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Today I continued clearing out the engine bay, preparing for engine removal. The N55 makes the wiring harness significantly simpler than the N54; the engine computer is mounted right to the intake manifold, and the harness plugs into the computer with 6 large connectors.
During disassembly I found a few components already broken, several screws not tight, and a few wires not properly routed. Someone has definitely already been inside, and someone with not-so-great craftsmanship.
Moving forward, I have a few questions I need to resolve before the engine can come out:
-What to do with the power steering pump? Leave it on the engine or remove? There is almost no access to it, although this is how I did it on the N54 project.
-What to do with the power steering rack? It leaves only about an inch of space for the engine to move forward before the oil pan interferes. The more I think about it, the more I think I'll have to remove the subframe directly before the engine comes out. It would simplify things.
-What to do with the heat exchanger behind the radiator? It looks like it's cooling the transmission lines, which inconveniently run from that front heat exchanger all the way through the transfer cases and into the transmission. They will be in the way the entire time.
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05-15-2016, 11:47 PM
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