Getting the car ready and the engine back in

Here are a series of short clips showing some of the details of the engine compartment, the types of things you can address while the engine is out.   Now is the time to deal with items like the inner CV joints, motor mounts, shift linkage, making any repairs to the brake lines, steering, radiator shrouds, and so on…. any kind of work that is usually MUCH more difficult with the engine in the way!

We’ll start with a general look and clean up of the engine compartment:

And as we fix a few small items and get ready to set the engine back in:

Now, the engine is hanging on the hoist as we shoehorn it back in:

Finally a little help from our lovely assistant with her smaller hands: