MK1 Engine removal shortcuts?

[tberk at sbcglobal.net (T Berk)]

Edward Effinger wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> We're about to swap the 1.5 with a GTI motor on my
> brothers 78 rocco.
> 
> Are there any shortcuts to this engine removal?
> 

- Getting the CV joints loose from the flanges is a dirty greasy job. It 
helps to pin the brake rotor with say some vice grips or better yet (in 
the case of vented) place a screw driver down the vent and have it bind 
up on the caliper.

- Don't forget the little 'gotchas' like the Speedo cable on the trans. 
It need a big ol honking Phillips. And the ground straps under the 
battery that connect the trans to the frame.

- If you pull the axle nuts don't roll the weight of the car without re 
torquing them back down. Not having axles in the bearings will ruin them.

- Get some blue masking tape and a box of zip lock baggies and a sharpie 
marker and label everything you take loose and bag all the nuts and 
bolts according to what it goes with. It'll help a lot later during 
reassembly.


hth,
TBerk