It's been 3 cold ass days, 2 semi-warm ones. Outside on the carport, from 10am-6pm every day since Wednesday. After much frustration and bleeding, I thought the day would never come, but it did. It is finished and hauling A$$!!!

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahooooooooooooooooooooooooo. you go boy. strut that stuff lol. well I am glad it went well and its done. now maybe to can head to OKC with me on friday.

Is there an SVT shop in Tulsa? I need some computer adjusting...

haha me and james were just talking about that today. we though you might. you can take it to one in OKC if you want to "roll out" there with me this friday. but there is none in tulsa. they might be able to do it at any ford dealership but I dont know

ryan check your PM's

So when do i get a ride???

Hey;

wanna help me swap my engines?

hahahahahah..... No.

oh you to see that happen

Not even for free beer and BBQ, and like 5 other SCCEGers?

Sheesh.

Well I might come up there and assist you

Ryan, if you need the computer reflashed, come down on friday and we'll take it to Reynolds Ford in Norman. They are the only SVT authorized dealer in OK and they will be able to do a reburn.

So, are we going to attempt to do the engine swapping this Sat? I got a morning meeting w/ my recruiting officer at 10 but I will be free anytime after 11ish.

I gotta be at work that night but after at 11:30 so I got a lot of time on sat

I am still waiting for the paperwork to get here (damn FedEx), and it is schedueled to be here on Wednesday. Along with that paperwork, is the original dealer report of what exactly is wrong with the motor. I will let everyone know sometime Wednesday/Thursday.

Last night, my dad and I tried cranking it over. Starter couldn't turn it. Siezed!

rylee44 :

how hard is it to remove/install an engine? Just reading the Haynes manual makes me want to cry....since you just recently uninstalled/reinstalled a duratech, you are the greatest thing since sliced peanut butter.

Originally posted by Scoriox:

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rylee44 :

how hard is it to remove/install an engine? Just reading the Haynes manual makes me want to cry....since you just recently uninstalled/reinstalled a duratech, you are the greatest thing since sliced peanut butter.

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It's pretty difficult, tedious, and well yes, it's hard... I'll be able to help, but i dunno if im gonna have enough gas money, kinda stretched for cash after I did a $3k swap...

Only SVT dealer in OK? Not true. Every Ford of Tulsa is an SVT dealer. After 20minutes on the phone, and 18 transfers, they sent me to Ford of Tulsa East, North, then West. Assholes. After much frustration and cussing, I finally found the guy I was looking for, called his manager an [censored] to his face, then went back to the shop and got the PCM flashed... took 25mins, now the ECu says it's a 2000 Contour HO MTX... heheheh... The infamous CEL is Gone, muahahah!!!

damnit ryan you are comming you can ride with me up there but you are freaking coming. and check your PMs

Sorry, just going by what I read on their site a while back...

I can get you gas money, no worries with that.

Do you think its possible to get it done in a day, with several helpers?

I SEVERELY doubt it.. do you have an indoor shop?

I wish....no just a driveway and a 2 car garage.

Guessing 3days at the least...

Originally posted by rylee44:

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Guessing 3days at the least...

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Man that is going to be along project if that will take three days with all of us there.

I dunno, It was just me and my dad working on ours. Be sure to get the driveshaft removal tool!

Bring yours! Not sure if Saturday is workable, seeing the ass weather we have at the moment.

I will advise.

I'll see if I can borrow it from the Ford dealership on Friday. Saturday is supposed to be clear and semi-warm

ryan, its about time you bring your kitty around.....im tired of waiting.......... ............its supposed to be good weather from here on out.......

well i thought good weather......all of the sleet turned to snow, but hopefully it wont freeze.....could get nasty.

Sat weather looks good.

Saturday, around 10amish, the "party" shall begin!

Didn't get the dealer report, so we will be doing swap a swap, instead of diagnosis.

So we are borrowing the tool from ford, who has a ford shop manual on CD? I have a haynes.

Bring tools if you think we need them; I have alot, metric and standard, but if you do bring your own, be sure to keep track of them.

Anyways, see you all Saturday!

Oh! Does anyone have an engine hoist, or should we rent one?

MOre than likely have to rent. I have a meeting at 10 in norman w/ my recruiting officer, and static is probably going to have to come w/ me so we won't be able to get there until after 11ish.

hmm i guess i am going to go with james

ryan so are you going to come or not. I am going to leave here at 2:15 if your not comming so you need to let me know

yes i am... this car is about 99% metric man... Mostly sockets, air ratchet, and every now and then impact wrench... every size torque wrench... I dunno if my Ford place will let me borrow that tool again, because they're putting a tranny in a mystique Friday at around 12:00... I also have the Ford CD (hehe, Ford place told me to go burn a copy of it)

ryan do you have an FRS radio??? If not let me know and I will get my other one back from my friend so we can talk on the drive up

FRS what??? <----- outdated... cellphones man, cell phones... LOL j/k