Pulling my engines

[duby55]

I'm putting an automatic engine in a manual trans car. The engine has 115,000 miles on it and ran good. Since it's going to be out I going to replace the water pump, intake gaskets and any other gaskets and vacuum system parts as I can before it goes in. While it's out is there anything else I should be looking for on the engine or the engine bay. I don't want to mess this up by missing something I could have taken care of.

[632 Regal]

all hoses, belts thermostat etc. Done once and good for another hundy miles. Plugs wires, cap/rotor and related are worth looking at while out too.

[BigKriss]

old vacume hoses maybe

[whiskychaser]

Sump gasket if its weeping? Piece of cake with the engine out. Not so with it in situ

[Ross]

Don't forget a pilot bearing for the manual trans' input shaft.
Any hydraulic lines that are a bitch to get at?

[yaofeng]

Front and rear main seals. Loctite the flywheel bolts or your rear main seal replacement will be for naught.

[Elekta]

If your windshield wipers acted like they were hitting the hood, you can fix this easily with no engine in the way.

[Ross]

If your windshield wipers acted like they were hitting the hood, you can fix this easily with no engine in the way.
This is a *#@%ing GREAT idea and should be standard procedure on every old E34 with an engine out.