Hey everyone!
I just bought a sc300, trashed interior but running and for damn near free so i couldn't say no!
Drove it home and immediately started looking up info on the swap.

I'm currently on the dissasembly phase of it.
Things I bought already include:
R154 Transmission with a 1J/2J bellhousing
Front half shaft
w58 shifter
r154 slave cylinder

I'm currently planning on doing a full tune up on the engine as I'm taking it out with the tranny. We're talking about seals, gaskets, timing belt, water pump, etc.

I'll post some pics up in a bit let me know what you think and if you have some tips for me it'd be greatly appreciated.

 

Turns out I didn't take any pictures before I started working on it.
So full body pictures will have to wait 'till the swap is done.

 

holy crap that things beat up! hopefully you get it back to how it should be!

look forward to the progress

 

First off, welcome to CL...congrats on your pick up-hope you got a real good deal? That thing is beat down interior wise, we have faith in you-please bring this back from the dead. Props on your R154 swap too! Keep us posted.

steve

 

damn that interior has seen better days! welcome! i take it you're prepping for a future NA-T setup?

 

i like where this is headed. Will stay tuned.

 

How the hell does that happen to an interior? Pet wolf?

 

Or the previous owner kidnapped mike Tyson's tiger

 

i hope you know that shifter housing on the trans in the pic wont work. too short.

 

Progress:;

 

Found some rust under the battery tray, and relised the engine was leaking oil pretty badly.
Gonna need the rear main seal and a couples more gaskets.

Also had to figure out the hard way that the engine harness comes out with the engine.
Old hardened plug clips were the victims. Now I'm going to need to splice in a couple sensors.

on a brighter note went to the junkyard today and found a decent center compartment and stock radio for cheap! Along with some hoses and the accordion airbox tube.

 

Thanks, I'm aware of it.
In the words of a fellow CL member I like free things so I was planning on modifying the shifter. I'm more worried about having to cut the transmission tunnel though.


Actually I'm planing a TT drivetrain swap later on. For now I just want the piece of mind of a maintained engine since I plan on taking this car to the track pretty often.

 

GL with build. Keep us posted

 

Love to see some progress of any SC nowadays. Car has seen better days, but I am sure you already have found some interior parts to go in, your just not telling us yet.. LOL

 

Dang, i don't understand how people can treat their cars like that. (previous owners).