I have pulled and installed a lot of engines in my day, and we never
pulled engine and transmission at the same time. I've watched some of
the car shows on TV and they always seem to install engines and
transmissions as a unit. After watching them do this and having
problems with it that we never had when installing an engine by itself,
I've always wondered why they did it. My career as a mechanic was
working in my father's garage during high school and college. He has
not owned his garage for just over 50 years. I don't recall that I've
ever seen them pull engine and transmission out the top of a RWD car.
Many new cars have a subframe that you pull out the bottom and in that
case you pull engine/transmission/subframe/front suspension as a unit.
Reinstalling an engine with a manual transmission you have to get the
clutch disk to go onto the transmission input shaft, but we never seemed
to have any big problem doing this.
Nevertheless... I've read on the list where many people recommended
installing them both together. From looking at my car it seems that
there is plenty of room around the trans. to leave it in the car, but
other than the weight it doesn't seem to be too hard to install
everything as a unit either. I don't know how long before I am
reinstalling everything so that is partly why I didn't want to pull the
trans out at this time. When I get ready for reassembly then I will
decide how to attempt it. Working in my garage at home is a lot
different from working in my dad's garage with overhead electric hoist.
This is a car that hasn't run in a long time and the engine doesn't
turn. I found water in the cylinders so I don't know if I will have to
get a new block or not. If I have to hunt for a new block then it might
be quite awhile before I am reassembling. The previous owner told us
that they were driving the car, and they decided to stop driving it and
they parked it behind their house. When I got it everything looked
complete and unmolested. I first discovered that the engine wouldn't
rotate so I pulled the head off and found water in some of the
cylinders. I tried break free and so forth but could not get the
pistons freed so I decided I would pull the engine and knock the pistons
out one at a time. Then I would be able to judge the condition of the
block and the pistons and go from there.
> WAY easier to
> get them back in while together. On re installation of the engine
lining up
> the tranny input shaft with the clutch is a cast iron B.I.T.C.H.
with the
> tranny already in the car. I've done it both ways and will NEVER
do them
> separately again. EVER.
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