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DaveMush · 09-06-2005, 10:38 AM

Jack the rear of the car back up and support the car by the FRAME w/ the jack stands.

Now that all the fluids are removed...
Go change into crappy clothes that you don't mind getting all oily and covered in coolant. Lay some plastic from the front door of your house to your shower to collect drips. Or make sure you have a garden hose or super-soaker near by. You WILL want to shower.
There's more of it...
There's ALWAYS more of it...

You can either follow the BGB, or listen to this:
Removing the engine...

Start disconnecting everything that connects the engine to the firewall.
All ground wires, coolant/heater hoses (watch out!), separate all sensors, throttle cable, tranny/tach cable, cruise control, harness, clutch slave cylinder, shifter cables, charcoal canister, Airbox, ect...
Remove as much in the engine bay as you can from the engine so it comes out the bottom w/o any snags. removed the exhaust and the exhaust manifold so that I could rock the engine forward a bit, but it's not necessary to do that. I did it cuz I had it apart 2 weeks before that.

Support the engine from the oil pan, with some timbers, and the jack. Support it from the top with the cherry-picker and chain.
Lift the engine just a little to take the weight off the mounts.

Remove the front and rear tranny mounts first. Then the passenger and driver's side mounts next.

Although the engine is probobly well supported. The jack undernieth just keeps the whole measure of security.

Remove the rear wheels if you havn't already.
Remove the bolts from the top of the struts.
Separate the brake lines from the calipers. Shist, remove the rear calipers and paint them. Separate the e-brake cables from the calipers.
Loosen the cross-member bolts.
Remove the bolts from the suspension arm that leads to the front of the rear wheel wells. let it hang free.
Remove the cross-member bolts, and separate the cross-member from the car.

Once the mounts have been removed, and the cross-member separated from the car; Lower the engine a bit to see if you forgot to remove anything that attaches the engine to the car.
IF so, remove it. If not, then jack the engine back up from the top w/ the cherry-picker.
Lower the engine onto the trolley slowly. It will come down with the suspension and all. Block it w/ pieces of timber to keep it from falling over or off the trolley.

Ok, let it sit there like that for a bit, and release the chains from the engine & lift.

Now move the lift back a lil', and attach chains securely to the rear bumper mounts & to the lift. Start jackin' :banana

This will raise the rear of the car enough to wheel the trolley, cross-member, suspension, and engine out from under the car.

Now lower the car and support it again w/ the jack stands.
BY THE FRAME.

09-06-2005, 10:38 AM	#8 (permalink)
DaveMush Mr2 V6 #8 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Syracuse, Ny Posts: 413 Thanks: 0 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts iTrader Rating: (0/0% )	Jack the rear of the car back up and support the car by the FRAME w/ the jack stands. Now that all the fluids are removed... Go change into crappy clothes that you don't mind getting all oily and covered in coolant. Lay some plastic from the front door of your house to your shower to collect drips. Or make sure you have a garden hose or super-soaker near by. You WILL want to shower. There's more of it... There's ALWAYS more of it... You can either follow the BGB, or listen to this: Removing the engine... Start disconnecting everything that connects the engine to the firewall. All ground wires, coolant/heater hoses (watch out!), separate all sensors, throttle cable, tranny/tach cable, cruise control, harness, clutch slave cylinder, shifter cables, charcoal canister, Airbox, ect... Remove as much in the engine bay as you can from the engine so it comes out the bottom w/o any snags. removed the exhaust and the exhaust manifold so that I could rock the engine forward a bit, but it's not necessary to do that. I did it cuz I had it apart 2 weeks before that. Support the engine from the oil pan, with some timbers, and the jack. Support it from the top with the cherry-picker and chain. Lift the engine just a little to take the weight off the mounts. Remove the front and rear tranny mounts first. Then the passenger and driver's side mounts next. Although the engine is probobly well supported. The jack undernieth just keeps the whole measure of security. Remove the rear wheels if you havn't already. Remove the bolts from the top of the struts. Separate the brake lines from the calipers. Shist, remove the rear calipers and paint them. Separate the e-brake cables from the calipers. Loosen the cross-member bolts. Remove the bolts from the suspension arm that leads to the front of the rear wheel wells. let it hang free. Remove the cross-member bolts, and separate the cross-member from the car. Once the mounts have been removed, and the cross-member separated from the car; Lower the engine a bit to see if you forgot to remove anything that attaches the engine to the car. IF so, remove it. If not, then jack the engine back up from the top w/ the cherry-picker. Lower the engine onto the trolley slowly. It will come down with the suspension and all. Block it w/ pieces of timber to keep it from falling over or off the trolley. Ok, let it sit there like that for a bit, and release the chains from the engine & lift. Now move the lift back a lil', and attach chains securely to the rear bumper mounts & to the lift. Start jackin' :banana This will raise the rear of the car enough to wheel the trolley, cross-member, suspension, and engine out from under the car. Now lower the car and support it again w/ the jack stands. BY THE FRAME.