Thanks everybody for all tips! Well, Turner's remanufactured engine, finally arrived two days ago and we now putting all bits back together before fitting, had to fight a bit with some bolts, but it's all going good! Only thing we still trying to decide is how to prime the oil pump, as said...

Hi there, I am about to swap my old engine for a remanufactured one from Turner Engineering. Thor 4.0 V8 high compression 9.35-1 And I need some advice... Any tips on what to do, not to? Also, I read somwhere that often, on those models, the gearbox ( auto in this case ) can get serious...