LAST WEEK, WE DROVE (YES DROVE) THE CAR INTO THE SIDE YARD OF MY FATHERS HOUSE SO WE COULD REMOVE THE ENGINE.  WE ALSO REMOVED ANY UNNECESSARY PLASTIC AND METAL  SO WE COULD GET TO THIS POINT WHERE WE WILL PULL THIS ENGINE OUT AND TAKE IT BACK TO THE PINTO.


WE HAVE NOW REMOVED ALL OF THE WIRE HARNESSES FROM THE ENGINE SO IT IS ONLY CONNECTED TO THE MOTOR MOUNTS, THE TRANSMISSION AND THE EXHAUST MANIFLODS.  WE WILL GO BACK AND REMOVE THE WIRE HARNESSES SO WE CAN PULL THE COMPUTER OUT TO PUT INTO THE PINTO IF WE NEED TO.   WE WILL ALSO NEED TO REMOVE THE SPEDOMETER CABLE AND THE CLUTCH CABLE.  




WE ARE CUTTING THE EXHAUST BECAUSE THE BOLTS ARE SO RUSTED THAT IT WOULD TAKE A WEEK FOR US TO UNBOLT THEM.  SINCE WE WILL BE USING NEW EXHAUST, WE WANTED TO MAKE IT AS EASY AS  POSSIBLE, SO WE CUT THE EXHAUST IN ABOUT 4 PLACES.


SINCE THIS WAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, WE HAD TO REMOVE THE SHIFT LEVER TO ALLOW  THE TRANSMISSION TO CLEAR.  




NOW THAT EVERYTHING IS UNHOOKED, WE ARE NOW ABLE TO REMOVE IT.  WE ARE JUST VERIFYING THAT EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED TO THE HOIST.  


THIS ENGINE WAS A LITTLE TIGHT IN THE ENGINE BAY.  THE EXHAUST CAUGHT ON THE STEERING SHAFT SEVERAL TIMES AS WE PULLED IT.   ONCE IT WAS CLEAR OF THAT, IT PULLED VERY EASY.  


WE TOOK THE ENGINE OUT AND PLACED IT IN THE BACK OF THE TRUCK TO GET IT BACK TO THE HOUSE.  WE WILL CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BEFORE WE TRY TO INSTALL IT INTO THE PINTO.  


NOW THAT WE REMOVED THE ENGINE, WE WILL REMOVE ANY PART FROM THE CAR THAT CAN BE USED BY US OR SOLD.  WE PLAN ON USING THE SEATS FROM THIS SINCE THEY WILL WORK FOR OUR APPLICATION AND WILL FIT THE SEAT BELTS WE PLAN ON USING.  


WE WERE GOING TO TRY TO USE THIS REAR END ON THE PINTO, HOWEVER, IT WOULD TAKE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF ENGINEERING TO MAKE IT OPERATE PROPERLY.  ALSO, THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RUST ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS CAR BECAUSE IT IS FROM OHIO.    WE WILL EITHER SELL IT OR INCLUDE IT IN THE DEAL WHEN WE SCRAP THE CAR.


IN FRONT, THE 2.O LITER ENGINE FROM THE PINTO.  
IN BACK, THE 5.0 LITER ENGINE FROM THE MUSTANG.

WE ENDED UP SELLING THE PINTO ENGINE, TRANS AND REAR END AND WE WERE DELIVERING IT TODAY.  

NEXT, WE PLAN ON TEST FITTING THE ENGINE INTO THE PINTO WITH SOME PARTS THAT WERE PURCHASED ON EBAY INCLUDING THE MOTOR MOUNTS.  OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE THE ENGINE INTO THE PINTO BEFOR THE END OF JULY AND RUNNING BEFORE THE END OF THE SEPTEMBER.  WE WILL THEN TEST RUN THE CAR FOR A FEW WEEKS AND THEN TAKE THE ENGINE BACK OUT, CLEAN UP THE ENGINE AND THE CAR INCLUDING PAINTING THE ENGINE BAY, REPAIR THE BODY ON THE CAR AND PAINT THE INTERIOR OF THE CAR.