Can you stitch weld an engine bay with the engine still in?

[dunova]

As it says on the subject-i will be fitting a new engine but will i have to have the engine bay stitch welded when the engine is out?

[Stuart]

its wayyyyy easier to weld the bay with the engine out. that way you can get in the bay yourself lol

[dunova]

Okay. Only prob is i don't do any welding myself so if i had the engine out i wouldn't be able to get it to a garage!! Is it difficult to weld? As far as i'm aware it is but for stuff like this would you need a REALLY good mix?

[Philsutton]

well it aint easy to weld :D good thing ive only welded out of view at the moment, i just end up making a mess :lol:

[m.d.]

take the engine out and put the hubs struts and tie bars etc dback on so it can be towwed to the guarage. its imposible to get to all the bits you want to weld witht the engine still in