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matt86sx Regular Location: Gold Coast, QLD Registered: April 2004	Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap Thu, 13 October 2005 05:42 Hey guys, Been planning this for ages and now it's finally underway. Bought this engine about six months ago and have been waiting to have the time and money (mortgages suck!) to install it ever since! But now that work is quiet and I can take some time off, I have seized my chance. The downtime here at work also means that our workshop is quiet so I am able to use a corner of it to work on the car rather then my pitiful townhouse garage at home. Nezz (3SGTE Man on these forums) came around last Wednesday to give me a hand with getting the engine out, the forklift here at work came in very handy! So here's a summary of week one: Old donk ready to be lifted out, sling in place ready for the forklift. Forklft doing its thing. Only learnt to drive it a few days earlier (!!) but it's pretty easy. The old and the new........ Hmm, it definitely had an oil leak problem! New one is gleaming in comparison! My now engineless car, in it's temporary home for the next couple of weeks. LOTS of degreaser needed here..... Particularly right behind where the oil leak was happening! A few days (and lots of degreaser and rags) later - much nicer! Rebuilt brake and clutch master cylinders back in place. I figured that replacing the seals in these would be cheap insurance while the engine is out and they are so much more accessible. The clutch one had about half an inch of what looked like mud in the bottom of it, didn't see it until it was drained of course. While the engine is out, I'm also replacing the steering rack (old one was very worn, have an exchange one now waiting to go in), ball joints, tie rod ends, wheel bearings plus I will be rebuilding the brake calipers as well. In addition to that I will be painting some body and trim pieces, as well as the brake calipers. So it will be a very different car when it's all done! More pics to come as it happens. Hope you enjoy the progress! Matt [Updated on: Thu, 13 October 2005 05:43] [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	matt86sx	Thu, 13 October 2005 05:42
	Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	smashed_wombat	Thu, 13 October 2005 09:01
	Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	warrior	Thu, 13 October 2005 09:06
	Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	smashed_wombat	Thu, 13 October 2005 09:13
	Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	matt86sx	Mon, 17 October 2005 07:08
	Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	matt86sx	Tue, 25 October 2005 03:26
	Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	matt86sx	Mon, 31 October 2005 08:48
	Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	matt86sx	Fri, 11 November 2005 04:18
	Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	da_horse	Fri, 11 November 2005 17:57
	Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	matt86sx	Mon, 21 November 2005 06:26
	Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	matt86sx	Mon, 21 November 2005 06:29
	Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	da_horse	Tue, 22 November 2005 00:57
	Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	matt86sx	Tue, 22 November 2005 03:10
	Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	alliance_22	Mon, 05 December 2005 21:58
	Re: Matt's ST162 - 3rd Gen 3SGE Engine swap	matt86sx	Wed, 07 December 2005 06:44

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