Kostamojen

Ya, thats your manifold, and thats not even close to being 100% cleaned yet :-p I'm still deciding on whether to have it thermal coated as well!

Damn it, if it wasnt for that flywheel connection point on the crankshaft, I could get the cam out without spliting the block

Day 12 I got the engine out today courtesy maudsland's suggestion! Lets just say, lots of grease everywhere, I NEED a hot tank badly!!! Ill see if I can get one tomorrow... I disassembled most of the engine as well. The shortblock is TINY! Its even quite a bit smaller than the EA71 from my old wagon... The pistons are small as well as you can see. As for the cylinder heads, they will need some work for better flow... They need port matching to the EA63 intake manifold I have, plus could use some exhaust port work. It MAY be possible to run larger valves too, but i'm not sure whats involved with that. Anyway, enough talk, here are the pics...

No, they wont fit. You cant even put them on an EA71...

Already done!

Ill try jacking up the engine and see how that goes. Thanks for the tip, I was thinking a bent wrench would work but don't really have a good way of making one. Jacking it up should work for now.

Thats a possibility, but i'd also have to unbolt the steering column and still unbolt the brake lines/e-brake, etc.

Well I went to remove the engine from the car today (but not the transmission, still has the brake lines/e-brake/axles/etc. connected) and it turns out the bottom engine-transmission bolts are blocked by the inboard brakes I'll have to remove it as one unit, or figure out a way to move the engine enough to unbolt it...

Question regarding this... Does anyone know where to get a cheap remaned electronic distributor (the FWD one everyone says is an upgrade) from? I picked one up from pick'n'pull but its not in the best of shape...

Day 11: Been a little while since my last update, expect less frequent updates during the winter... Anyway, I got the wiring harness completely removed from the car now. I also removed the radiators and the support, and started working on prep to remove the engine/transmission. I also picked up a couple parts I plan on using for the engine and have some comparison photos here for you... One item I got was the 32/36 Weber Carburetor I just got from Jibs, and also an intake manifold from an EA63 (courtesy fisnindiot) which fits the same as the current intake manifold but with more flow (both air AND coolant flow) and is capable of running the Weber carburetor due to the bolt pattern (which is smaller on the EA61 intake manifold as I found out). Enough talk, here are the photos:

How much was the shipping?

Guess what just showed up from Hong Kong via ebay

Damn

What bushings are these??? I could REALLY use them if they are what I think they are... http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f53992206 http://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/97929185

Day 10: Ive been having issues with dealing with the body rust, so excuse the funky looking drawing on the car and paint splotches... Anyway, after spending two weekends in a row grinding and painting, I decided to do interior work today instead. I removed the dash as you can see, along with the inner door panels and started removing much of the wiring harness. From this point on, the car won't be driveable, so I turned it around so I can get an engine lift in there when the time comes. I also have all the trim off now, along with the fenders... The good news: After removing the rotted foam and vinyl from the dash, it turns out to have a pretty decent piece of metal in there. I've decided to use that dash setup and build around it, I may keep the original gauge cluster as well unless I can find a better one. I will add a tach and a few other things though. The bad news: This rust is a pain in the rump roast I will need to get it to the sand blaster as soon as possible and get it in the garage out of the weather... Here are the pics from today:

Does anyone know the legality of removing an Odometer from a car like this? I have it currently registered as a non-accurate Odometer (actually the Junkyard did that, but its true since I dont know if this car has 80k miles, 180k miles, 280k miles, or more...) but I dont know what law says about not even having an odometer at all...

No replacement yet for the glass, but thats really the least of my concerns at this point... I definatly plan on heading several places when this is finished, including Almanor

Awesome, I might have to take you up on that (and yes, I do have the wiring diagrams )

1300's were in FF-1's...

Oooh, ya I do want to rebuild the wiring harness. Although im not sure whats staying and whats going yet, and a few things might be added in (gauges and such). I definatly want to move the fuse box inside the car for one, and i'm ditching the radio for sure.

The commonalities are more than whats dissimular. For example, I can use an EA81 distributor and alternator with this engine, along with alternator brackets. The bolt pattern for the intake manifold is still the same (compatible with up to EA71's). The crossover pipe is the same as EA71's. The internals are very simular to all EA's, albiet the engine castings did change over the years. In general, its still a very simular design. I'm actually surprised as to what is compatible between all the EA's and didnt actually change much over all the time after seeing this motor.

Large hole in the muffler, didn't do it on purpose. You can see it in the first video.

Oh, and slight update from this weekend... No pictures though I removed the front fenders (took some effort, and snapped a couple rusted bolts ) and spent several hours grinding off surface rust from the outside of the car and painting on some rust inhibitor paint. Took 4-5 hours and a lot of painful work, and now the car looks rather patchworky. Next weekend I plan on either removing the dash and wiring, or start removing the engine components. I ran the car ALL day today, so the gas level should be low enough that when I get to the point where I can remove the gas tank, it wont be too hard to drain.

As promised... 2nd Video: Yes, as you can see, it moves too

As promised... 2nd Video: Yes, as you can see, it moves too