Stephen Newell

The engine overhaul itself went alright however I think I damaged the transmission putting it back in. I'm in the process of removing the transmission to check it out. The torque converter wasn't in quite the right position the first time I tried to install the engine and I ended up mashing it into the transmission hard enough to break something.

The overhaul didn't seem to go right at first. I put it back together and somehow the idle air control valve on the throttle body started screwing up and wouldn't let the engine start. By manually opening the throttle a little it would start and run. I took the thing off last night and washed it out with carb and choke cleaner and this morning the engine is now able to run on it's own. The only other fright is it's still blowing water out the exhaust. I've run the engine several times now and it's still blowing so much water it completely clouds the building. Last night though I disconnected the exhaust and run the engine and there was no water coming from the engine. All of it is from before when the head gasket went out.

When the machine shop did the block they bored all of the cylinders and fitted it with new pistons. One cylinder they had to put a sleeve in it because it was in too bad condition. Both of the heads had minor cracks running out from the valves so those were tossed. I just saved the push rods and rockers. I got heads from a junk yard and had a valve job done on those. They said they were really good heads where they didn't have to replace anything. Just had to clean the heads and re-seat the valves.
 
Sounds like progress!

Too bad about the transmission, that's an easy mistake to make. Easy fix though, best I remember.

I've had the "wet exhaust" scare before. Sure makes you thing it's blowing water!

Good luck!
 
I'm hopeful I just broke a pin or something I can replace without tearing too far into the transmission. If not I have another van the same model only six years older I might explore the possibility of using that transmission. There is enough differences I don't know if I can make that work or not. The drive shafts are different and the broken one is linked to the computer. The old one has some kind of vacuum device on it I wouldn't have a clue what that did or where it should be connected.
 
I think if I was working on a car or truck I might not have jammed the transmission. There was just so little space to maneuver the engine I couldn't tell what it was binding with. Hard to believe all of that fit in that little hole behind the motor.

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It broke the front pump drive gear.

You can pull the pump, replace the gear or the whole pump.

When the converter is fully seated in the pump, it will have clearance between the flex plate and the converter when the trans mates up to the engine.
Pump Replace
 
I hope it isn't more severe than that. It appears the biggest expense other than my time may be replacing the transmission fluid.
 

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