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> Remove Engine, How High Do I Need to Lift the Car to Get Engine Out
badboybear
post Feb 2 2011, 11:57 AM
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[size=3]How high do I need jack the car up to take the engine out from the bottom? Does anyone have a diagram for removing the engine....what bolts & where to remove, want to drop tranny & motor at once...hopefully.

Also where do I look or go to get a "repair kit" for the HELL HOLE. Told there is a metal replacment type piece? Thanks all,

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post Sep 2 2011, 08:26 PM
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I swear by the "threaded rod" method. You get the car up on stands and then put your jack under each side of the engine bar. Remove the nut and bolt and replace with 18" piece of 3/8" threaded bar with a double nut on the top, and a nut with a flat washer on the bottom. Then you put your jack under the end of the tranny. This allows for COMPLETE control of the lowering process at 3 points. AND no problem whatsoever doing it alone. You just loosen the bottom nut on each side incrementally to lower the front of the engine and lower the jack to move the back.

Works just as well to get it back in.

Sure it takes a while to crank down/up all those threads if you use a regular wrench, but I bought a cheap set of ratcheting wrenches from HF, and it is all good.

I lower it straight down onto an HF furniture dolly, and I can wheel it right out.

My problem was getting it up onto an engine stand. Mine was so covered with grime that I was not about to ask a couple of friends to come over and risk a hernia or possible smashed foot to get it up there, so I had to rent an engine hoist. 30 bucks, problem solved in less than an hour. Now that it is all clean, and the chance of dropping it due to hands slipping on grease is greatly diminished, I may lower it back down using the "friend" method.
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badboybear   Remove Engine   Feb 2 2011, 11:57 AM
Scarlet75   Go to914 info at thhe top and click on Tech articl...   Feb 2 2011, 12:04 PM
SirAndy   Go to914 info at thhe top and click on Tech artic...   Feb 2 2011, 10:43 PM
toon1   I don't know the excact height but it's in...   Feb 2 2011, 12:09 PM
tradisrad   While I dont have an exact height to jack the car ...   Feb 2 2011, 12:17 PM
badboybear   While I dont have an exact height to jack the car...   Feb 2 2011, 12:27 PM
tradisrad   Nah, no blood required. Check your CV bolts; the...   Feb 2 2011, 12:44 PM
silver74insocal   Nah, no blood required. Check your CV bolts; th...   Feb 2 2011, 10:03 PM
stugray   Oh.... AND drain the oil FIRST ;-) I used to be a...   Feb 2 2011, 01:30 PM
badboybear   Oh.... AND drain the oil FIRST ;-) I used to be ...   Feb 2 2011, 02:16 PM
Jerry75914   There is a good article on the PP site "engin...   Feb 2 2011, 02:51 PM
detoxcowboy   914 Engine Removal Made Easy http://www.pelicanpar...   Feb 2 2011, 02:52 PM
badboybear   914 Engine Removal Made Easy http://www.pelicanpa...   Feb 2 2011, 05:39 PM
jt914-6   Don't forget the tranny ground strap..... :hea...   Feb 2 2011, 03:47 PM
stugray   Oh, and use zip ties or coat hangers to hold the a...   Feb 2 2011, 04:22 PM
Jeffs9146   The higher the better!! :blink:   Feb 2 2011, 09:17 PM
Drums66   The higher the better!! :blink: .....Ge...   Sep 2 2011, 12:12 PM
rohar   I took 4 1" 16gauge tubes and drilled some ho...   Feb 2 2011, 10:43 PM
JmuRiz   Experts, I have a couple of questions: What are s...   Sep 2 2011, 11:47 AM
jimkelly   damn scary high for a V8 - slightly less for a 4. ...   Sep 2 2011, 12:01 PM
JawjaPorsche   Do I see antifreeze on the driveway? Be sure to k...   Sep 2 2011, 12:09 PM
Dave_Darling   The rear of the car needs to be about 2" high...   Sep 2 2011, 07:11 PM
Kirmizi   Having done this recently, I'd suggest taking ...   Sep 2 2011, 08:06 PM
Vacca Rabite   High. I put my jackstands on 4x4 timbers. Make s...   Sep 2 2011, 08:26 PM
bigkensteele   I swear by the "threaded rod" method. Y...   Sep 2 2011, 08:26 PM
larss   I swear by the "threaded rod" method. ...   Sep 2 2011, 11:06 PM
rhodyguy   with carbs on a 4 if you remove the carbs as an as...   Sep 3 2011, 08:23 AM


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