Need advice on donar car

[Jason]

I would give both a try. See if you can get her engine to start, and if not go to the yard... The low mileage engine would sure be nice, but man thats pretty damn low almost too low for one of these cars at this point in time. You'll know if its worth a damn as soon as it starts, and by how long it takes to get started.

Jason

[EvoStevo]

So the car wasn't what it was cracked up to be. While it did have a bad starter, there was apparently something else causing it not to start. I'm not ruling it out just yet, but I will take a closer look at the junkyard motor now. Hopefully it's still there tomorrow.

[EvoStevo]

Did some more scouting in the junkyard and might have found out a few things. First, the yard doesn't allow the engines to be tested beforehand. The battery cables were cut and the oil had been drained (some California law, I think). Apparently the car has been on the lot since January and there are no records of whether or not it was running when it came in. Second thing was that the transmission didn't seem to want to go into any gear, so that might help explain why the car is there. I don't know if crappy camera phone pictures can tell you anything, but I took some anyway:


Turns out it's actually an '82. Turning the crank by hand was very easy. I was expecting a little resistance from the compression, but it took hardly any effort at all. I heard a slow ticking sound as I turned it clockwise, then when I turned it counter clockwise I heard the sound of air escaping.



I removed the valve cover and turned it over a couple more times to watch the cam rotate (mostly because I'd never seen this before). The oil was pitch black, but otherwise things looked ok. That's about as far as I got that day. I also took note of the coolant color:


green and mostly clean, save for a few small white specs floating around and a little oily film at the top.

Any red flags thrown up for you guys? I probably don't have much time before this one's sent to the crusher. I still have to figure out some of the logistics of getting this thing from the yard to my garage, but I'd like to make a decision fairly soon. Any advice is much appreciated.

[Jason]

The coolant looks good, no major oily film... I would go for it, these engines aren't around every corner anymore.


Jason

[EvoStevo]

ok, so I just bought an engine stand (I have to go back for the crane. Long story...). What size bolts will I need to secure the engine to the stand? Also, does anyone know approximately how much a d24T weighs? Thanks!

[EvoStevo]

So I read for the VW 1.6 diesels it's M12x1.75. I'm guessing it's the same? They also say you can use old head bolts but that sounds like they might be too long (plus I don't have any of those laying around). What do you think would be a good length? I'll be going to the hardware store tomorrow. Thanks again.

[77volvo245]

My 84 D24T 760 has a D24 Starter it does not matter witch one you use.