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1FZ Pre-Build Questions
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mudgudgeon
Resident galah
Rustle up an air fare and chiropractic fees too, and we're good
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Hey, worked with the pyramids, right?
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Does Harbor Freight still do those 20% off any in-store item coupons--and if so, where are they? All I'm seeing on their website are discounts for specific items--which do not include stands or cherry pickers. Thanks for any help!
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What kinds of businesses run small trucks with cranes? Wondering if I can pay someone with a small vehicle-mounted crane to lift engine up and get it on stand. Be less hassle than renting a crane and lugging it here and back--and gives me a few more months to make some room in the garage and buy a crane for the swap.
Can you use an engine hoist to lift it up. I installed a gantry crane in my garage specifically for engine, could be an option as well. Then you can load it into anything.
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Trying to avoid that purchase until I make more room in the garage. Won't need it anyway until the engine is ready to go in. Assuming I can get the engine on a stand without it...
Tire companies that sell heavy truck tires.
Fj80oregon
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@jaymar there has gotta be someone local with a hoist you can borrow. Most sit in a corner of a shop unused. Buying a hoist is a bad look if your not working on cars regularly. Get with a local
Cruiser club and ask around or post up on Facebook that you need to borrow a hoist for $50 somebody will Hook you up.
Cruiser club and ask around or post up on Facebook that you need to borrow a hoist for $50 somebody will Hook you up.
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Yeah I may do that this time, thanks for the tip! Down the road, though: rent to pull old and put on stand / install refreshed (assuming no shop trips). Rent to take old to shop. Rent to offload rebuilt old from shop. Rent to install rebuilt in not-yet-purchased second vehicle. Do it all again when refreshed engine ready for rebuild. Given time and expense, may as well buy the damned thing once the first engine is ready to go in...
Then you can be the one renting it out to those that are needing one to use for a one-time job.
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Engine harness question: When you buy a new engine harness, does that include the wiring on the cabin side, or is there a coupler somewhere near the firewall? What I'm really getting at is this: Do I have to tear the dash apart to install a new harness, or can I just do the bay side?
Engine update: Freight co. picked it up Dec 9, a few hundred miles away. I've had five delivery dates since. Still not here, and the 800 number tells me there's no one available and hangs up (this was back on Friday).
Engine update: Freight co. picked it up Dec 9, a few hundred miles away. I've had five delivery dates since. Still not here, and the 800 number tells me there's no one available and hangs up (this was back on Friday).
FMC80
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The engine harness goes through firewall and connects to the ECU. You have to remove the glovebox to access it. No need to tear the dash apart.
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Thanks. I have some dim memory of a project where someone 'said' they were replacing the wiring harness and the whole dash was out...
The above is 100% correct.
Be prepared for some serious arm wrestling trying to get the connections in the glove box area to "click"
Totally worth the effort
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Just for peace of mind, or…?
In my opinion, yes.
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And I guess it kind eliminates the harness if there’s a problem…
mudgudgeon
Resident galah
Yeah, buy one. But not the cheapest one you can find.
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Looking at HF 2-ton crane and stand. Overbuy and understress. Good reviews from Mudsters.
