wondering if the XS rings would hold up... they're still in perfect shape despite the brutal beating I give this car every day.



ALRIGHT, for the shifter cable, when you're under the car, look at the tranny.. You'll see this:


You want to unscrew these two bolts first:

And then unscrew these three bolts holding the plate in:

To get to the last bold, you'll have to squeeze your socket in there. They're all 12MM bolts


Once all that's done, you'll see a bolt holding the shifter to a pin that's connected to the tranny, remove that bolt with a 10MM socket and you're good to go.

And the cable comes right out


Now, to Drain your oil, here's the bolt.. a 17mm socket will unscrew this.


To Drain your Automatic Transmission Fluid, there bolt's right in here, the big one. This one, just stick in your 3/8" socket/rachet wrench (without any sockets on it) in there to get it removed


And, to drain your coolant.. Remove the splash guard, which looks like this:

Then look for a white colored tab like the one shown below.. That's where to coolant comes out


To be able to remove the drive-shaft from the transmission, remove your wheel, the fork, etc. as if you were normally changing out your shocks.. but remove this nut as well.. it's right behind the rotor:

That'll give you the ability to remove the shaft away from the tranny; once you do this, look for a place where you can pry the shaft away from the tranny, like so:


If you need more specific directions to remove the shaft, check out Steps 25-34 in the scanned pages from the previous post.

I'll fill in you guys more on the details soon with more pictures as the evening goes. If I make enough progress, I'll be able to take out the engine/tranny either tomorrow or later on this week

 

Don't worry... with someone that has the most horrible luck in the world.. if I pull off this job.. anything's possibe. lol

 

Guys, I was wondering... I'm thinking of going two-tone.. how much does the usual estimate run to just pain the hood, roof, and trunk? I've been getting about $600 everywhere I've visited.

 

Well... campus security rolled up to me tonight while I was getting the engine ready to be pulled out.. every harness was removed... They told me that I'm not allowed to work on my car anymore on campus (even though i've been working on my car in the garage for the past semester with them having no problem with it at all). To make it even worse, they expect me to tow my car out of the garage and place it somewhere else to have it worked on. What the @#$!. AND.. to top it off, they're going to CHARGE me for any mess I have made while working on the car. What the @#$!!!!

So.. temporarily, this project's come to a screeching halt. Sucks incredibly.

Does anyone in tampa have AAA? I can't even afford towing the car... even down the street.

 

Great write-up so far!

That sucks that the University won't let you finish work there after you already have so much done and it's not drivable. If I was down there I would try and help you out, but I'm in Tallahassee. Not that I would know how to do anything. BTW, if you are still around FLA you need to help me with my swap once my auto tranny goes out. I have a 99 as well.

 

That's fine with me, I'll definitely come over and help once your tranny goes.. I'll only be a couple of hours away

I'll have to find a friend that has a garage.. or something similar to it like a parking area.... well shit. Anyway, I'll update the rest of you guys soon.

 

damn hot white girl. fuck type-s i need one those. haha. you look ljust like one my friends at school, he was tyrone from chappelles show for halloween. scarry huh. haha

 

^lmfao, great halloween costume idea.

And joe, damn man that blows. Hope it all works out for you man

 

WTF about the campus security. What are they gonna charge you for??? Tell them to fuck off and get the car done quick....

 

wow that sucks. if you dont have money, i would be grateful to help contribute to you. if you have paypal you could start a link right now, 1 dollar from everyone goes a long way.

 

Yes, indeed this definitely blows... I'm going to go ahead and talk to the head of security and see what they say... I mean, i've NEVER had a problem working on my car in the garage.. security would visit just to check up on me to see if everything was okay.. that's all! That really bugs the shit out of me are two things that one guy told me yesterday:

"I'm sorry,but I can't let you do this. Our obligation to you is providing you a parking space, not letting you turn this into a Brooklyn car garage"
AND
"geez, why don't you just buy a new car?"

Now that..really offended me. I'll be at the security office today... I'll update you guys soon.


No need to donate anything, I'll see what these bitches will do first. If worse comes to worse, i'll work out of a parking lot.

I hope so too ... stupid fuckers. !@#(&%!($^#.

That's creepy, he does look like me. lol And the girl's Ukranian

 

That sucks joe. Hopefully they will allow you to work on your own car.

You also may want to look into all that grease in the 2nd to last pic all over the lower arm and knuckle.

 

Joe,

When you go chat with the security folks, let them know how close you are to finishing up the job. Maybe if they know you could finish it quickly they could cut you some slack.

But it's probably an insurance liability issue. They could potentially be liable if you got hurt while working on the car. If that's the issue, there's probably no way they'll let you continue working on the car.

Good luck!

Bob

 

since hes not go

 

No good Joe. Just try to explain the situation to campus security, and maybe they'll give you some leeway. Good luck buddy.

 

Any updates man??? I know that sucks. How much more time do u think u need to get the engine in?