89 TR Engine install...help please!

Now now...be careful what you say about ferrari mechanics...as they are the one's you will be needing help from here... .

I have no idea how to fix what you have got, but pics would be helpful...

 

Sorry for the lousy picture....but here is the general layout of the wire harness on the motor. Take time to route the wires carefully and you should be fine. The harness goes under the fuel injection system. Watch the area at the front of the motor around the water outlet (gooseneck) as there's a lot going on right there with the alternator hookup, etc....
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Actually when removing a TR motor, it isn't necessary to disconnect the AC lines from the pump...just remove the pump and hang it up out of the way. But if everything was unhooked...I would say yes...you can hook the lines up once everything is bolted up.

Keeping the AC pump system sealed and pressurized is not how the shop manual says to do it. But you will save yourself a bit of grief by just unbolting the pump and use a bungy cord and hang it up. But to unbolt/bolt the pump you will have to do it when the motor is nearly in it's final position, just as the engine is lowered or lifted. You will have to stretch and strain a bit to get everything bolted up. But it is a huge time saver. I learned this from ferrarifixer Phil down in Aussi-land. Another great fchatter !!!!!

 

What is the TR engine family (F113A, F113B, F113A040, etc.)? It's shown on the top of cyl #6.

Here's another shot of the harness routing on a F113A040 (US version) TR.
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I love how beautiful the motors look after a clean up and paint.

I still wonder about the wisdom of painting a motor. At some point, I would suspect that the paint is going to start pealing off, and may look horrible.

The key to getting paint to stick, is the prep. And there isn't any easy way of getting an assembled motor spotless and absolutely clean. I can see taking parts off, blasting them, and then painting them. That might hold up.

I tried painting the intakes, and part of the motor on my Ninja 900. In a couple of months it looked like crap, and I wished I had never done it...

Why not just clean the heck out of the motor, and gently polish it.

Have you guys really been having luck painting motors? I could see painting the cam covers, as these can be thoroughly cleaned after removal...but painting the block itself??? After it was drenched in oil???

 

I've got jpegs of the front of the motor and top that I can email you. Send a PM with email address.

Jeff Pintler
89 348, 86TR

 

Here is the motor from my first TR that I did....it turned out pretty good, but was not correct. But the motor was really bad before the work so it's still a huge improvement. As has been said, preparation is the key to getting paint to last. I've never had any issues from painting the engine block and heads. Once the paint is baked on it's pretty durable.

I did the same nuts and bolts resto on my current TR but I made huge efforts to duplicate the factory finishes and the results are very good (Tooting my own horn - sorry).
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At my house, if it is convenient. Heck, I'll even buy some beer and pizza if you want to refinish my engine for me. I think it looks great!

BT

 

I'm with Bill, I think you're doing a pretty fine job, most expecially if its for free

I recognize that the exact original colors are ideal, but your first one looked pretty darn good to me from the picture.

 

Hey rj001,
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