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<\/a>I hated pulling up the nicely glued in carpet but there was no getting around it. The cover had two Philips and two slotted screws, nice touch. The boot you see here is what keeps you from smelling gear oil when you drive. Stinky stuff.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Once the trans was out and all the possible hang-ups explored I started jacking the engine out. The motor mount on the exhaust side wasn’t letting the headers by and the engine mount on the intake side wasn’t allowing the engine to move over enough to get the exhaust side mount off so both engine mounts had to come off. After that it was relatively smooth sailing. After a quick scrub-up this engine will receive a new rear main seal, valve cover gasket, a hydraulic clutch set-up, a high-output alternator and a bull-nose oil pan and pump before it’s dropped in the Berlina. The little Denso alternator is going to stay in the Sprint.<\/p>\n Up next will be prepping the 1750 for the Berlina and dropping it in. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n Select this text to follow the Sprint 1300 engine rebuild.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>A tight squeeze from any angle. Who knows, I might get all fancy and paint the valve cover black.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>I think I mentioned before it’s really ugly in here so I think a repaint is in order. Yes, this car was Christmas green at some point in its life. I have no idea why the engine compartment is silver.
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>The weather was good and I had it outside to shuffle some cars around so I sprayed this all down with Simple Green then hit it with a pressure washer. Looks pretty good for 36 year old engine compartment paint!<\/strong><\/p>\n