[tech]: dropping an engine w/o a hoist?

[bhonnold@pac-cap.com (BoxOParts)]

The last one I dropped, we pulled the head with manifolds attached then
jacked up the car and put ramps under the wheels, then pulled the tranny and
then lowered the block down with the floorjack and manhandled it onto it's
back on the jack, then slid it out.

-----Original Message-----
From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Michael Abatzis
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2002 8:02 PM
To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
Subject: [tech]: dropping an engine w/o a hoist?


i'm thinking about doing some parting this weekend; i think once i get the
engine out i'll feel like i'm accomplishing something. anyway, i have no
engine lift and am wondering the best way to get it out. drop out the bottom
obviously, but how? i'm thinking about some rope wrapped a couple of times
around a pair of 2x4s (like you can do with the tranny), with a jack
underneath. lower the jack all the way, and use the 2x4s for the rest. or
actually i can just prop the 2x4s on something, and use 2 people to lower it
the rest of the way, if that makes any sense. keep in mind the car is
wrecked, so breaking things isn't a huge concern. and no, i don't have a
sawzall...tia,

-Michael Abatzis
Hotlanta! GA
1988 Scirocco 2L 16v RIP-->parting, web site up soon!
1987 Scirocco 2L 16v...


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