Blown engine :-(

Aha yes good. Often cost extra on the ECU 's to get distoless ignition, but well spent money imo.
1997 or 1998 baleno got the lid or closed housing for the sensors, might fit.

Bit more progress today. Pulled the engine out, took a bit of separation. Seems there is a cover plate…. That didn’t help. 

The passenger engine mount is broken. That needs repair. Swapped the brackets over, snugged down the efi and the heater lines I have. 

Pulled the clutch and flywheel off the Sami motor. 

Have pulled the sumps ready to swap over with the pickup pipes. 

Tommorows job is to put the new sump on, extend all the leads on the engine. Chuck the flywheel and clutch on then swing in the new motor. 

Sumps changed and flywheel and clutch mounted. 
Picked up the ECU and a 2.4m loom to match from JJM. 

Tried to refit the engine. Much struggling but it just won’t mate with the gearbox. 

I think tomorrow after work I’ll pull the gearbox out and attach it to the engine and swing the whole lot in. Need to decide where to locate the ECU… where is the driest place in a samurai? I think it might be on the roof of the glovebox!?!

Do you have a clutch plate centering tool?
That helps.
And check if the guide sleeves is where they should be. Sometimes they stick in the engine and Sometimes the gearbox Sometimes both.
Has happened to me..

And then wiggle, wiggle, wiggle..

Cheers Yakuza, I’ve centred the clutch. Just can’t get the wiggle to let it slide home.

I think freeing the gear box from the prop and mount will make that easier to jiggle than the engine.

When we separated my box from engine 
We removed one of the guide sleeves because having 2 sleeves fitted the box would just not locate