Out comes the engine (day 5)

Yesterday Mike spent the day in the garage taking the engine out of the car. First he had to climb under the car and cut the exhaust pipes. He took a picture of the under side of the car where the weeds grew up into the car.

Mike unhooked a few things, cut a few bolts... then then started lifting out the engine.

It took a few hours, a couple thrown tools, and some colorful language... but the engine is out. This is the engine sitting on the engine stand. Notice the fluid all over the ground under the car? We had to use some of Lily's litter to soak it up. Removing an engine is dirty work.

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There were some interesting facts Mike spewed out. He could tell that the transmission has been out of the car before. He Also could tell the starter had been changed out at one point as well. It is interesting that he could look at the part numbers and know if they were original to the car or not. It is always fun being in the garage when he is working on the car. I never know what little fact I will learn about the car each day.

I am excited the engine is out. It seems like a milestone to me. Things are coming along nicely, but there is still tons left to do. Someday it will be all pretty and shiny new.