Alright people, for those of you who have been reading my posts from last week know that I was tackling my engine swap over the weekend. The newly acquired B16A2 is officially mounted in my car but I have a few issues at hand.
1.) there are way too many plugs just hanging around now, I've plugged everything in but there are about 2-3 plugs that have no where to be plugged. Any thoughts. I'm about to go tonight and buy the manual for a 1996-97 Del Sol and consult the wiring diagrams. Also, I know I have asked this before but I still don't get it, because my engine is OBDII and I am running a chipped P28 ECU(got rid of the P30 I had cuz it was OBDII and a friend had this P28), do I need to use the wiring from my stock engine or am I using the wires from the new engine? Also, what exactly do I need to do to the distributor, alternator and injectors plugs? I still don't understand that part.
2.) it slipped my mind to get the Del Sol Vtec radiator hoses and so the coolant line aren't reaching.
3.) I gotta wait on my local Honda dealer to get the header bolts so I can mount it.
4.) I got all the engine mounts and the ECU and wiring in a big bag, I was too stupid to check for all of them so I am missing the A/C compressor mount(which is also the front stabilizer mount). Any ideas where I can pick one up from?
5.) Does the manual transmission really use 10W-30 engine oil in it? I was online somewhere reading that if you can't get Honda Manual Transmission Fluid to use engine oil? Any thoughts.
6.) the TPS is broken(common problem when buying used engines). the portion of the throttle body that the actual throttle cable connects to is bent.
7.) I have an extra hose hanging around that I can't figure out where it connects to. I'm going to consult my manual tonight to see exactly which hose it is.
I think I put a good 30hours of work into this swap so far cuz I was pretty much doing it by myself. The only time I had some help was pulling the stock motor out with the hoist and lowering the new motor in. Next time atleast I know what I'm doing.
I made this post for two reasons:
Reason 1-to get some feed back on the things I still need to do.
Reason 2-to give those who are thinking about doing their own engine swaps an idea of the problems that you can run accross.
1.) there are way too many plugs just hanging around now, I've plugged everything in but there are about 2-3 plugs that have no where to be plugged. Any thoughts. I'm about to go tonight and buy the manual for a 1996-97 Del Sol and consult the wiring diagrams. Also, I know I have asked this before but I still don't get it, because my engine is OBDII and I am running a chipped P28 ECU(got rid of the P30 I had cuz it was OBDII and a friend had this P28), do I need to use the wiring from my stock engine or am I using the wires from the new engine? Also, what exactly do I need to do to the distributor, alternator and injectors plugs? I still don't understand that part.
2.) it slipped my mind to get the Del Sol Vtec radiator hoses and so the coolant line aren't reaching.
3.) I gotta wait on my local Honda dealer to get the header bolts so I can mount it.
4.) I got all the engine mounts and the ECU and wiring in a big bag, I was too stupid to check for all of them so I am missing the A/C compressor mount(which is also the front stabilizer mount). Any ideas where I can pick one up from?
5.) Does the manual transmission really use 10W-30 engine oil in it? I was online somewhere reading that if you can't get Honda Manual Transmission Fluid to use engine oil? Any thoughts.
6.) the TPS is broken(common problem when buying used engines). the portion of the throttle body that the actual throttle cable connects to is bent.
7.) I have an extra hose hanging around that I can't figure out where it connects to. I'm going to consult my manual tonight to see exactly which hose it is.
I think I put a good 30hours of work into this swap so far cuz I was pretty much doing it by myself. The only time I had some help was pulling the stock motor out with the hoist and lowering the new motor in. Next time atleast I know what I'm doing.
I made this post for two reasons:
Reason 1-to get some feed back on the things I still need to do.
Reason 2-to give those who are thinking about doing their own engine swaps an idea of the problems that you can run accross.