Ran into some trouble doing the swap...

Alex91Mk3

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Ok so I just took out the 7m with the auto tranny together.. took about 5 hours to take it out..not too shabby. got alot of bruised and sctrached kunckles and fingers from those cramp spaces and those bolts that hang on for dear life until the wrench slips and hands go flying everywhere only to hit a sharp corner..."holy run-on-sentence batman!!" ok so i laid the engine and tranny next to the one im putting on, which is a jdm engine... i noticed a couple differences.. the biggest one that worried me were the damn motor mounts... they're different... mine is a squared bolt design... and the one i bought has a traingle shaped bolt design thingy...get it? and its about 5 inches back...the jdm one..Another problem is that the fuel pump is where the motor mount should be...and there two more connections coming out of the tranny and some on different sides...Didn't think that the "jdm" engine/tranny would that diffrent... what can i do about the motors mounts and what other problems am i gonna run in to? and since im here... what are the diffrences beweetn usdm and jdm 7m's?...:nono:
 

Figit090

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well one thing i can think of off the top of my head without having much, if any, swap knowledge...is the simple fact that the 7m engines can be found in cars other then the supra.

that being said...are you sure you got a supra 7m?

the only other thing i could think of would be the RHD/LHD differences...possibly there is a mount difference because of the steering components being on the other side...not sure.
 

tissimo

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Fuel pump? interesting..

The engine might be out of a soarer or something. Just swap the mounts over from your car

Post pics if you can..
 

starscream5000

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Fuel pump you say? Is it on the intake side down low where the J-tube is supposed to be? If so, you sure you don't have an older model M series engine? You need to snap a few shots and show us...
 

bountykilla0118

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Umm I read every word but to me it sounds like a simple fix considering our fuel pumps are located in the tank and any 7m is a 7m ..... no matter what car it came out of. Just swap/change any part that does not fit your engine. Like others have said. Take a part off and put it on. And to ease your process only do one part at a time.
 

starscream5000

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I was actually getting at maybe he got sent one of the OLD M series engines that have mechanical fuel pumps on them, not a 7M ;).

Which cars with a 7M came with a mechanical fuel pump?
 

bountykilla0118

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i hope he can till the difference ............... even if he is missing the timing cover. A 7m is a 7m period. No other motor looks anything like it.