Andre's Nissan S14: May 2009

KA24DE Removal (Better Pics)

Well today I got some better pictures of the aftermath of the KA removal. I also took everything off of the KA motor to try and sell to someone in need of some KA24 parts. After that I to the block to the scrap yard, that thing was still heavy as the bare block alone. Now that it is finally out of my way it is time to start cleaning the engine bay and getting it prepared to be primed and painted. Still have not decided between "pikes peak white" or "smoky grey mica" for a color yet but I have plenty of work to do before it is time to do that. Here are the better pictures of the car, didn't get any of the motor because I forgot my camera before I took it away.

KA24DE Removal

Yes! It's finally out. I woke up this morning feeling determined to get this thing out. I was tired of looking at it with my SR sitting almost ready to be implanted. Now that it is out, I can continue to clean the engine bay and prep it to be painted. I only got a couple of pictures with my phone because I forgot my camera at home, and I removed it alone so I did not want any accidents to occur. I will get some better shots of it tomorrow. It was a very smooth removal. I was nervous because I had never removed a motor before, especially by myself. It only took about 2-3mins after getting the chain wrapped and secured to remove it. The only thing that I messed up was I forgot to drain the trans fluid, so as soon as the motor was lifted there was a pool of trans fluid all over the floor. It looked like I was performing emergency surgery, removing a vital organ from the paitent and then blood splattering everywhere. It is amazing how heavy that motor was, it looks like the car raised 2-4inches after it was taken out. Anyways here are the pictures. (like I said before, better pics tomorrow)