I pretty much stripped the motor down to the Long block....left the lower intake manifold on though. I inspected the inside of the block, with the oil pan removed (everything was clean...the oil was even still clean). I painted all the covers and stuff...was gonna paint it a dark yellow but couldn't find any Yellow motor paint....and I had a bunch of Blue lieing around....that's how it ended up blue. I also painted the block black. Then, I replaced the timing belt and the water pump. and re-assembled it.

I tried to drop it in with everything attatched...A/C, Alternator, P/S and headers......didn't work. Had to take off the A/C, the Alternator and the headers to drop the motor in....otherwise the motor was complete when I dropped it in.

I actually expected to have to drop it in and take it out several times, while I got everything lined up and bolted on....but It went in a lot easier than I expect. I lowered it down once...saw all the conflicts....removed the headers, A/C and Alternator and then it dropped right in. Once the motor was on the mounts (and with the radiator removed) all the components went right in....there's actually a lot of room in there to work....but the A/C and headers went on from underneath....much easier.