Opened up the sump to drain the oil, some nasty shit came out.
Then started removing everything i could see that was stopping me from pulling the engine out. Some of the bolts were rusted to the body, i wrecked a T-wrench trying to undo them.
Off to bunnings to get a nice Sidchrome 1/2" drive breaker bar, extension bar & various adapters. Thought it was time to get myself a nice set of tools.
Also bought an engine lift/hoist. Had a bit of fun putting the thing together.
Pic of the engine, almost ready to be pulled out.
I removed the drive shafts and had transmission oil go everywhere. Just letting you guys know be prepared for it haha. I pulled the drive shafts out and then put all the rest of the suspension together. I need to drop the car back off the stands as i need to hose out the engine bay after the engine is out, and then the garage as there is oil everywhere. I've laid down some plastic, but it seemed to have gotten under and its been carried around on the shoes.
Also started stripping the interior. Had a bit of a guess about removing the steering wheel, there were 4 bolts on the back side. I put a camera there and took photos to see what it looked like and then had to get a long thin screw driver and feel out the bolts to undo them. Also found undoing the auto shifter cable bit tricky. In the end, all i had to do was with the shifter apart was to unscrew it.
Also took out the whole dash out. I didn't like the look of the early model civic dash with the emergency lights on the steering stork, im gonna pull out the dash and seats out of the white (91) civic and put them in.
Here's the interior:
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