This is my Angry Bird

[LastCallKillIt]

Gets better...

Energy trans mount



Starting to look like an engine again





Where it sits right now



Another awesome thing happened. There was too much pressure on the lower mount bolt against the mount that it got ####ed up, and in turn ####ed up the threads in the k-member. Lifted it back off, tried re-tapping it and it ####ed up the tap. So cool.

[Mater]

trivia question - and yeah, welcome to BangShift! Where we derail any and eventually EVERY thread. lol. Oh yeah, triva question... who mfg'd the last production car with a flat tappet cam? I can't think of anything non rollered any more.

dodge/mitsubishi the 3.0L SOHC/DOHC engines are flat tappet followers last one was built in 2003-ish?

the 3.5 and 24 valve SOHC engines are roller followers though

[LastCallKillIt]

Still true with Pontiac Blue



All buttoned up



Getting ready for penetration



Ughhhhh feelz so good!

The eagle has landed



So ugghh when I was rotating the engine to line up the flex plate with the TC I heard a weird ping sound, like something was stuck and then decided to get unstuck. I only took out the bank 1 spark plugs.

I removed the bank 1 valve cover and the plugs on bank 2, and everything seemed normal. Any ideas what I heard?

[LastCallKillIt]

Pulled the front cover back off, every thing still looks normal. IDK

[SuperBuickGuy]

could be anything or nothing at all - ping, klunk, chudda chudda, and thump are damn hard to diagnose from any further then a couple feet... but I'm sure there are others here who are up to the challenge

you know, you make that engine pretty enough, you won't want to blow it up again

[LastCallKillIt]

she's underneath now. Speak now or forever hold your peace lol

[LastCallKillIt]

Almost there. I sure hope its not broke

[Beagle]

I don't think that will ever stop freaking me out... hope it's all good now!

[Deaf Bob]

Heard tell of it done.. Never seen no pictures... It is sure a wierd way to R&R an engine...
Looking good by the way...

[LastCallKillIt]

I don't think that will ever stop freaking me out... hope it's all good now!

???

[Beagle]

? ? ?

having the car sitting at a 45* angle and rolling the engine under it. I've seen several using blocks to lift the body up and it freaks me out. Your's looks like a better deal with the lift, but still just weirds me out to see the car like that.

oh, on top of our beloved forum ### ing out the Fbomb, it can't handle simple smilies either. haha.

[Mater]

i used a host when i changed the engine in my 2001 GPGT i had

[stangbanger]

trivia question - and yeah, welcome to BangShift! Where we derail any and eventually EVERY thread. lol. Oh yeah, triva question... who mfg'd the last production car with a flat tappet cam? I can't think of anything non rollered any more.

Pretty sure it was the Jeep 4.0 I6. They went away in 2005ish???

[Bob Holmes]

I usually can't hear the "ping" over the cussing.

[mlcraven]

That ping was probably Tinkerbelle...putting some good luck stardust on your project to soothe the Angry Bird.