krs
Well-Known Member
I am continuing my "saga" of trying to remove my first engine. My objective is to replace it with a salvage-yard engine.
I am down to one last bolt on the y-pipe on the exhaust manifold (none of them would unscrew, so I cut them off with a cut-off tool). The remaining one does not give you much room to get the tool to it, but I am not excited about putting the torch to it! Suggestions are welcome!
The other remaining thing (the big problem) is that I went to remove the torque converter nuts, removed the first one fine, and then went to turn the crank-shaft, and found the engine is locked up. So how does one separate the transmision from the engine when you cannot turn the engine to remove the torque converter nuts?????
This leads to the question as to why is the truck engine frozen. The 98 3.0L ranger has about 165,000 miles on it, and my son was driving it a couple of weeks ago, and it just died on the side of the road. Oil was all over the engine on the driver side - it was even iin the air-cleaner outlet tube. I am thinking a ring cracked, and oil shot up through the intake manifold (and anywhere else it could) from the driver side of the engine, and maybe it locked up the given piston in the cylinder????
What I am thinking is either haul the truck to the junkyard, or take the head off on the driver side, and see if I can free-up the bind....
Sound reasonable? Any other suggestions?
I am down to one last bolt on the y-pipe on the exhaust manifold (none of them would unscrew, so I cut them off with a cut-off tool). The remaining one does not give you much room to get the tool to it, but I am not excited about putting the torch to it! Suggestions are welcome!
The other remaining thing (the big problem) is that I went to remove the torque converter nuts, removed the first one fine, and then went to turn the crank-shaft, and found the engine is locked up. So how does one separate the transmision from the engine when you cannot turn the engine to remove the torque converter nuts?????
This leads to the question as to why is the truck engine frozen. The 98 3.0L ranger has about 165,000 miles on it, and my son was driving it a couple of weeks ago, and it just died on the side of the road. Oil was all over the engine on the driver side - it was even iin the air-cleaner outlet tube. I am thinking a ring cracked, and oil shot up through the intake manifold (and anywhere else it could) from the driver side of the engine, and maybe it locked up the given piston in the cylinder????
What I am thinking is either haul the truck to the junkyard, or take the head off on the driver side, and see if I can free-up the bind....
Sound reasonable? Any other suggestions?