3.4L Motor Swap Underway!

[Paul]

Originally Posted by insite

sure. there's a tool that can be used to gently remove a pin from the harness at the DME. after that, it can simply be pushed into another slot.

i don't have the tool, though, so i bought a pin with a segment of wire attached to it. i pushed it into the correct 'new' slot, then clipped the wire & soldered it to the new one.

Thanks, any tricks or guidance on safely opening the plug housing so the pin can be inserted?

Where can we obtain the pins with the wires attached or did someone with correct pin tool remove one from a used harness?

[Jaxonalden]

Any chance you can make a video of the sound a quick ride and post it to YouTube? :dance:

[insite]

Originally Posted by Jaxonalden

Any chance you can make a video of the sound a quick ride and post it to YouTube? :dance:

i'll give it a shot this weekend

[Paul]

Thanks insite for the great info!

[insite]

quick update. car is running great; it's a real rocket. i've ordered an accusump that i'll be installing in a week or two. i finally feel comfortable that i've shaken the car down enough to hit the track. april 11th is the day. i am going to set the car up EXACTLY the same as the day i blew the engine:

same weight, tires, alignment, etc.

the goal is to isolate the time difference ONLY from the engine. also, i'm a little rusty. it's been almost 2yrs since i hit the track. my bogey time is 1:11.6. anything below this is all engine. obviously i'll tape a session or two.

one other note: when i drilled out the exhaust manifold bolts, i meant to post a link to the centering tool i used to get the pilot holes so nice. this thing is AWESOME. it's called the quikcenter and i highly recommend it:

http://www.qbaroo.com/QuikCentercom/

until next time.

[Lobo1186]

how does that product work exactly?

[insite]

Originally Posted by Lobo1186

how does that product work exactly?

the M96 motors, especially the earlier ones, can suffer from oil starvation in track conditions. it has to do with sump depth, poorly designed sump baffles, and inadequate oil scavenging in the heads. each head has a scavenge pump, but it's located at one end of th car. this means that if you're accelerating or deccelerating while in a sustained high-g corner, it's possible for oil to pool in the cylinder head AWAY from the scavenge pump, running the sump dry & killing the engine.

there is an easy way to address ALL of these problems. the accusump looks like a bomb in your trunk. it's' a big cylinder that holds two quarts of oil under pressure. when the oil pressure in the engine is greater than that in the accusump oil flows into the accusump. if the engine oil pressure drops, the accusump will make up the difference by feeding oil into the motor until pressure returns. it makes sure that, even in adverse high-g driving conditions, there is a steady supply of oil to the engine's wear surfaces.

[insite]

Originally Posted by Paul

Thanks, any tricks or guidance on safely opening the plug housing so the pin can be inserted?

sure. this is for the OLDER '99 DME; the newer ones are a little bit different.
1) disconnect the harness from the DME
2) cut the zip tie and open the back of the socket cover
3) use a small screwdriver to remove the weather seal from around the socket
4) remove the phillips screw from the outside of the socket
5) push the far end of the socket down; it will rotate forward & out of the cover
6) pull the socket through the cover

you how have a totally exposed DME connector. the pins are removed / inserted from the back of the plug.

Originally Posted by Paul

Where can we obtain the pins with the wires attached or did someone with correct pin tool remove one from a used harness?

i got mine from a fellow forum member; it had been removed from a used harness. i probably have some if you need one.