Boy talk about a neat freak. Going to pull the engine to clean the engine
compartment. I bet you don't have dust balls under your bed either.
I am not a big expert on this, but I have pulled and replaced about a dozen
engines.
Take it from a guy with moderate skills. Not very hard to do. You will
probably spend more time thinking about it, than the actually job. If you
follow the manual step by step should be a snap. I am sure someone on the
list will tell you the best way to free the engine from the mounts. I usually
loosen up everything and then improvise.
I hear the engine hoist works really well. But I have had great success using
the same Sears block and tackle (that I bought when I was a kid) and then
moving the car. I know that this going to expose me to the wrath of the list,
but it works for me. So how hard could it be.
There is something really satisfying about the moment when the engine and
tranny swing up and free from the car. Closest I came to delivering a baby.
The engine can sit on the oil pan, but it is good idea to block up the
tranny. I like to build a dolly with casters so I can move the engine and
tranny around.
But geez once you get the engine out, time for at the very least a new
clutch, but then let's not forget the five speed conversion and engine
rebuild.
Lastly I think it is Murphy's Second Law: "If it is hard, then you are doing
something wrong."
David Oliner
60 Bugeye
67 TR 4A
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