The final stage is upon me.  The engine and transmission are attached again, the engine bay is all clean and ready.  It's time to install the engine back into the car.  I will be driving my Supra again in a couple of days.

Once again, with the engine and transmission are hanging down into the car, I am using a floor jack under the transmission to adjust the angle of the engine.  It is a very tight fit at the back of the firewall.  Once the engine was almost all the way down, I went under the car to control the floor jack and watch the engine mounts while two other people pushed everything back into place. 

I am taking this time to install a K&N air filter and a Lexus AFM. 

With everything hooked up and quite a crowd around (a few friends and many other folks that had seen my car there over the last few weeks) it was time to turn the key. I tell you what, I whooped like a kid on Christmas morning when she started.  After fixing the vacuum hose that came off the power steering pump and adjusting the timing, the engine runs smooth as silk. 

With my experience from my last engine repair, I was going to do this one myself no matter what.  I know that I saved myself about $1000 in removing the engine alone, not mention any other work. 

1- Over all this repair was pretty difficult.  It took a long time, a good memory of where everything went (no parts left over), and access to some tools not everyone has. and,

2- With everything that had been apart and modified, there could have been hundreds of possible causes had my Supra not started.

3- Normally timing the engine requires hooking up to the number one plug wire, but ours are hidden under the coil pack cover.  Since the number 6 plug fires at the same time, this problem is easily bypassed.

1- I had a vacuum hose slip off one line while installing the engine.  I could hear it though so it was spotted right away.

Uhh, can you say HUGE!  I'm glad the she started.  But, after 5 weeks working 3-4 hours a day and 10-11 hours on the weekends, the project is done.  Thank goodness for the Auto Hobby Shop on base.  It only cost me $5.00 a day to rent the bay.

The engine is still basically stock.  The changes that I made were all external.

The only real upgrade to mention in this note is the cleanliness of the engine and the engine bay.  Mostly cosmetic, it will help in engine cooling.  It is a big emotional lift to see everything gleaming like new.