Got the engine and tranny set in place today. The engine is bolted in on my baller crossmember and fit perfectly, and the tranny is being supported by the floorjack, and I am going to start on its crossmember tomorow. I was suprised with how well the springs handled the weight of the engine, they squished a little bit more, but they still have a slight arch, and are not flat. I am still going to add another leaf, because the tranny is still supported by the floorjack and I am going to be hanging my 130 pound warn M12000 on the front, as well as the front clip and the future exo-cage.
I was hoping to get started on the tranny crossmember today, but when I was putting the tranny back on the engine, I decided to take the glowplugs out so that I could spin the engine easier in order to put all the flexplate to torque converter bolts in. Well ****, 6 out of 8 glow plugs were mushroomed, one was broken, and one was fine. I could not find a trace of the broken one, so I guess its gone like a fart in the wind. For all the mushroomed ones, I ended up having to brake them off with a hammer, then extract the broken end out of the head with a magnet and needle nose pliers. So that chewed up a good 2 hours. Anyway, here's pics.
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