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1. Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 11:25:55 -0400; I ve never done anything like this before, but a friend of mine with more experience than I has volunteered to help with this project. I d like to pull the motor to help me clean and ultimately paint; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00053.html (8,502 bytes)
2. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 14:29:43 EDT; 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 repl; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00064.html (8,547 bytes)
3. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 13:44:03 -0500; At 10:25 AM 10/2/2001, Michel R. Gagne wrote: <in part> == Mike, now is a very easy time to change fluid. You can see the fill plug, and actually be able to pour the oil in rather than throw it throu; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00066.html (7,727 bytes)
4. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 11:56:18 -0700; If your intent is to clean and paint, I would recommend that you use a degreaser and powerwash the whole affair before pulling the engine and again separately once you've pulled the engine. Make sur; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00067.html (10,951 bytes)
5. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 15:04:15 -0400; Oh THANK YOU! My wife would have killed herself with laughter for days if I would have pulled this one. Especially when I would have bragged about how much easier it was with the motor out. Mike; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00068.html (8,416 bytes)
6. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 14:46:52 -0500; The list is really timely (almost). I just came in from pulling my own tranny (for the first time) - I had pulled the engine first 'cause I did that the day before everybody was giving advice on taki; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00070.html (8,222 bytes)
7. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 13:00:11 -0700; I keep an old driveshaft yoke around for this purpose. I stick it in the transmission and hold it in with a bungee cord. This allows removal and installation without draining the tranny. NOTE: This w; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00071.html (8,101 bytes)
8. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 13:08:44 -0700; Once the front of the car is our of the way,(bonnet and radiator on the bugeye) it isn't that tough a job. I pulled mine out last weekend for a clutch change and it took about 1.5 hours to get it out; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00073.html (9,521 bytes)
9. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 21:09:24 +0100; Ahh Steve, but what grade oil is that? little math; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00074.html (8,222 bytes)
10. RE: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 15:58:59 -0500; Judging by the speed of spread (I didn't put it through my hand held viscosity meter) I'd say it's about an '88 vintage 20w50. Smells like old Castrol. not sure which vineyard. Steve; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00075.html (8,117 bytes)
11. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 17:10:45 EDT; - - - - - - - - - - - - - It would seem that you "could" fill the tranny, and then raise the rear of the car, rather than tilt the engine, during reinsertion. 'Course, you'd have to raise the rear ab; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00076.html (9,001 bytes)
12. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 17:48:59 EDT; Only if you want the tranny out for some reason. And they will sit right on the oil pan, although I like to put a board under the high part of the pan so it isnt so tipsy. If you are going to pull bo; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00078.html (9,295 bytes)
13. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 17:54:32 EDT; Hey David. Remember this is a Spridget. Just "Going to pull the engine to clean the engine compartment" usually results in a complete engine rebuild. Every job I have ever started on these cars began; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00079.html (8,728 bytes)
14. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 18:34:41 -0400; Mike Like everyone else said with one exception. You do NOT have to remove the steering column from the rack. Just undo the 2 nuts on that motor mount/engine. Remove the 3 bolts from the other motor; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00082.html (9,207 bytes)
15. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 18:01:50 -0500; <Every job I have ever started on these cars began with the word "Just. . ." and ended with "Damn. . ." <g>Every job I have ever started on these cars began with the word "Just. . ." and ended with "; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00083.html (8,696 bytes)
16. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 19:13:05 EDT; I pulled the 948 engine and tranny using the valve cover bolts. I must admit that I didn't like the idea of it. I went ahead with it, because I figured if I can't trust this manual then I am in deep; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00084.html (8,711 bytes)
17. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 20:04:31 -0400; I have crushed a few valve covers and bent a few V/C bolts. With proper washers (like the thrust washers from the king pin) they work fine. Valve cover removed. Lately I use manifold bolt and a spark; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00085.html (8,975 bytes)
18. RE: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 21:19:01 -0500; I received a comment from Charles F. Christ regarding the expected olfactory joys of emptying the oil from my '84 Midget's rear axle. He sent:>just wait to see what the rear axle yields.............r; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00089.html (9,351 bytes)
19. Re: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 22:30:20 -0400; Long time listers will remember the tranny input shaft and the goings on by a wayward lady out in Anahiem. Oh the strange things our little cars happen across. -- Frank Clarici Toms River, NJ United; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00090.html (9,126 bytes)
20. RE: Advice on pulling motor (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 21:50:17 -0500; I dunno, that story has to be an "urban legend" :) Too funny though. Too bad the archives are down, I think they would be flooded about now! --Original Message-- Long time listers will remember the t; /html/spridgets/2001-10/msg00091.html (8,417 bytes)

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