re-moving the K8

Legato626 · Post by **Legato626** » March 2nd, 2006, 1:57 pm

I am going to be changing out my clutch and a few other things. But what is the Avg. time spent on re-moving the K8 out of the mx3?

Post by **Custommx3** » March 2nd, 2006, 2:04 pm

Depends on your experience with motor swaps..

I could have a k8 out in about 1-2 hrs.

Its pretty easy

Remove the hood!!!!

remove the axles, remove all fluids, unplug all harnesses/hoses, remove the rad/fans, lower crossmember and transmember, chain it up, drop the mounts, and SLOWlY remove the engine to verify nothings connected still. Have someone guide it as its being raised on each side of the engine to be safe. Tranny comes out still attached.

twoie · Post by **twoie** » March 2nd, 2006, 2:11 pm

I recently did mine and have never done this before. The longest part was using colored zip times and tape on the vac hoses, harness plugs, coolant lines, and whatever esle needed unpluged. Took me a couple of hours to label and a couple of hours to remove.

Follow the online manual its pretty good and detailed. It forgets to show some steps, but you can read between the lines.

twoie

Legato626 · Post by **Legato626** » March 2nd, 2006, 2:56 pm

OK cool!! my buddy that is going to help me he does swaps all the time on honda's and other kinds of car's. So this shouldn't take me long to do.

shawno · Post by **shawno** » March 2nd, 2006, 3:14 pm

Hey you say that you are onl doin your cluthe why dont you just drop the tranny out og the car its easyer and saves time for sure. I can do a tranny swap with putting in a new cluthe in like 3 hours or so.

Post by **Custommx3** » March 2nd, 2006, 3:49 pm

I agree, dont drop the motor for a clutch. Just drop the tranny.

Legato626 · Post by **Legato626** » March 2nd, 2006, 4:09 pm

I am doing a few other things to not just the clutch. I am going to change out the lower pulley and the belts plus headers and polly engine mounts. Plus we are doing this so we know how to do it so when I get the KL-ZE I can drop that in quick.

Slammed6 · Post by **Slammed6** » March 2nd, 2006, 4:22 pm

Don't forget to save some headaches, if you have A/C and power steering. Remove the pumps and leave them attached, and then pull the engine out.

The a/c pump is 4 12mm bolts and the power steering is a couple 14mm bolts.

Legato626 · Post by **Legato626** » March 2nd, 2006, 4:26 pm

I am removing the A/C.

Slammed6 · Post by **Slammed6** » March 2nd, 2006, 6:06 pm

koo, just leave the power steering pump intact on the lines it makes it 10x easier. Good luck on the project.

Legato626 · Post by **Legato626** » March 2nd, 2006, 6:12 pm

i am a auto x racer I WANT POWER STEERING!! =)

Slammed6 · Post by **Slammed6** » March 2nd, 2006, 6:23 pm

no u mis-understood me...pull the pump off the block while its in the car, and the when u lower the engine back in bolt the pump back on the engine. Then you don't have to re-fill the PS or mess with bleeding it and all that crap. Just less mess then removing the powersteering lines and all that fluid goes everywhere. and then when you re-install it you have to turn the wheel and re-fill the resivour keep doing that til the fluid goes through again.

Legato626 · Post by **Legato626** » March 2nd, 2006, 7:08 pm

you have a pic of where the power steering pump is located?

hgallegos915 · Post by **hgallegos915** » March 2nd, 2006, 7:18 pm

um bleed the ps? what i did is filled it uo turned it on removed cap and turned wheel ide to side until bubbles stopped coming out hmmm i maybe um did it wrong.. when i piulled the k8 i didnt have any issues with that.

twoie · Post by **twoie** » March 2nd, 2006, 8:03 pm

I'm with you hgallegos915. I didn't need to bleed mine either?

twoie