Best way to remove engine?

[NovaBoi92]

Need to take out my engine to get the engine bay sprayed, what is the best/safest way to take out the engine without using a hoist? thanks

[burgo]

out the bottom. undo the strut top mounts, bottom arm, trac control arms. then use a jack under the engine to support it whilst you undo the engine mounts. then lower the whole thing down.

[NovaBoi92]

cheers. and then will have to move the shell up over the engine?

[burgo]

either that or make sure the shell is high enough to start with so the you can drag the engine and everything from underneith it

[auzzy-b]

Try to drop it on something with wheels makes life much easier!!:thumb:

[Pistol Pete]

Or an old bonnet lol done that before!

[mowgli]

my addition to this is take the bumper off & stick two metal bars into the holes on the front of the chassis rails, this makes the shell into a really big wheel barrow and it can be moved about really easily.

[loggyboy]

like so:

http://www.loggyboy.com/images/MeritMk2/EngineOut/EngineDown.jpg

Use some thin ply layboards to slide the engine out, or 1.2s are light enough to rock out.

[Mike]

^ as Loggy said, ive found anything upto a GSi engine is light enough to drag out.

[NovaBoi92]

cheers for all the suggestions :)

[Iain]

Try to drop it on something with wheels makes life much easier!!:thumb:

Skateboards work well :cool:

[Pistol Pete]

Dont see them anymore. Those heely shoes dont work either. Kids legs get in the fooking way.

[MK999]

Dont see them anymore. Those heely shoes dont work either. Kids legs get in the fooking way.

Surely fat kids roll without the heely crap? Soft landing too

[Nova-noob]

Why dont you just bring it in to college, then push the shell home lol

[Sloth]

ive done xes like that.....

[Leeboo]

If you have two mates to help, two people can lift the front of the shell and someone can rock the engine out!

A lot handier to drop out the bottom with a crane if at all possible then hoist shell up and slide engine out.