Removing The Engine

[Guest cjbailey]

Well... I am alive, and the engine is out of the car!

[Jon Bradbury]

Chris

 

Thought you were going to say "Well, I'm alive... and the membership card's in my hand..."

 

What the heck is that wierd looking contraption? Looks like a coat hanger for medieval armour...

[Guest cjbailey]

It is a modified bath hoist (it's not mine). It does the job, I was amazed at how little it flexed in the process!

The arm out the front is mounted on a screw thread which goes up therough the post and is attached to the handle on the top of it!

[Guest TerryBarry]

Hi Chris,

Congrat's - you've got it out

I agree with Jon - What the heck is that - do I assume there is a vertical thread running up the centre so it's like a giant body jack.

I notice that you've used nautical rope to lash the engine.

Can you explain the tennis net in the background - some form of "debris fencing"

Good Luck with the rebuild

Terry

Ahh

Just seen your reply - a bath hoist - I thought that you were on IoW not Bournemouth.

Well - is it possible to organise a competition to find the oddest way of lifting an engine - I think you've got a head start.

T-

Edited September 28, 2003 by TerryBarry

[Guest daveg]

a competition to find the oddest way of lifting an engine

 

I used a trolly from a supermarket....an old dumped one before Mr Asda/Sainsbury sends the heavies round...I cut the top off leaving the 4 castors and bolted the cross-member onto it, gearbox was still attached. Make moving it about the garage easy...

 

Dave

[Guest Mike Perry]

Chris

 

If it really is the same as the engine stand in the pic; you will need to put the engine on the ground in order to steady it. ? why ? to take the clutch and flywheel off. my engine would not fit on the engine stand without these removed.

 

So go for it. Engine and gearbox out intact and then separate. Saves mucking about underneath the donor trying to balance the gearbox on a jack etc.

 

 

 

Doh. I must read all the posts before I open my big mouth!

[Guest cjbailey]

Hi Chris,

Congrat's - you've got it out

I agree with Jon - What the heck is that - do I assume there is a vertical thread running up the centre so it's like a giant body jack.

I notice that you've used nautical rope to lash the engine.

Can you explain the tennis net in the background - some form of "debris fencing"

Good Luck with the rebuild

Terry

Ahh

Just seen your reply - a bath hoist - I thought that you were on IoW not Bournemouth.

Well  - is it possible to organise a competition to find the oddest way of lifting an engine - I think you've got a head start.

T-

Yeah, it is just a vertical thread.

It isn't nautical rope, it is "British Telecom Tow rope" (aquired from somewhere ).

The net in the background is a cargo net, and is just to seperate up the area, it is taking place in a barn, and dads camper van is in the next bit of it, so it is to try and stop anything from going over there, it is also useful to hang things on!

 

Chris

 

If it really is the same as the engine stand in the pic; you will need to put the engine on the ground in order to steady it. ? why ? to take the clutch and flywheel off. my engine would not fit on the engine stand without these removed.

 

So go for it. Engine and gearbox out intact and then separate. Saves mucking about underneath the donor trying to balance the gearbox on a jack etc.

 

 

 

Doh. I must read all the posts before I open my big mouth

 

Thats ok, I can get under the car easily now the engine is out, and I can just drop stuff onto the floor! I can get the car a long way up in the air without too much hassle, so it isn't a problem !

[Guest MikeD318]

Chris,

Don't bother mucking about under the car, just turn it on it's side Like this.

 

Mike.

[Guest Andy Rathbone]

Chris, just a quick pointer, learn from my mistake change your core plugs they are realy cheep and easy to do when the engine is on a stand that you can wheel around, they are a real sod with the engine in and the one that is obscurred by the fly wheel is impossible with the engine in. i think my set of core plugs where less than £2. but a good half day to change if you start with the engine in!! just my experience

ATB and take it easy

[Guest nippykev]

I got my engine out without a hoist. I have moved it to the garage in a wheel barrow ( up steps ) and I am going to fit it to the Hood without a hoist.

You dont always need a hoist, though my back doctor may disagree.

 

Kevin

2b may 2003 collection

 

PS- Shortening the sump removes all the dents put into it by not using a hoist.

[Longboarder]

Kevin, sounds like you may be a worthy winner of the Golden Truss Award for the worlds most perfectly ruptured man.

 

Nigel

[Guest Battery Bill]

Me and Joey cut the front off our Sierra then manhandled it out, kin ell it was heavy. I have removed a Rover V8 on my own in the past and I'm sure it was lighter, Mind you I was 20 years younger then.

PS Joey is NOT much help when it comes to heavy things he runs off and lets them drop.

[swan]

bill

there is one sensible young boy

however this may change in later life when he has a bit of expensive kit to hand

the natural reaction is to try and stop it hitting the floor

pete