- Tue Jul 01, 2014 12:41 pm
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Well, if you know how to assemble an engine then do it all yourself. To do the swap, they don't need to take your engine apart. They're just going to prep the bay, put the new engine in, and wire everything up. As long as the engine will run and everything(harness, etc) is in good condition, they won't have any problems on your end.
I use those cute sockets for little things like seat bolts and such. Anything that's torqued down you need beefier sockets. Use a breaker bar to very slowly torque the bolts out. Maybe soak them in anti-seize, although it probably won't help much. You might want to do some Google research on how to properly untorque bolts, if you don't do it straight you'll destroy the threads or even break the bolt itself.
http://www.dansmc.com/socketdrives.jpg
Don't just get a 3/4th socket and end up using a baby ratchet with an adapter either, because then your ratchet will break. haha