okay now what?

[lifelicksballs]

okay i finally got the sohc engine out of my car and now im stumped...what should be the first thing to do before i put the ca in?

[themadscientist]

clean the engine compartment. Hopefully this will be the last time the engine is out so take the opportunity to scrub it down and touch up the flaking paint under your brake master cylinder.

[iliketocrash]

lol. i skipped that step cause i was too excited to get the motor in and the car moving.

[lifelicksballs]

lol, okay got it...also i have a couple more questions i took out the clutch from my old ka since it only had around 5k miles on it and when i took it out i didnt know what i was looking at, how do you tell if its gone bad or notmy last question is does anyone know what car this ecu is for, the big number is 81 and the small one is 23710-53J15

thanks

[silvia_ca18det]

eeee sounds like ur going to have a bit of trouble when u dont even know what to do after u take the motor out......but on that note i recomend cleaning engine bay first then check ALL your wires for slits or cracks, make sure nothing is damaged! just think "what should i do before the motor goes in" make sure all hard to get at bolts are tight on the motor! and visualy go over the entire motor aswell before you stick it in......I.E. cracks in oil lines (i had that occur once) must have been from transport! and another good pointer REPLACE COOLANT LINES ON BACK OF MOTOR they are a ***** to change while motor is in car and u dont want them cracking and u losing all ur coolant! another incident og neglect when a ca18 swap went bad, coolant line wasnt inspected and it had a small crack! crack got bigger and then bam overheated motor and that was that!

but yeah enough blabbering long message short, CHECK OVER EVERYTHING!

and replace anything that looks worn, and a givin to replace is the waterpump, and timing belt!

but yeah just my 2 cents

[sdtouge]

go to srswap.com or heavythrottle.com and follow there directions.