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Ltryptophan's avatar

Can you find me a free video of a small car engine installation?

Asked by Ltryptophan (12091points) August 4th, 2011

I’ve looked, but nothing I found was very comprehensive. So I am outsourcing my query.

Bonus points for its being a 1.0L 3 cyl. video.

Also if you know of a really good book about the topic that would help too!

And if it also pointed to the transmission installation as well, kudos.

Do they still make kudos???

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jrpowell's avatar

Do you want a general idea or something for a specific make of the car and engine?

Ltryptophan's avatar

general idea is good, and hopefully very general to the point it would fit a specific. Specific would be good 1.0l 3cyl. metro engine/tranny 1996–2001

Tropical_Willie's avatar

@Ltryptophan Can you go to the local library and see if they have a shop manual?

Mine has all sorts of different cars, going back the 1990’s.

YARNLADY's avatar

Did you try this search list.

koanhead's avatar

Unless you have a lot of mechanical experience, DO NOT attempt an engine swap without at least a Chilton’s guide or similar for reference. A video might provide a useful overview, but an engine swap is a complicated process and you can seriously damage the engine (or yourself) of you are not aware of all the little details (like that one little mounting bolt on the bottom that you couldn’t see because it’s behind the cross-member, which was attached to a rubber engine mount, which stretched when you tried to hoist the engine and then snapped, launching the engine on an arc, knocking over the hoist and punching out a window before landing on top of you).

A Chilton’s guide (or Haynes, they are functionally identical though Haynes is a little better IMO) is available for about $20 or so from your local auto-parts store. It sounds like you are working on a Geo Metro or similar – that’s a pretty common rig, so the book should be easy to find.
Of course, if you can find the actual shop manual for the car, that’s good too. The shop manual is usually not so generous with general how-to information as the DIY guides are (they assume that a professional mechanic will already know how to use a cylinder hone, for example).

I don’t think they do make Kudos anymore. They were good.

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