21 May 2016 - Tear Down cont'd

Continued with removing body panels, wiring harnesses and other hardware today.

Driver side - Headlight connections and vacuume hoses

 

19 May 2016 - Photos of teardown of front bumper/headlight area/front engine bay area

18 May 2016 - Ideas

Things I might do during this project...

• Install an HEI distributor with built in coil
• replace the starter relay with new unit
• replace the alternator with new unit
• replace the starter with new unit
• remove front bumper to allow removal of headlight assemblies and to clean headlight assemblies, replace wiring
• remove front grill and support pieces
• maybe remove both front fenders so that entire engine bay, radiator support areas can be cleaned and painted.
•  install electric water pump...( if I do that I will need to find a belt that fits the alternator to crankshaft pully )
• install electric fan system if electric water pump is installed...
• replace windshield wiper manual pump with electric unit
• replace vacuume motors for headlights with electric units
• replace voltage regulator with new unit
• Replace idler arm
• Add a transmission cooler radiator

Website that has C4 transmission cooling line info

http://www.charlietranny.com/c4.htm 

16 May 2016 - Parts research

Might be cheaper and or better to buy new radiator instead of having it reworked...
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Radiator info:

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oreilly

433340

$136.99
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jegs

555-51920

$275


166-EC340

$ 176
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Starter

$40

Alternator

$40

Basic Dimensions of the radiator

16 May 2016 - ToDo

Since I cannot remove the engine at this time, I will work on the hardware that has been removed up to this point.  The radiator needs to be refurbished, I will get that into a shop this week.  The alternator bracket needs to be cleaned up, repainted.  The engine bay cross braces need to be cleaned up and repainted.  The alternator will be replaced.  The starter will also be replaced.  The headers  can be cleaned up and repainted if they are still good, need to take a closer look at them.

15 May 2016 - Engine Removal

Started the process of removing the engine from the Merc.  Here are a few pictures...

Getting the engine hoist ready to lift the hood.

another pic, getting  things in place to remove hood

Hood removed and stored by the window

Today, the aim was to remove the hood, engine coolant and hoses, starter, exhaust system and engine bay wiring.  Over the next week the engine will be removed and put on the engine stand.  The transmission may be removed...haven't really decided yet.  Need a transmission plug/cap for the driveshaft input so that when the transmission is removed, fluid will not leak everywhere.  Currently the exhaust is tie wrapped to the transmission mount.  That was done because I didn't need to completely remove the exhaust system.

Ignition coil wires...

Driver side engine wiring

Alternator wiring - Black wire/yellow strip location on starter relay

...fan removed...

Had to remove the passenger side header to remove the starter

...engine bay pic...

Did a little more work on the engine.  Removed the alternator and wiring, disconnected the transmission wiring harness.  Disconnected vacuume hoses and fittings and anything else left.  The engine at this point could be unbolted from the transmission and removed but I am really considering only removing the engine.  I ordered a transmission plug kit to cap the transmission output shaft so that once the driveshaft is removed, transmission fluid won't leak.

Cylinder head installation kit

URL for cylinder head installation kit M-6051-D50


* The bolts are torque to yield....

* bolts torque in 3 stages. 35 ft-lbs, 55 ft-lbs and then 1/4 turn

 The part number for the cylinder heads is M-6049-Y302