Conversion / Swap lessons learned ....

Ever heard of the Ole' Sayin' :
Derned if ya Do,,,
&&& Derned if ya Don't !!!???

The problem (to me) is that after changing everything needed
to re-seal the engine so you wont have any troubles down the road
Is that if & when it doesn't start after the conversion
It makes it all the more difficult to diagnose !!!
Especially if you have no experience with the new engine ???

YMMV ;o)

JC...
heard it in a love song; cant be wrong...   ;o)

On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 9:47 AM, John Bange <jbange@gmail.com> wrote:

> Finished swapping the engine out of my 90 GL with the screaming manual
> transmission (bad bearing), and into my 90 non-GL automatic (whose engine
> was making a Bad Noise). When I finally added all the requisite fluids and
> hooked up all the wires, it started right up. Ran it for a while, and then
> noticed a small puddle forming under the back. Coolant, or course. The
> water pump to engine case O-ring is no longer sealing. Never leaked before,
> when it was in the GL, but we all know that's what happens, right? I
> changed all the hoses, replaced the plastic 90 degree bend hose fitting on
> the right side by the pulley with a metal one, changed the fuel lines and
> injectors,and changed the ossified and leaking flywheel/flex plate crank
> seal and O-ring.
>
> So the lesson I've learned is, if you don't know when the water pump seals
> were replaced last, you might as well replace them if you have the engine
> out, even if they don't leak. I've just gone ahead and ordered a whole new
> water pump, because if I'm going to rassle with getting the old one off
> with the engine in, I want this to be the ONLY time I do it.
>