Been busy with work, SAP rollout, and multiple other projects. I finally got back in to the garage for about 45 minutes before I was bitten to death by the skeeters. I managed to pull off:

Fuel Rail
Injectors
Spacers for fuel rail
Intake Manifold
Intake Manifold Bracket

Found out I need a 17mm deep socket for motor mount. I'll buy that tomorrow...

Got out of work a little earlier so started on the tear down. I've managed to remove:
Upper timing belt cover
AC Compressor belt
Alternator belt
Power steering belt
AC compressor and bracket
Alternator and bracket
Power steering and bracket
Exhaust manifold
Front Engine pulling mount

I discovered I'm going to need to purchase...

Yep, had to take a sick day last week in order to get a good 8 hours to pull the engine. Started out at 9:00 in the morning and picked up the cherry picker from the local equipment rental place. I've never used one before so it was fun. Then I had to run to the local hardware store to get 2 bolts and nuts to attach to the mounting points on the block and bought 4 bolts with washers to mount the...

A Snag:

The my guess is that this came about for 2 reasons.
1. Because I have a 1G oil pump, they couldn't get the correct sensors on easily so they were put on via several different pieces of brass fittings. This put a lot of weigh on the brass and the sensors and they would eventually break.
2. The prothane motors mounts cause a lot more vibration and this sped...

Back Story:

My first 4G63:
I had to buy a minivan in 2004 and at the time I was driving a 99 Elantra which happens to have a 4G63. Very minor first time mods, it had a CAI and a front stront bar. I had put in a decent sound system and down some minor things to speed it up. I had got on it a week earlier and while flooring it down the highway, it popped the head gasket and...