Over the last week I've been slowly working on removing the engine. There were 83 steps in the section for engine removal in the service manual. I think I followed 1-23, 25-30, 40-80, and 91-105 :-) Let's just say the service manual is really not the gospel, just guidelines.
Removing the engine basically means disconnecting every wire, hose, belt, bolt, etc that attaches the engine to something else. As I've mentioned prior some steps are straight forward while others can be improvised.
One such improvisation was removing the fuel line hook up to the engine. The manual called for one way. But since I did not have to worry about reinstalling that part a pipe cutter worked just as well. Same thing for the exhaust system. Finally got a chance to get some sparks flying with the angle grinder. It's all about the neat tools :-)
This is a picture just prior to removing the engine. The big red bar is an engine support. When all the bolts holding the engine into place were removed the support keeps it from dropping straight to the ground.
This is a picture of the engine being lowered with an engine hoist. Remember, its all about the toys.
The engine (plus some other stuff). The transmission is still attached to the engine (left side) as are the remnants of the exhaust system. Under the engine (black frame) is the cradle that holds the engine and transmission in the car. This along with the transmission will be reinstalled. A few other items in this picture such as the sway bar, lower control arms, steering rack will also be reinstalled.
And this is the big hole where the engine once was.
1 comment:
H'mm - is that axle supposed to be cracked like that?
j/k - good job!
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