engine removal
#11
Heck I lifted the car with my cheapy HF 1 ton cherry picker. I was a little worried about the weight but some guys on another forum said he had done several with the same cherry picker. I set jack stands on the rear axle and lift on the front frame rails right at the radiator. I noitced that jacking up the lift was easier lifting the car then it was lifting the engine/trany out of the crossmember.
#12
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Eastern PA,
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I found a pic to show you what I mean. I found it on Google, its not me. I would guess it took me 5-6 hours to get mine out but that is me working 100% solo. A second pair of hands would help a lot. I also have 3 crushed disks in my back so speed is not my thing anymore.
Last edited by Gorn; 07-05-2010 at 08:11 PM.
#13
ok. ya ill break it down into 2 days then. ok so if i do decide to drop the engine out the bottom how am i lifting the body? Gorn, you said to lift it from the front frame rails. am i threading bolts in or am i just hooking the cherry picker on the car? sorry if this sounds stupid but ive never dropped an engine. only have taken then out of the top of the engine. but thanks everyone for the info. darlingreject- that does sound easy but also seems like if your not careful you can drop a lot of crap and make it turn into a hassle lol.
#14
ok. ya ill break it down into 2 days then. ok so if i do decide to drop the engine out the bottom how am i lifting the body? Gorn, you said to lift it from the front frame rails. am i threading bolts in or am i just hooking the cherry picker on the car? sorry if this sounds stupid but ive never dropped an engine. only have taken then out of the top of the engine. but thanks everyone for the info. darlingreject- that does sound easy but also seems like if your not careful you can drop a lot of crap and make it turn into a hassle lol.
#15
I couldn't find a place to hook up a cherry picker to the unibody. I thought about placing a 4x4 piece of lumber under the frame rails and connecting a chain to that but I was afraid it would be in my way. I ended up using a matched pair of heavy-duty floor jacks and placing them under the jacking pads behind the front wheels. It turned out that I needed to place spacers on the jack pads to get the height i needed. I went slowly and checked for stability repeatedly. It worked for me so I used that method again for engine installation.
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