91 405Mi16x4 Rear wheel drive conversion north south engine

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i've started the mi16x4 teardown, started with the grill, bumper, headlights,wheel liners they took half an hour, they we been off recently, taking the radiator support out was more difficult couple of the bolts have size solid, then the A/C condenser came out, coolant radiator, and then the fun begins all the connection, lines have to come out and be marked, it is not helped them every time i start to work on it someone calls and i have to drop the work and go do something else, you can see i have some extra plumbing and equipment to deal with for the LPG fuel system, i'm surprised how filthy my engine is, the engine is so tight in the engine bay you can't see it, the work continues more to come.

i've been working hard and the xu9j4 is out, i've changed engine in couple of 405 but never in mi16, and compared to 8v engines is more difficult, and i made one more stain on my floor, from gearbox oil, after that i wasn't going to risk with power steering i left it all attach will drain it later, now i have the tedious job removing and marking the engine loom, i may have enough space on the subframe for the gearbox but the anti roll bar and steering rack must be gone, i'm not worried about the anti roll bar, but the steering rack is going to be difficult, i got a unexpected surprise, i got the front tires 9000 km ago, i know i was getting wheelspin a lot, but the tires have worn down from 9mm to 3mm in 9000 km and i'm not doing burnouts or driving like a idiot and there is a lot of cracks and dry rot, so i have to add new tires to the list.