Recently did my motor swap (like 3 days ago) today went to go run errands.. and by the way keep in mind this is mid afternoon, blazing sun no shade... Wearing nice white casual clothes...

2 miles from my house i notice the temp gauge rising like no other. Pull over found out hose on the intake manifold busted. the hose was crap i could even pull it apart with my bare hands. borrowed the hose on the valve cover and then went on my merry way. 500 feet later same thing, temp rising like crap, had to yank my ebrake to get into the gas station just so the temp didnt reach critical levels, found out ALL the coolant leaked out.. So put coolant in. drove to local store and fixed it.. then drove 20 miles and on my way home at 80 mph my shift link stablizer f*cking fell off with the shift link washers.. On the side of the road again waiting for a friend and parts.

Today was a total bust... Got dirty, didnt get to do my errands, and over all i feel like crap...

 

I can understand that!!

One morning when I woke up in mid winter. I got in my car to goto work. Flipped on my headlights. One burnt out! (PIAA's too! $80 a pop) Thought it might just be a loose connection so I went to pop the hood and the hood latch broke. So needless to say, to replace the damage caused in about 20 seconds costed me about $200!!

 

You should of called it quits earlier. I am a strong beleaver in this "Things happen for a reason"

 

damn...its just bad luck. which hose fell off the intake manifold and which hose did you replace it with?


the shift linkage thing happened to my cousin too. it fell off when he was on the bay bridge. that sucked ass.

 

We had the shift linkage fall out on a friend of mine's care.

 

bad luck man.

do you feel like you rushed the swap?

 

[QUOTE=asiandoood]damn...its just bad luck. which hose fell off the intake manifold and which hose did you replace it with?

I replaced it with the valve cover hose that connects to the intake

Not at all, the swap lasted almost a week, we pretty much lagged on everything for some reason. Werid that random things are happening. I think ill carry coolant, oil, tools,a jack, random bolts and a few hoses for the next 2 weeks just to be safe. on the up side, sold my rims for 600 bukks today... Shit happens

 

the motor that he recieved look like it sat for while, the hoses seen bit fragile and there was dust everywhere. we didnt rush the swap, took our time. like he says, shit happens. like today my damn car wouldnt turn over, went to work, came home, it fired up, like wtf. oh well.

 

Ah alright.

Well I dunno if its just me but when I put a motor in I typically change all the rubber pieces (hoses/belts/etc) just because if its an imported motor , across seas the conditions LOVE eating rubber (seasalt etc)

And yeah, it would be a smart idea to carry some incidental equipment with you for a little bit until your swap builds some confidence with you. Belts+hoses+fluids+all hardware needed to install said items,and you should be good to go

 

yah, thats pretty much what ill have to do, im expecting my motor to fall out of my car at the moment...o_O