Gladiator's Engine Change Thread

[Gladiator]

The exhaust manifold leaked quite badly at first so I checked that everything was tight and it was. So I took it for a run and it seemed to sort it self out. Is that normal?

Maybe it wasn't a leak but sealant/goo/oil on the manifold slowly burning off?

It smelled like exhaust gas.

[Gladiator]

Yep.

Those bolts, the 2 engine mounts, the wiring harness, the coolant hoses, the exhaust manifold, the fuel lines, the gear knob and out it all comes.

Dont forget that the gearbox will drop oil with the tailshaft out. Also, if you remove the centre console (3 screws) and remove the whole shifter assembly (7 easy to get to 10mm bolts, 2 minutes) the job will be about 10 minutes faster total. Allows the gearbox to come out very easily, trust me, do it.

Dann

Hey Dann, what do use to plug the fuel lines? I used some old air line but was not too successfull.

[Dweezle]

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[PaulF]

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[Gladiator]

Ok, so 2 years down the track & the new engine still going well but I'm getting sick of looking at the old one sitting in my shed. So I'm thinking of doing a rebuild with no time pressures. The reason I changed it in the first place was short nose keyway, so I'm hoping to be able to get a big nose crank 2nd hand at some point.
So today I put it on the stand & ripped the head off. This is what I found. Ohh, did I mention it was running like hairy-arsed goat before I changed it out?


From what I can see at this point the bores don't look too bad but we'll see once I've pulled the pistons out.


The head will obviously need some work too, but like I said, this is going to happen over time. I'm not in a rush so as I save some $$$ I'll buy something or get something done. I think I've decided I want to go down the supercharge track with this build, so I'll have lots of questions to ask.


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