who can give me some advice on engine lifting?

[lee_capri]

antz you do what ever you fell happy with at the end of the day you asked for advice,their is nothing wroung with takeing the engine out on it's own

 

p.s. what you putting in it

[antz]

flash i meant get the engine out THEN get teh box out when its time to put the new one in

 

lee ill consider your idea. Ill read the manuals tonight and see what my best options are. plus i got surfing_turnip to help me.

 

its gonna be a 1700 xflow when its built at the moment i wanna get teh 1300 out so i can clean the bay and rob some bits from the 1300. fit my leccy fan etc etc

[FlashCadillac]

flash i meant get the engine out THEN get teh box out when its time to put the new one in

 

lee ill consider your idea. Ill read the manuals tonight and see what my best options are. plus i got surfing_turnip to help me.

 

its gonna be a 1700 xflow when its built at the moment i wanna get teh 1300 out so i can clean the bay and rob some bits from the 1300. fit my leccy fan etc etc

 

you'll wanna fit the leccy fan once the new engine is in ... you have to take the rad out to get the engine out... so it will have to be out when the new one goes in....

[lee_capri]

the only way you learn any-thing is by doing :wink:for your self

 

p.s

 

chuck the hayne's in the bin you dont need that,honest it's a piece of cake mate

[antz]

flash i meant get the engine out THEN get teh box out when its time to put the new one in

 

lee ill consider your idea. Ill read the manuals tonight and see what my best options are. plus i got surfing_turnip to help me.

 

its gonna be a 1700 xflow when its built at the moment i wanna get teh 1300 out so i can clean the bay and rob some bits from the 1300. fit my leccy fan etc etc

 

you'll wanna fit the leccy fan once the new engine is in ... you have to take the rad out to get the engine out... so it will have to be out when the new one goes in....

 

SO YOU DO! i already knew that so why on earth did i type it what a tit.

 

 

cheers lee. I was only gonna use the haynes as a guide. every other time i used it i found it to be as useful as a rubber battery

[lee_capri]

or a cup stand has nice and flat

 

i dont use them at all dont mater weather ive done it befor or not

[FlashCadillac]

flash i meant get the engine out THEN get teh box out when its time to put the new one in

 

lee ill consider your idea. Ill read the manuals tonight and see what my best options are. plus i got surfing_turnip to help me.

 

its gonna be a 1700 xflow when its built at the moment i wanna get teh 1300 out so i can clean the bay and rob some bits from the 1300. fit my leccy fan etc etc

 

you'll wanna fit the leccy fan once the new engine is in ... you have to take the rad out to get the engine out... so it will have to be out when the new one goes in....

 

 

SO YOU DO! i already knew that so why on earth did i type it what a tit.

 

 

cheers lee. I was only gonna use the haynes as a guide. every other time i used it i found it to be as useful as a rubber battery

 

 

its useful... but you can miss every other step as it just seems to waffle on and on and on and on....

 

you doing this tomorrow or sunday?

 

where abouts is it you live? i know its to york and carry on going... shame your not doing it sunday

[antz]

itll be done tomorow with any luck if not itll be sunday. or monday.....

 

go to york and follow the A64 east and carry on going til you hit ocean

 

im about 10 miles from scarborough

[Burns]

antz, just take as much off that you can before you take it out of the car, all manifolds and stuff. then if you use the engine mounts to lift you can tilt the engine back so the gearbox is pointing towards the floor and lift the whole lot out

 

might be worth getting some thick rag for the end of the gearbox so that if it does touch your bodywork it shouldn't scratch

[FlashCadillac]

if plans change and it ends up being sunday, give me a buzz and ill come over

[antz]

cheers burns and flash

 

Ill try it without the box and if i cant undo it then ill lift the box out with it

[radar tech]

take the engine / box out in a oner. less fookin about matey

[emu]

yeah but you cant get the box out and leave the engine in the car

 

you will see how far forward you have to move the engine before its seperate from the box... its a good 3 inch

 

if the box is coming out at some point, do it now or you will have to take the engine out.... AGAIN

 

You can take a standard escort 'box off a crossflow engine without taking the engine out of the car. Loads of room, even with a standard tunnel.

 

......just jack the front of the engine up and slide the box backwards.

[FlashCadillac]

yeah but you cant get the box out and leave the engine in the car

 

you will see how far forward you have to move the engine before its seperate from the box... its a good 3 inch

 

if the box is coming out at some point, do it now or you will have to take the engine out.... AGAIN

 

You can take a standard escort 'box off a crossflow engine without taking the engine out of the car. Loads of room, even with a standard tunnel.

 

......just jack the front of the engine up and slide the box backwards.

 

hmmm... didnt know that

[emu]

Thats faiy snuff. Like I say, I used to whip the box off the back and then rope the engine out by hand. You dont really want to be lifting the engine AND gearbox with a tow rope whilst stood the inner wings

 

Now the pinto and 5 speed in the an escort is a different matter We dropped that in from the top as one peice when we originally put it in. Dropped it all out the bottom and lifted the shell on and off this last time though

[Tom]

Mate, do it like this. Man up, get on your back and pull the gearbox onto your chest and then to the floor - this should take you an hour or so as its only the prop, 'box mount, gearstick and bellhousing bolts and its free

 

Then take everything off the engine in situ and lift it straight out.

 

If there's a couple of you you can take it out all as one but you'll need to get the car quite high at the front as the gearbox needs to point down - this way's a bit more tricky but with care works well.

 

taking the engine out and leaving the box in is a pain in the arse. it takes loads of wiggling and fukin about.

 

[tim]

ive done engine on its own,box on its own and engine box joined and its so much easier overall to do both in 1 go.

when i did mine start of the year i done the engine.box joined,removed every thing from the engine,ran 2 strapes,1 under the engine/bell housing and the front strape in front of the engine mount.you just have to man handle the sump to miss the slam panel and the box to miss the bulkhead,,took me and a mate hour or so to do it

not mine but give u an idea

[lee_capri]

no when you put it all back together get a new thrust bearing ive had this no end of time's get it all back in their and it is clanning away like big ben

[emu]

 

If there's a couple of you you can take it out all as one but you'll need to get the car quite high at the front as the gearbox needs to point down - this way's a bit more tricky but with care works well.

 

 

Go with Toms explanation. but if you must do it in one then jack the back of the car up rather than the front, that way you dont have to tip it all quite so vertical to get the box out past the crossmember

[Tom]

nice idea

[emu]

Thank you

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ive a feeling thats how it says to do it in the Haynes Book of lies (We all had to learn sometime!!!)

[walsh253]

its straight forward so long as you disconnect everything,rad out, rope around the mounts and lift with hoist. dont make the rope to long because of height in the garage,its easier with 2 people cos you dont want to scratch the paint work.rag on the end of the gearbox,move the hoist forward as you go depending on the angle of the engine then one of you grab the gearbox and lift over the front panel.once youve done it the first time its a piece of wee wee