Honda Fit Engine Swap - Feb 15, 16, 17

Postby **Loren** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 9:11 pm

Latest project in Loren's Groj: Replacing Soraya's busted engine with a good one.

I should have the car Wednesday and the new engine on Thursday.

I have Friday off, and ample time on Saturday and Sunday. Need experienced help. Inexperienced help is welcome, too, if anybody is looking to gain experience. But, a few experienced hands will get this job done painlessly.

I'll try to keep this first post updated with what's what. PM me if you need my address. I'm in Safety Harbor, near Philippe Park.

FRIDAY - 10am-4pm
Loren
Steve Frank
Philip Petrie
Joe Brannon

Goal: Remove whatever's in the way on the car out of the way. Intake, alternator, exhaust manifold, whatever. Start prepping new engine.

SATURDAY - 8am - 4pm
Loren
Jason Souza
Jamie Sculerati
Dan Brentnall (morning)
Andrew Wong (morning)
Soraya (afternoon)
???

Goal: Get the old engine out of the car. Get the new engine fully ready to go in. If we're ahead of the game, we can go ahead and drop it in.

SUNDAY - 8am - 4pm
Loren (MIA 12:30-3)
Steve Frank (morning)
Soraya
???

Goal: Get the new engine in, button everything up, test it, and be done!

Rawkkrawler · Postby **Rawkkrawler** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 9:33 pm

Bad news, I’m flying to Iceland Thursday and won’t be able to assist. I really hate to miss out, but this came together really quick! Take plenty of pictures, and save me some cookies.

dbeng · Postby **dbeng** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 9:39 pm

Count me in Saturday morning. Not sure how late I can stay but at least 12:00 or 1:00 ish

Postby **Loren** » Tue Feb 12, 2019 9:44 pm

Rawkkrawler wrote:Bad news, I’m flying to Iceland Thursday and won’t be able to assist. I really hate to miss out, but this came together really quick! Take plenty of pictures, and save me some cookies.

Iceland???

Aw, hell no. No cookies for you!

Magooiii · Postby **Magooiii** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 7:03 am

crap Im out of town

JasonS · Postby **JasonS** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:01 am

I'm in for Friday. Probably around 11ish

jbrannon7 · Postby **jbrannon7** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 9:59 am

I will try to come by on Friday, may only be a couple hours.

Postby **Loren** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:09 am

If we end up with more help on Friday than Saturday... it's possible the engine could come out on Friday.

All the Honda guys swear it's easier to drop the engine out of the bottom of the car, even without a lift. So, we'll probably do that. Soroya's got a tall truck jack in the back of the car, and we have some tall jack stands. We can use Dan's engine lift to grab it, and lower it down instead of lift it up.

Should have the car here tonight. I'm going to give the engine bay a good cleaning Thursday, and then hit all of the visible fasteners with some penetrating oil. That should make the whole process a little easier.

markzeronine · Postby **markzeronine** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 4:50 pm

Darn, the fit lost an engine huh?

Unfortunately won't be around those hours, but I love the coming together for the heart transplant. Soraya is an awesome part of the FAST group and I'm wishing you all the best. Shouldn't be too bad of a job

Postby **Loren** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 5:59 pm

It's looking like we could use some hands on Saturday if anyone's available. I'll be gone for a couple hours mid-day, gotta do a driving lesson. But, if there are people here working, they can continue in my absence.

Postby **Loren** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:16 pm

The patient has arrived.

Open up and say "aaaaaah."

Diagnosis: Severe heart murmur.

Treatment Plan: Heart transplant.

Prognosis: Return to normal activity within 4 days.

Really small hood opening on this car. Definitely will be dropping the engine from the bottom.

JasonS · Postby **JasonS** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:54 pm

Any need for us to BYOT? (bring your own tools)

Postby **Loren** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:58 pm

If you want to bring some along, it never hurts. I should have everything we need, but you never know.

CaptainSquirts · Postby **CaptainSquirts** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:20 pm

Loren wrote: Wed Feb 13, 2019 8:16 pm

Look at all that space, so much room for at least 2 more turbo's!

aw614 · Postby **aw614** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:35 pm

I think I might try to swing by sat for a couple of hours in the morning

Postby **Loren** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:37 pm

aw614 wrote:I think I might try to swing by sat for a couple of hours in the morning

Look out, we got a Honda expert in da houz!

friskyflea · Postby **friskyflea** » Wed Feb 13, 2019 10:48 pm

I'll be there Saturday afternoon - all pending when I get out of work in Lakeland. so anywhere from 3pm on up.
Sunday I'll be there all day.

All crucial parts are to arrive by Fri end of day so will bring on Saturday. I already have the rear seal so that will be dropped off with the engine on Thursday and available even before I get there.

Thank you to all that intend to be there in person or in spirit.

Postby **Loren** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 7:03 pm

Engine bay is clean. Looks like it should be a joy to work on. No rust, very clean. I sprayed penetrating oil on any visible threads I could see of what we'll be removing just to ease the process a little.

New engine is here. We'll have plenty to do tomorrow! I'll be out there by 10am.

Postby **Native** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:47 pm

I'm aiming for 10 as well.

puncturina · Postby **puncturina** » Thu Feb 14, 2019 9:18 pm

So amazing to see the community effort for this project.

Can I get a crew to come help renovate my yard and garden?

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