View Full Version : Best way to remove engine?
NovaBoi92
07-03-09, 03:09 PM
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
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
07-03-09, 03:14 PM
cheers. and then will have to move the shell up over the engine?
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
07-03-09, 06:29 PM
Try to drop it on something with wheels makes life much easier!!:thumb:
Pistol Pete
07-03-09, 06:58 PM
Or an old bonnet lol done that before!
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
08-03-09, 09:09 AM
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.
^ as Loggy said, ive found anything upto a GSi engine is light enough to drag out.
NovaBoi92
08-03-09, 12:26 PM
cheers for all the suggestions :)
Try to drop it on something with wheels makes life much easier!!:thumb:
Skateboards work well :cool:
Pistol Pete
08-03-09, 12:52 PM
Dont see them anymore. Those heely shoes dont work either. Kids legs get in the fooking way.
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
08-03-09, 03:01 PM
Why dont you just bring it in to college, then push the shell home lol
ive done xes like that.....
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.
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