Re: New Alpine Owner
Jerome Yuzyk (jerome(at)supernet.ab.ca)
Thu, 09 Jul 1998 11:39:23 -0700
In article <a01d3279.35a41adc(at)aol.com>, DSand95510(at)aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 98-07-08 20:18:26 EDT, Rex Funk wrote:
>
> >>Is an Alpine engine swap a difficult chore?
>
> Very good advice, but I'll beg to differ on this one small point:
>
> Alpine engines come out with relatively little difficulty, without removing
> the transmission. Pulling both together creates a bigger, heavier, and
> clumsier mass to try to wrestle in and out of the engine bay without leaving
> dents behind. And you had better have a pretty tall cherry picker.
>
Rent an engine hoist for $40 and bring a friend. It took Henry and I ten minutes.
Since I was doing a rebuild I stripped off carbs, etc., but that just allowed me
a little more clearance.
I have a picture up on the front page of my site.
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