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Posted by: Qball May 10 2007, 03:18 PM

Car had been running on battery last couple of months limiting my driving and autox. So I desided to bite the bullet and and change it out, 7 hours later its done . Never again, probally easier to drop the motor.

Posted by: toon1 May 10 2007, 04:07 PM

It is a PITA, in my opinion it easier to leave the motor in. Took me about 3 hours.

Posted by: Qball May 10 2007, 04:58 PM

My wrenches book quoted 5 hrs. Which I figured was close to the actual work time spent without those two breaks I took( union job ) A nice lift in my garage would have knocked another couple off. Pushrod tube seals are next on the list.

Posted by: toon1 May 10 2007, 05:14 PM

Man! a lift would be great. pushrod seals arent bad. I am not sure if you can get all of them all the way out because of the suspension ear. You will be able to pull them out far enough to replace the O-ring.

Posted by: shelby/914 May 10 2007, 05:37 PM

I feel your pain. Don't really know how long mine took since it was in several sessions, but probably 3-4 hrs all told. Now I keep procrastinating on putting it back in cause still do not know what the real source of my problem is. Battery reading 16.2v. Not the rergulator, tried 3 can't all be bad. Had the alternator checked by two shops just to make sure. Both say its good. Oh well good experience, NOT.

Posted by: Goge May 10 2007, 06:26 PM

I'm right in the middle of swapping mine, motor-in-car. Just found a broken thermostat cable. I'm sure something else bad will pop up soon...

Wish me luck.

Posted by: rjames May 10 2007, 09:32 PM

It would be good to have one of these documented for a tech article w/pics.
Or is there one already?

Posted by: Qball May 11 2007, 06:53 AM

I printed out a tech article from Pelican( thanks Dave), but more pictures would have been helpful.

Posted by: r_towle May 11 2007, 01:00 PM

IMHO this is one of the worst jobs on a 914.
With the motor in the car, it sucks.

Rich