Re: The fate of my car

[Robert piwonka <tpiwonka@TTACS.TTU.EDU>]

maybe i had to rmove the hood because mine was all smashed after the wreck
so perhaps you can do it without removing the hood.

Robert
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Ness" <aaron@makuta.com>
To: "'Robert piwonka'" <tpiwonka@TTACS.TTU.EDU>; "'scirocco'"
<scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 2:29 PM
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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