engine swap not working, trans doesnt line up, something about a crank sensor too Options

[belizecelica]

I had to change the engine in my 95 ST, so i bought a 7A-fe from a junkyard with 30,000 miles from a 97 corolla. The thing is, the mechanic told me that the trans isnt lining up (my ST is manual) and there is a crank sensor or something that might be a problem. Will this engine fit? If not, what mods will be required to make it fit??

[NEVERSTOP]

cant you just swap the transmissions? I dont know too much about the 7a so its not really my field but that would seem like the logical answer to me

[boosted_K2]

ya, you shouldnt need to use the 'rolla trans, just detach the trans from the engine and couple your stock tranny to it. and you should be able to use the stock crank sensor as well.

[belizecelica]

Well, i bought the engine minus the trans. the new engine was fit with an automatic trans, but the one in my celica is manual. Plus I was told that the celica didnt come with a crank sensor until 96, and mine is a 95 so it cant accomodate it. What is a cranc sensor anyway??what does it do???

[NEVERSTOP]

you might need to switch your intake madifold to make this work.. one of my buddies had to do that on a d16 swap in his civic.. he blew up his motor and replaced it with a new d16 but it was an auto instead of a manual and he had all kinds of problems gettin it to run with the ecu.. eventually he just had to take everything from his old d16 that still worked and put it on the new block and that fixed about 90% of his probs

Not sure if the 7a is the same way but it might be a possiblity.. I really think you should take back the motor and try and get one out of the same year celica

[belizecelica]

I cant take it back. they dont take refunds if the item is not malfunctioning.

[Kwanza26]

No no no... it'll work. If your car is 5 speed... and the engine is auto... you'll need to swap flywheels. That's probably why it's not lining up correctly. As for the crank sensor... I believe you can just get rid of it... cause the OBD1 Celicas don't use it anyways...

[toyotaspeed_90]

my 4age was an auto.... make sure you mechanic is using the flywheel and pressure plate that you had in it before...... not the flexplate and torque convertor, lol

also.... if you don't need the crank sensor then either remove it or cut it off.... you can't use it? ok then remove it..... i have a few sesnors on my 4a-ge that we didn't use no biggy and there are sensors that the ecu is expecting that my 4a-ge isn't delivering... still runs fine.....

also, make sure you mechanic is removing the tranny and not trying to line the engine up in the bay..... at least on the corolla's there's damn near NO room to do so... it's a pain enough to get the motor + trans already connected in..... (beware, there is a tranny mount on the cross member that's hidden, at least on the corolla's... and they use the same if not similar trannies)