MY NEW CAR!!

[under-construction]

hey yall

just got my first 240 recently, tis a 91 5 spd fastback, barebone style (not SE or LE(?)). the motor is pretty fucked up as is evidenced by the repetitive loud banging noise eminating from under my hood. at least we assumed it was the motor. now we have dissassembled the motor as much as is possible without takin it out of its home. we also took off all that excess crap under the hood (i.e. ac compressor, radiator, intake, etc) cept the exhaust manifold which is bein a real bitch.

and the bad news, we still have no clue what caused that noise . we assume one of the rods is broken but when we crank the engine manually, they all seem to work properly. we are buildin a nifty lil pully thing to take the engine out at the moment, and i was curious to know if anyone out there has any insight as to what might be causing this infernal noise. or if anyone has any helpful pointers for pullin this engine out. like how to get that fuckin exhaust manifold off (its actually off of the engine, but we want to take it completely out from uunder the hood but its bolted to the exhaust system really REALLY securely) im thinkin we are just gonna have to cut it off (no big deal since i am gettin a nice new header to replace it anywho)

uhhh ya, so any and all advice is MUCH appreciated