What vital piece is missing from this picture that caused my freinds and I to be up until 1am last night removing and reinstalling the engine? :mad:


http://www.eawshop.com/camaro/P6200062.jpg

Is it?
A. The oil filter?
B. The Garage Floor?
C. The washer on the drain plug
D. The clutch?
E. The &^#@! Pilot bearing?!!

I wont give any hints! :clonk:

P.S. Pictures are updated on my signature line.

That sucks, been there before!!! At least you found it!!

Wild %#@#& guess? Pilot bearing?

I'm going with Pilot Bearing...LOL....

Just put my pilot bearing in and briefly thought about what a pain it would be to forget that piece of the puzzle. What I like about your pic is the way your plug wires are routed behind the engine. Haven't seen that before. It gives your engine bay a clean/professional look. Is that wire loom something you made up or is it a kit?

Dude. I feel for you.

Just put my pilot bearing in and briefly thought about what a pain it would be to forget that piece of the puzzle. What I like about your pic is the way your plug wires are routed behind the engine. Haven't seen that before. It gives your engine bay a clean/professional look. Is that wire loom something you made up or is it a kit?

It is both. The looms are from a under header kit made by trans dapt. If you look at some of my other pics you will see some rubber insulated clamps I got from summit to help increase clearance and stability.

Ya, but look at the time you saved when putting the trans in ,I bet it slid right in .

I would have saved more time switching to geico... 1100 times!!!

Take the time to shim, or not, the starter while the engine is out and install the clutch.
Or not, since in another post you have the engine installed.
Hopefully, with a wide oil pan, you installed the drvr header first, then the engine. Makes life easier.

I did install/shim the starter and the headers are no problem to install.

Cool!

How about:

F. Adjustable dowel pins, located and locked.

Or are you lucky enough that those crusty old dowels dialed the bell housing right in?

Also, why did you have to R&R just for the pilot bearing?
I installed mine with the engine in the car when I did an auto to manual swap.

Practice makes perfect!

I see no clutch and no pilot bearing..only a flywheel in the above ^ picture.

Yep... you got me, it was the clutch.....:thumbsup:

Yep... you got me, it was the clutch.....:thumbsup:

Don't feel bad..many a flexplate have been forgotten with auto installs.:D

I was going to say none of the above, you forgot to install the pistons!!!