A short novel about frustration.
No, I'm not driving it yet. I spent an entire day wrestling with the motor, trying to get it mated with the bellhousing. Since the turbo is a pain to deal with when the engine is in, I tried putting the whole thing in together, twisting, turning, prying and pushing. Not happening. So I lift it a little for better access and take the turbo off. Lower the engine in and begin again. No, plates on the engine for the motor mounts are in the way. Remove them and try again. I finally seem to have gotten it started and start putting some bolts in, but forget that one hole is for a short bolt. As I put in the long bolt, I seem to remember as it pushes the two halves of my adapter apart. GRRR, start from square one. I do finally get it started again, but it seems like it doesn't want to go. Realization hits me and I loosen the bolts and rock the truck in gear. Bang, the splines align and slip in place. I put the rest of the bolts in and test the clutch since I took some shims out from behind the pressure plate. The pedal is spongy, which is weird as it's a fairly new master. I pump it a few times and am greeted with a firm pedal, a clutch that works, and a stream of brake fluid running down the floor pan. I think Castrol GT LMA still must not be compatible, or maybe the seals hold until you put in ANY brake fluid, where their destiny of slowly dissolving begins. The next day, I wrestle with the motor mounts. I guess I should have tried making slots instead of holes, but I finally get them on. The turbo then goes on with a little fighting. I hook up the oil lines to the cooler and remote filter. I hook up everything else required to start it, and turn it over with the ignition off. No oil pressure shows, but the key probably needs to be on. So I crank it with the key on but no fuel and still nothing. So I hook up the fuel and start it. At least something still works. It runs, but I'm seeing no oil pressure. Crap. Crawl underneath and remove the filter as maybe I put the lines on backwards, and crank the starter. No, oil is coming from the right place. I go back in the car, turn the key, start it and still no pressure. Then I realize the two gauges that normally light up with the ignition are dark, so probably none of the gauges have power. All the fusebox wiring looks good as do the fuses, so I'm thinking ignition switch, but my radio works, ruling that out. So I pull apart the dash where the gauges are. I see nothing amiss back there, and with a jumper, they work. So I pull the main dash off, and nothing looks out of place there. Looking at the fusebox again, I push on all the connectors again and some move a tiny bit. Finally the gauges light, but I'm tired and sore from lifting and contorting all day, so that's where things currently stand.