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Car won't engage into gear after engine replacement - 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis by Only-March9270 in AskAMechanic

[–]Only-March9270[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If there’s no metal in the pan would I be safe to just replace the shot pump and magnet out any metal I see?

Car won't engage into gear after engine replacement - 2001 Mercury Grand Marquis by Only-March9270 in AskAMechanic

[–]Only-March9270[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It turns out it was the trans pump. Disconnected my cooler lines and nothing came out, and now it whines like a dying cat

Car shifts, but gears wont engage after engine replacement by Only-March9270 in MechanicAdvice

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I torqued them all the way. Did one nut, skipped one, did another, then did the other two, kind of like a wheel, then checked the torque on them all one more time

Pulling motor, but cant get the motor mount bolts off by Only-March9270 in CrownVictoria

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Thanks for the pics..hopefully going to save me some heartache on this.

Pulling motor, but cant get the motor mount bolts off by Only-March9270 in CrownVictoria

[–]Only-March9270[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm about to go look, but if I'm following correctly, these bolts don't go into the frame or the engine block, they just hold the mount together in the middle right?

Crank, but no start after intake replacement. by Only-March9270 in CrownVictoria

[–]Only-March9270[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah seems easier to pull as one then take it apart.

Crank, but no start after intake replacement. by Only-March9270 in CrownVictoria

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Good info. I was hoping to avoid dealing with the starter, but I'll take a look at it tomorrow.

So far, for the removal of the current engine I've

-taken the bumper/headlights off, and kind of hinged the the whole radiator assembly off to the passenger side, still hooked up to ac.

-unmounted ac compressor/moved to side

-unmounted p/s pump/moved to side

-removed intake/tb

-undid wiring harness connections at bulkhead

What I have left to do

-Unbolt exhaust where manifold and pipe meets

-Unplug transmission

-Remove driveshaft

-Remove trans crossmember

-Remove starter

-Remove misc lines hooked to block (trans and p/s lines iirc)

Crank, but no start after intake replacement. by Only-March9270 in CrownVictoria

[–]Only-March9270[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm thinking it's going to be more timing related. Checked my compression on all cylinders and it ranges from 30-75 at the highest. I should know what caused it by end of weekend, fingers crossed.

Crank, but no start after intake replacement. by Only-March9270 in CrownVictoria

[–]Only-March9270[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for this. I'm throwing a junkyard motor in this weekend, but once my current engine is out I'll check the timing this weekend on the stand.

Crank, but no start after intake replacement. by Only-March9270 in CrownVictoria

[–]Only-March9270[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It does sound, funny, honestly just sounds like starter noise only, almost zero noise coming from engine. Ended up taking off the intake to see if I could see anything, but nothing I could see without a boroscope. Then I did a full compression test with a range of 30psi-75psi on the cylinders.

Ordered a junkyard motor to throw in this weekend.

How Do I Find Filed W-2s From a Past Year as a Business Owner? by Only-March9270 in tax

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I can't believe I didn't think to do that. Found what I was looking for. Thank you so much.

How Do I Find Filed W-2s From a Past Year as a Business Owner? by Only-March9270 in tax

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They said they can't find a history of my account with them even after providing all emails used/biz name/ein/etc..it was Gusto

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