Hi to all of you guys. I hope you are having a better day than i am. Long storry short - i removed the engine that i could never figure out wat was wrong with it. If you are interested in the history of this case you can check my previous posts.
So here is that nice 54k Duratec going down in the engine bay. Day one. BTW frlywheel goes on just one way right? i mean you can not put it inside out, right... ohh i guess i am getting paranoid... 4 hours later the engine is still hanging on the hoist and we just cannot get it to line up with the ATX. if one side fairly gets together - the other sides are an inch off... just cannot get the lining pegs in and that's it.
Day 2 here again. Floor jack under the engine, tranny or both together, hoisting up and down, jerking left and right, twisting, turning, pushing, mother f**ing, kicking etc... just doesn't snap together... finaly the wholes are kinda lining up so we are going to the last resort - putting the bolts on and trying slightly to bolt it close... slightly 1/2 a turn at the time all arround the housing (BTW tighter it got more impossible it was to turn the crank shaft from the pulley end).
Till it snapped - both bottom bolts tore off pieces of the oil pan... misfortune but not a big deal. we still have an oil pan from the previous engine. But here comes the disaster - the bolt that has the ground wire from the power distribution block, the one that is right underneath the watter pump, snapped an egg size piece off the bellhousing.
Guys i am desperately needing your help to get out of this situation. what do i do next JB Weld it? would it hold. It is probably impossible just to buy a bellhousing, everyone is trying to sell me the whole tranny... and on top of everything i have to pull the engine out again... any ideas? and any advice about getting those two together without breaking them again?
thanks for your comments
