Nice! I wasn't around for the original build, so I guess I'll have to look at that old thread whenever I have the chance to.

Ya it's been a loooong project lol and I forgot the pics earlier this is the brand new freightliner evolution we bought

And the engine stand I got the lifts still being shipped I'll take pics when it gets here and I set it up

UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!! finally got enough time off to get something done. So me and my dad got to it and it was super easy sense this is like my 3rd or 4th time pulling an engine out of this damn car.









So everything went smooth new im going to drop the sub frame with the trans and then pressure wash everything and hit it with a wire wheel then throw some paint on everything.The only snag we hit were the 4 bolt that attache the engine to the stand were to small so i got to run out and get some other ones then ill have pics of it on there and the tear down im very interested to see what the motor looks like its got over 200k on it

Sweet!! Now it's time to see that engine on an engine stand!

Finally got the right bolts and got it mounted to the stand i should be able to start the tear down after the 4th sometime

Glad you're okay after the truck accident and also it's go to see the project moving along

Keep us updated. I like pictures :thumb:

Would also like to see further updates!

Bad News
 

Soooo small crappy update we started remolding the garage a few months ago so i boxed up all my parts into big plastic bins to protect them. Well turns out water somehow got into the bin and the rods and lifter were just sitting in water and I didn't realize till today when we started unpacking stuff that water had gotten in there and the rods and lifters got a ton of rust on them :( :( I have a sand blasting cabinet and im hoping i can spray them with some light grit plastic or glass bead and get all the rust off and see if there still going to be usable.

Man, that sucks.. rust looks pretty bad, hopefully you can save em.

ya im pretty sure the lifers are gone the rust on the bottom is very deep and ruff but the rods dont look as bad so fingers crossed

What about trying a rust removal solution before using the sand blaster? It might not be as abrasive as the sand that could damage the pieces... Just a thought... Hopefully they're ok!!

Damn :(

thats not a bad idea im going to try that first

Small update i ended up trying the rust remover(WD-40 rust remover soak) as tw0123 recommended and it turned out really well all the surfaces on the rods are all smooth now although there still discolored were the rust was. Anyways here some pics of the rods now lifter are still soaking and im hoping to tear into the motor thats on the engine stand next month and see if im able to use it.

that's awesome that it worked man!! Sometimes the cheap fixes do work!! :)

ya it worked like a charm i'm definitely going to keep a jug of this stuff around the shop at all times

Intrigued to see how it works on the lifters

Ask and you shall receive lol the lifters seem to be all fixed i accidentally left them in for 3 day instead of the 24 hrs but there doesn't seem to be any damage as a result of that




And as of now the rods and lifters are going to stay in a nice bath of some 10W50 i had laying around forever and finally decided to put to some use lets see them rust in that lol

in other news i finally got my garage all cleaned up so i could put my baby away for the winter its going to be my bench mark for when i finally finish the alero.


and who wants to help me with an engine swap think it will fit? lol