I have done this operation with a 1962 Sprite engine - strip it to a short
block, get two young, strong guys (one of which was me at the time), standing
in the engine bay one on either side, slide it forward clear of the trans
input shaft and lift it out. You lift it up to the sheet metal beam in front
of
the radiator, one guy balances it there while the other guy gets out of the
engine compartment. Then the other guy gets out and you both lift it to the
ground.
Installation is reverse of removal. Fitting it to the gear box requires a
fair amount of fiddling. So does getting a couple of the harder to reach
engine to trans bolts back in.
Having done the engine removal both ways I can attest that pulling the
engine and trans with a hoist is much easier. If you have a hoist and just
pull
the engine you are a glutton for punishment. Not that there's anything wrong
with that. Back then I didn't have a hoist, had lots of time and lots of
muscle. Things are not the same now.
Chuck Ott
Middletown DE AN9, BJ8, BT7
In a message dated 5/19/2006 11:07:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
bjshov8@comcast.net writes:
You guys are telling me I'm in for a surprise but I've been working under
the hood of my car and it looks to me like pulling the motor out of a medium
sized lawnmower. I think I could just reach in there and pull it out. I
have a slight advantage because mine is down to just a shortblock.
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