rhino93

Not tearing the carpet is an incredible feat! I've definitely pulled the manual trans out of my 93 without cutting/removing the Y-pipe, but I did have the torsion bar crossmember and front diff out. Was a bit of a puzzle to get the transfer case tail housing down past the fixed crossmember, but it is doable. Front diff is very annoying to get back in because of the weird balance, but torsion bars and crossmember are pretty easy, even if a few rusted bolts give out (as they did for me). For posterity's sake, pulling the Y-pipe down off the manifolds early is very nice. With that and the trans mount disconnected, the motor mounts allow quite a bit of forward/backward tilt which can make reaching those top bell housing bolts easier. For install, I found it handy to cut the heads off a couple of spare bell housing bolts and thread them into the block. Definitely not necessary but helped a bit with aligning trans and engine. Also, since the engine can move so much it can be hard to eyeball the alignment. Having someone to watch from a wheel well while you wiggle and push is very nice. Not sure if any of this is helpful at all, but good luck!

Thanks a ton! Exactly the info I was looking for. Thanks Frenchy as well.

May have answered my own question. Seems likely it is the temp sensor, I just figured it was elsewhere since I don't remember removing anything from there. I already have a new sensor, so I'll see if it fits and matches up to the harness. Temp gauge wasn't working when I bought the car, so is it possible it was missing to begin with? I find it strange I didn't notice anything missing when removing the harness. Still thrown by the whole thing, so would love confirmation from someone more knowledgeable.

Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum. Currently rebuilding the vg30 out of the 93 pathy I bought last May. While reassembling everything I noticed a threaded hole in the front of my left-side head with nothing in it (see photo) that I somehow didn't notice until now. Looking back at some photos from the teardown, it looks to me like there wasn't anything there in the first place, but I want to make sure. It's possible the machine shop removed something for cleaning and it didn't get reinstalled. Any ideas if anything's supposed to go here? After searching some parts diagrams the closest things in that area seem to be threaded plugs or a coolant temp sensor, neither of which seem right. Let me know if more info or better photos needed. The hole in question is in the center of the photo, above the water pump.