Jamie_Murray

I apologize in advance. I searched and could not find the information I was looking for. Flame suit is on.

My motor dropped a valve at 39,000 miles (No over-rev, had the gopro on my helmet when it dropped) and I now have a new one to swap in.

What expendables will I need? Just coolant and oil?

Are there any special order parts I'm going to have to replace when swapping in the identical motor.

And are there any write up's/pichar threads?

Thanks a bunch guys!

woodburn

I did my swap almost by my self. I would drop the engine from the bottom of the car with the subframe attached. Jack the car as high as you can using jackstands and maybe some 2x4. There is 3 main bolts that hold the subframe to the frame. Pm me if you have more questions

Jamie_Murray

Any other information members could provide would be fantastic.

Looking forward to finally having the S back on the road and on the Dragon.

03Mongoose

I just swapped in a AP2 into my 03 last weekend, oil, oil filter, almost 2 gallons of ready to use coolant, resurfaced fly wheel, clutch, throw out bearing, and pilot bearing was all I needed. Special tools you will need is 24 mm deep socket to remove the knock sensor easily, torque wrench(do the loan a tool at Auto Zone), socket extensions(24", 12", and a couple of shorter ones at least), clutch alignment tool, a piece of pipe about 3 to 4 feet long to use as a breaker bar(make sure the handle of your ratchet will slide into the pipe, and I recommend a 1/2" ratchet for use with the breaker bar), floor jack, jack stands that will allow you to get the car about 2 feet off the ground, and an engine hoist. I took my engine out the top after separating the transmission. Wasn't hard at all, but I have a 2 ton engine hoist that has a really long reach. If you buy a hoist/lift make sure you can extend the reach at least 48". The nose of the S2000 is so long anything shorter will not have enough reach to pick/drop the engine straight up and down. I followed the directions in the service manual. Bagged all of my bolts and fasteners in zip lock bags as I went. I started on Friday afternoon and was finished by Sunday at lunch. Could have finished Saturday night if I had pressed through the heat of the day on Saturday. All in all, it was not too hard of a job, just time consuming.

Bill