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| '72914guy |
 Mar 14 2014, 09:54 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 26-April 08 From: SoCal Member No.: 8,969 Region Association: Southern California  |
Hello all, I hope you are doing well.
I had a question regarding dropping the engine. I have a 1972 914-4 1.7L. Is it possible to separate the engine from the trans before dropping it so that I don't have to drop the trans as well? I looked at the article on the pelican forums and it only shows the procedure dropping the engine in tandem with the trans. Some Google searching yielded no good results either... and I'd rather not mess with the CV joints. Thanks in advance for the help! |
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| JamesM |
Mar 14 2014, 10:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,915 Joined: 6-April 06 From: Kearns, UT Member No.: 5,834 Region Association: Intermountain Region |
Its pretty easy to pull the trans while leaving the engine in, never seen someone try to do it the other way. Would probably be more trouble then it is worth as without the engine the trans would pretty much fall on the floor anyways.
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| 914itis |
Mar 14 2014, 10:08 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,892 Joined: 9-October 10 From: New York City Member No.: 12,256 Region Association: North East States |
Short answer, NO!
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| jcd914 |
Mar 14 2014, 10:10 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
Although it may be possible, it will add so much additional work there is no way it is worth it.
The engine has to move back away from the front of the engine compartment because of the cables and yet it would have to move forward away from the trans to separate them. Jim |
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| '72914guy |
Mar 14 2014, 10:12 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 26-April 08 From: SoCal Member No.: 8,969 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(JamesM @ Mar 14 2014, 09:08 PM)  Its pretty easy to pull the trans while leaving the engine in, never seen someone try to do it the other way. Would probably be more trouble then it is worth as without the engine the trans would pretty much fall on the floor anyways. QUOTE(914itis @ Mar 14 2014, 09:08 PM) Short answer, NO! Ok great thanks very much for the quick responses. Looks like I'm dropping the trans too. Edit: Thanks you as well Jim, you snuck in before I could post (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif) |
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| stugray |
Mar 14 2014, 11:26 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,824 Joined: 17-September 09 From: Longmont, CO Member No.: 10,819 Region Association: None |
I just pulled the tranny while leaving the engine in the car for the first time last night.
One trick I learned:After removing the bolts. Use a large chisel or drift pin and tap on the cv on the tranny end to drive the CV away from the tranny. Some CVs even have a ridge that seems like it was made for that. Just taps, no gorilla and no prying. They popped off nicely and I immediately put the ends in ziploc bags and tie wire them up to the coilover springs to a ziptie. It gets them out of the way. |
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| SirAndy |
Mar 15 2014, 12:19 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,669 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
It's actually much easier if you leave the two together.
McMark wrote a great tech article on how to drop the engine: http://www.914world.com/specs/tech_engdrop1.php (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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