[Shotimes] methods to swap my engine

[Zach Leahy]

Ian,

My general approach has been to strip the engine down to the longblock
and trans in the car, and then lift out that as one unit.  I then
throw in the new engine at the same state and re-assemble from there. 
 It's not too bad to strip the engine to that point, and make it
really easy to remove the works as one unit.  No heads and manifors
means no clearance isssues to deal with, and no WP also helps.  If you
are at that point, the pull is really easy.  I guess I don't mind
assembling a lot of the bits in the car.

I have been thingin a lot on my next put the car on the lift and
remove the shift linkage, unbolt the dampers, struts at the top,
wiring, and hoses, and to put some stands under the subframe.  Then
raise the car up, and leave the engine, trans, and nearly whole
drivetran sitting there.  I could then put it on a dolly and wheel it
somewhere to work on it.  That has to be about the quickest way I
could come up with to r/r the motor and drivetrain.  Anyone done
something similar before?

Z

On 6/9/05, Ian Fisher <dataflash@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I was planning on swapping my engine by dropping the
> subframe and pulling the trans (I need to swap
> subframes anyway). So up until this point, I'd use an
> engine support brace as if I was doing a clutch job
> (if I can locate the shared NJ brace-Bill?). Now, I
> assume I can attach the chains holding the motor to a
> hoist, take up slack in the chain, remove the brace
> and pull the motor?
> 
> What about installing the engine? It seems a bit
> tricky to have to transfer the engine from the hoist
> to an engine brace. I'm also working with limited
> space if I do this in my driveway so I will need to
> keep the hoist in front of the car which may interfere
> with moving the subframe around, jackstands, etc. IOW,
> I will probably need to reuse the brace for
> installation so that I can move the hoist out of the
> way to re-install the trans and subframe.. (I'm
> feeling the pain in my back and arms just thinking
> about this)
> 
> Ideas?
> thanks
> Ian
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