Incase I have to go down the serpintine belt route I have purchased a replacement pulley for
the power steering pump, the v6's power steering pump was damaged and so was the pulley.
So plan 'B' is there just incase, as the pulley arrived this morning.
As jimbo mentioned in his thread for his v6 swap
http://forums.neons.org/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=362166
his gearbox dosen't have a port for the speed sensor on the long right hand drive shaft port.
Well neither does mine!!! and mine is an auto.
Yes that is Blue Paper Towels in the port to stop dirt etc getting in and the oil out!
I then had a thought about the picture in jimbo's thread
'That looks like the port on the autobox on the old 3 speed box'
So 4 X 13mm bolts and it came off the old autobox, and I took the drive shafts out of the
boot/trunk and placed them side by side on a metal stool/step.
The one which has the full drive shaft is the neon's old one, the drive shaftend/tripod is off
the voyager. If I hadn't sated which was which could you tell the difference?
They look to both have the same dimentiones for this bolt on part.
So this is plan 'B' for the speed sensor for the swap.
This afternoon the V6 finnaly went into the engine bay, but I had get help.
It was either help from dad or the V6 went through the windscreen!!
So it is in there, but sitting on blocks of wood with the inlet manifold holding,
it from the back and a dimond jack at the front to stop it falling over.
The engine and gearbox & mounts etc are not lined up yet.
Yes the engine is tiltyed forward and the inlet manifold is resting on the lip,
at the top of the fire wall. Snug fit!!
And now for the issue of clearance around the brake master cylinder.
If the engine has to be dropped then there will be more clearance.
Alternatively I could get the inlet manifold modified or replaced.