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What is the easiest method of removing the engine/transmission as one unit? I assume the fan and radiator need to be removed first? Is it neccesary to raise the entire car up on jackstands to obtain adequate clearance fot the transmission?

Indeed remove fan and radiator, gives more room to manouvre. Only raise the back. This is needed te get enough clearance to get the engine/'box out.



Note the steep angle of the engine/box in the hoist ...



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Also comes out quite easy from below, when i removed my engine i couldnt get hold of a hoist so dropped the engine and gearbox out by removing the subframe bolts, the struts and the gearbox crossmember.
lifted the car slightly on a couple of jacks, lowered it onto a pallet, undid the bolts then got a few friends to help lift the car over the complete engine/gearbox/front suspension assembly.

have pics avaliable if you are interested in this method.

I did the same, took it out the bottom (together with the front crossmember and struts - since I wanted to rebuild the PS rack
and front suspension). Made a lifting eye bracket and bolted it to the front bumper mounts and lifted the entire body.
First down (to rest the parts on a low furniture dolly) and then up (to clear the inlet plenum) - it was all a piece of cake.
I measured and figured it was <u>much</u> easier going out the bottom as compared to lifting it out upwards (and risking ruining the paint)...

<font color="blue"><b>When I removed the engine and gearbox from my car we kept the car level, which was very hard to do, as we didn't know about lifting up the back end. However, when we put it back in we did lift the back end up and it was so much easier.</b></font id="blue">

Still don't see the advantage of taking the engine out from beneath.
You need to disconnect or remove everything you have to do when taking the engine out the normal way plus you have to remove the complete front axle assembly including realigning the wheel geometry afterwards. Waste of time and work in my opinion.

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I think its down to the individual, I always take the engine/gearbox out by dropping the subframe, mainly because I usually repaint the engine bay and dont want to scratch the paintwork putting the engine back in from the top. The big advantage with dropping the subframe is that it makes it a one man job.

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A club member took engine/trans/shift extension out the top (with no problem, so he said) without lifting up the back end (he didn't know about that). OK, he did have one problem, forgot to disconnect the clutch hose. Another case of disconnecting (almost everything), having an early supper, then removing the engine forgetting he had one more thing to do. Unfortunately I wasn't there to help him. Going to pick up the engine and transmission this weekend in return for helping him put in Buick V-6 and it's 5 speed.[:)]

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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Chris Turner</i>

...dropping the subframe is that it makes it a one man job <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
That's what friends are for [:p]

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<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by UKPhilTR7</i>

<font color="blue"><b>When I removed the engine and gearbox from my car we kept the car level, which was very hard to do, as we didn't know about lifting up the back end. However, when we put it back in we did lift the back end up and it was so much easier.</b></font id="blue">
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Letting the front tyres down can help as well. My hired engine hoist ran out of lift and the gearbox wouldn't clear the front panel. The front end rose several inches without the engine / gearbox in it. Letting down the Goodyear NCT2's (this was several years ago) made the difference.

Cheers,

Adam

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Hi,
I removed the engine from below (raised the front of the car) see the following link for a detailed explanation. http://www.waringstowntr7s.co.uk/blogs/ ... p86#more86
Cheers



Danny
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