RE: The fate of my car

[Josh Hignight <Josh.Hignight@phoenix.edu>]

Well yeah, if you're one of those people that has a hoist :)  Sure it's
easy.

Actually, dropping it out the bottom is easy as well. Get good, TALL jack
stands that will raise the front of the car higher than the engine. Use a
transmission jack that has a large plate on it, and viola! Engine out the
bottom. I always take the hood off my car if it's getting major work done,
just to keep from damaging the hood accidentally. 


So I guess it just depends on the availability of equipment. 

When I worked at a wrecking yard one summer, we'd use the front end loader
(big, center hinged type of tractor) to pick the cars up, drop em on their
side, then blow torch all the hoses, cables, mounts, etc..  Drop the car on
its tires, then pick the car up, sans engine, and drop it on the crusher
pile.  But they were mainly "Chebbys" and "Ferds". 

Joshua Hignight
Student Services/Technical Services
New Mexico Campus
(505) 821-4800

-----Original Message-----
From: Aaron Ness [mailto:aaron@makuta.com]
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 1:29 PM
To: 'Robert piwonka'; 'scirocco'
Subject: RE: The fate of my car

I've never dropped an engine (except in ACVW, in which that's the only way
possible), but I can't imagine that it's that much fun to pick the car up
over the engine to get the engine out.  If you have access to a hoist, it's
a piece of cake to lift the engine out, tranny attached.

BTW, no need to remove the hood if you're taking it out through the top
either.

I'm doing an engine swap in a few weeks (1.7 EN to 1.8 JH with dual outlet
manifold), and I will definitely pull the old out through the top and drop
the new in.  I have an engine hoist, without which this is nearly
impossbile.

Aaron
'87 528e
'82 Scirocco
'70 Beetle
'82 Kawasaki GPz550


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Robert piwonka
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 11:46 AM
> To: scirocco
> Subject: Re: The fate of my car
>
>
> <Aireq wrote>
> > What special tools would I need to buy, or rent? I can get
> a lift from a
> > friend to pull the block out, and I'll need a torque wrench and misc
> > extensions and stuff. But is there anything that my bently
> isn't going to
> > mention?
> >
> > Is there a prefered order to do something like this? My
> plan was to just
> > take notes of everything I do as I go as well as use my
> digital camera as
> > much as possible.  Then just repeat everything backwards on
> the new car.
> <end snip>
>
>
> to pull the engine and reinstall is not that difficult you will need a
> cherry picker though.  when I did it I removed it from the
> top, so you need
> to remove the hood, cv axles should be disconnected from the
> tranny, i would
> suggest removing the fan and radiator prior to engine
> removal. of course
> disconnect the downpipe and you need some chain to suspend
> the engine, once
> you have the engine suspended disconnect all the motor
> mounts.  Other than
> that just make sure all the wiring is disconnected and there
> is nothing in
> the way.
>
>
>
> Robert Piwonka
>
>
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