more engine pulling Qs - Long Reply

[sad_rocc at yahoo.com (Dan Smith)]

Thanks for all the info. The goal is to pull everything. A new motor will be dropped in, same tranny used, new electronics, etc. As it's a 1.7 and the bottom end is shot, it's all garbage. That's one of the reasons why I wouldn't have a problem pulling the head and letting the rest sit. 
 
Good to know I can roll it around without the tranny in place, I wasn't sure about that. 
 
>From your advice, I think I'll just keep disconnecting what I can until I get an assistant to help me drop the motor down. I was wondering about the weight of the head because it's just one more thing I can do now and it would make it a little easier to access some parts. The only thing is, I'm only 5'7" and about 145lbs so to be able to lift it up cleanly and pull it out without danger of whacking something could be a challenge.
 
Now that I've decided to just ignore the AC compressor for now, it's becoming a lot more fun! I feel quite accomplished as the pile of parts behind my car grows as the engine bay opens more and more.
 
One thing I did discover was that the pully wheel and whatever it's attached to below the alt (pretty much directly under it) is really bent sideways. What is it? I can take pics if needed.
 
Dan

T Berk <tberk@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

What it your ultimate goal?

Lets assume it's total removal of the motor. (Including transaxle?)

More to the point, you don't really care to much about salvage, or are 
at least getting the parts reconditioned prior to reinstall.

If this is true the focus is on simple, sacrificing the motor for the 
chassis.

If so then lets go with this:

you can drop the motor (w/head) and transaxle out as one whole piece 
pretty easy.

- The inner CV joints at the gearbox (most likely 12 point)

- The four motor mounts.

- The intake & fuel plumbing.

- The Ign. and sensor wires.

- The exhaust manifold/downpipe. (Usually easier to undo the three bolts 
at the bend down below. The manifold can come off later.

Leaving a lot of stuff on the motor means it might be easier to pull it 
out the top via winch or come-along.

The more you take off, like the manifolds, transaxle*, etc makes it 
easier to drop the motor out the bottom. Ding it this way means raising 
the chassis up a little to clear the motor laying on it's back, but 
either way works.

Taking the head off is a worthy thing if you don't cadre much about the 
motor. You can stuff rags in the cylinder holes to keep gack out.

It doesn't really weigh much, I leave em on. Having it there provides 
some good fastening points for chains, hoists, etc.

*If you take the gearbox out of the car, and need to roll it on it's 
wheels, be sure to tighten the axles back into the hubs; The axles 
unbound from the hubs will mean you will wreck the bearings if you roll 
the car with the axle nuts off.


OK, I went back and reread your pulling the motor thread. Now I feel 
silly writing all that stuff above. 

Pull the head. Leave the motor and trans axle until you get a second 
pair of hands and/OR a hoist type arraignment.

Pull the stubs off the axles or get scrap ones and bolt them into the 
hubs so you can roll the car around.


hth,
TBerk



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