How have you got your engine out !!

[hc coupe]

So how did you get yours out of the engine bay without using a crane ??

Pictures would be ideal:)

[Stuart]

My dad managed to get an engine out by jacking the car up as high as the jack he had would go, then placed a sheet of ply under the engine and then stacked snow under that... undid the mounts etc and scooped the snow out to drop the engine out.

this was way back in the 80's when they were poor and also had snow too lol

[jord4n]

we managed to drops the car to the deck with no wheels on, unbolt and sit the engine on somethnng steady, 3 lads lift the whole front end up and over the engine and rolled the car back to clear the engine.

jordan

[RSTChris]

Engine on its own would be quite tricky, id recommend taking engine box out as one. Tie bars/bottom arms off, undo rear mount then let car down, undo other mounts then lift car over top!

[Shaun_O'Donnell]

#110 on this thread is how I took mine out.

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=85949&page=11&highlight=shaun

[Dod]

We used to stand on the strut tops with a rope round the engine and a plank through it, lift it up, set in on the locking Panel and lift it off from there to the ground. 2 Man job but be careful as it can damage the locking panel.

[Pistol Pete]

No pics, but in a mates old SR we dropped it out the bottom onto the bonnet and pulled it out! Front of the car was bent as was the bonnet anyway!

When i took my SRi lump out, i dropped it onto the floor with the crane then used the crane to lift the car up so me and a mate could wriggle the engine out.lol

[AlexW]

no tiebars etc, lowerd the car on the jack as far as it would go, unbolted the 3mounts and watched the 1.2 drop out, Then lifted the body and pulled the engine out with another car.

[Stoo]

i use an engine crane to support the weight of the engine, undo the mounts and lower to the floor

then use the crane to lift the shell up and wiggle the engine out

[Ernie]

I do the same as Pete did by lifting the car with the crane.Or drop the engine out useing 2 trolly jacks.

[L14MNP]

Think I've used all of those methods one time or another lol
This one is in not out but sketchy all the same, car jacked right up on blocks etc engine slid under then car on the deck and a single crappy trolley jack is the pikey winner so far for me mind. The blocks and cheapo jack can be seen littering the ground. I took quite a risk given it was a new engine/box and the car was just back from paint, but you know how it is lol

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1713/dsc00069el6.th.jpg (http://img81.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00069el6.jpg)
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/9286/dsc00075uy0.th.jpg (http://img141.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00075uy0.jpg)

or maybe this is
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s247/eurojdmp11/mk1%20xr2/EFR%208Y/ABCD0014-vi.jpg?t=1221566554
Quite a mess lol

[Andy]

Stihl saw ftw! lol lol lol

[Andy]

Seriously though,ratchet straps and a plank of wood on top of the turrets

[L14MNP]

9" grinder FTW in this instance. I have murdered a car witha Stihl saw though, the string start thing snapped off so we had to finish chopping the pillars off with hammer and chisels :( and the engine was 'rolled' out lol. Rolled the bulkhead forward over and over and ragged it out. I then ran that engine without so much as a filter change lol Young and stupid ftw

[L14MNP]

Another health and safety special lol
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s247/eurojdmp11/new%20lockup/DSC00775.jpg?t=1221566951

This method is handy for remving rear beams and tanks
http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s247/eurojdmp11/mk1%20xr2/EFR%208Y/DSC00664.jpg?t=1221567084
http://s154.photobucket.com/albums/s247/eurojdmp11/new%20lockup/?action=view&current=DSC00775.jpg

[Dod]

lol

You fugking Gyppo Liam. lol

[Andy]

What?! thats safe is that! lol lol

[L14MNP]

lol Yeah man, I have the 'proud' name of King Pikey now, we have yet to better these exploits. What's mad is no-one barely walked past when we raped that xr2 at the side of the road, let alone complained :D

[brainsnova]

did you jump and pull the guttering on the house too

[L14MNP]

did you jump and pull the guttering on the house too

No mate that's where I lost my footing trying to get the copper off the roof.
I should have stood on the cab of a tranny tipper like the pro's lol

[craig green]

From underneath with a trolley jack.

Muppet corner indeed.

[L14MNP]

When I helped 16XE a mates Corsa we picked the front end of his car up and lifted it over the engine. Strange method I thought but it worked lol

[L14MNP]

From underneath with a trolley jack.

Muppet corner indeed.

That your method or are you admiring my ingenuity dude?

