Well just like I thought, work owned me most of the rest of the week. Finally got into the garage today and cranked in one bolt after the other for a couple hours...made some progress despite several 'ghey bolts' and my own stumbles :P
Wiring harness ready to string up:
all accessories, pullies, IM, fuel rail, harness, and turbo system bolted up and ready to go back in the...wait what the....
I forgot to bolt up the m-f'ing xfer case! I had left it on the trans jack in the corner of the garage since I was sick of tripping over it....
Gah! I ended up trying to bolt it up through the bottom but the dang thing is so huge even with the downpipe off there's no chance of getting it up through the bottom. So, off with the turbo system again, on with the xfer case, and on with the turbo/mani/downpipe. Since I had the downpipe off I inspected the ef4 again and it's looking ready to rip!
Axles took about 30 seconds to put back in and suddenly I was ready to do the deed.
bolted up the chains, up with the chassis, and yoink in goes the motor/trans/subframe:
Fiddled with the motor mounts for a few minutes and decided it was enough for the day:
So, a few more hours of work and she'll be ready to fire up...hopefully next weekend I'm ripping around in this thing and breaking in the motor/clutch...Proving Grounds I see you coming!