[Dod]

No, I think he really facnies you just. lol

[~~joycey~~]

L14MNP thats awsome! good effort! lol

[mayhem]

car up on a car lift, the bosch workmate (i love that thing, it's like 10 years old, and did over 15 swaps en still standing lol although it really bends with a XE (with gearbox) on it) under the engine, undo the bolts, and lift the car further up.

also works for removing full pertrol tanks.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c341/mayhem22/SP_A0791.jpg

[L14MNP]

Mayhem that's too pro lol! Wish I had a two poster at my disposal.

Joycey, cheers mate. it gets the job done lol Wish I had pics of some of our past efforts involving forklifts etc

[Pistol Pete]

lol, liam you must live in a nice part of town. At least it was til you rocked up, lol;)

[FUSION X16XE]

Board with some casters on the bottom, put a jack under that and rise till it meets the engine, take the weight, un-bolt, lower jack so the engines weight is on the casters then just pick the car up enough to pull the engine out under the front.

[Mike]

This is how i roll.....

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/Entire%20reshell/Picture110.jpg

Unbolt engine onto trolly jack, the yank the jack out letting the engine hit the floor, and because i can, i lift the shell over the engine :D

Or do it the gimp way, hook engine to crane, unbolt engine, lower engine to floor, lift shell with crane...

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/engine%20convo/BodyUp.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/engine%20convo/2.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/engine%20convo/4.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/engine%20convo/1.jpg

[Lee H]

I did my first few conversions without a crane. Undid the rear engine mount then lowered the front of the car right down with no wheels or tie bars on so front panel is pretty much on the floor then unbolted the front two engine mounts. Then just lifted the car up over the engine using a trolley jack with a spare tyre on in the middle of the car.

Refitted the engine in the reverse order. Not that difficult.

[L14MNP]

lol, liam you must live in a nice part of town. At least it was til you rocked up, lol;)

haha it's all good mate. Just the old aged miners homes out the back were bringing the place down so I thought I could nip in and decimate a car seeing as they were vacant. I only done it because I could. had they been occupied or as it is now, a building site for a new estate then I wouldn't have lol :thumb:

[CoupeUK]

Hiab Ftw!

[L14MNP]

Hiab Ftw!:D

Also FLT

[CoolTiger]

plank of wood across the strut tops get some rope tie it round inlet and exhaust manifold and then tie it round the wood undo the mount bolts and then undo the knot a little it will lower to floor slowly :)

[Ash]

First time - spare wheel under sump with jack underneath + 4 mates to lift the shell and support the engine whilst pulling it out underneath.

Second time - Strip it down to a block in the car and lift it out the top by hand.

[Benn]

Just borrow or rent a crane, makes me laugh when people use the crane to lift the car...lol

[General Baxter]

do you want to keep the car?

drop car onto the ground remove engine mounts, tie the engine to a high powered diesel car, the car to the rear of another high power diesel car,

my best attempt evar lol

edit: god im an animal

[Benn]

do you want to keep the car?

drop car onto the ground remove engine mounts, tie the engine to a high powered diesel car, the car to the rear of another high power diesel car,

my best attempt evar lol

edit: god im an animal

Try that to get a shaft out of the box.. wouldnt budge so tryed it to a car and he drove off, sadly the rope on the box snaped and he dragged it down the yard.. lol

[Asa-James]

place jack under sump with large peice of wood spanning the gearbox and sump, undo all mounts and lean engine forward as you lower it, jack up the rest of the car with spare jack under where the rear mount goes, drop engine, shout and swear and drag engine from under the car leaving large oil stains on your dads driveway. proper job!

[AlanH]

i bought an engine crane (posh c*nt i know lol, £150 for a 1 ton crane from machine mart) but used to borrow one before that. last engine was took out by stihl sawing through the shafts, hacksawing through the wiring harness, pulled out the water pipes, undoing the mount bolts properly with engine held on crane and then pulled it out, job done. needless to say that engine wasnt going back in and have a new wiring harness.

[hendrix]

I know it probably doesn't help but I cut the entire slam panel out and dragged the engine out with a trolley jack under the sump.
pmsl
this was the end result lol
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/hendrix/DSCF1585.jpg

[mikey14sr]

Wings off, 2m length of 2" diameter exhaust tubing layed across, tied to the motor with some 40 year-old hemp rope, man at either end of the tubing and simply lift it out, Same method for putting one back in.

Done mine quite a few times like that now, thanks to the driveway having stones down the middle making a crane a right p.i.t.a. to move around. A lot easier this way if you have a removable or just non-existant slam panel, as you dont have to lift as high.