where have you rebuit an engine?, on the kitchen table? Options

[scruz914]

Copied this off of the 'cheap engine' thread:

You only need a set of craftsman tools and a 10 dollar torque wrench to do the job- You ain't doing that with a 911 engine and you won't do a six conversion on your dining room table if you want, but you can assemble this engine there if you want!

Reminded me of back in college. I visited a school mate and his wife at their apartment. I walk in the place and in the middle of the floor is a half torn down VW engine. My first reaction was 'whoa Syd, what does Marsha think about this?' (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif)

This couple isn't trailer trash types that you would expect this kind of thing. It was just that a job needed to be done and the aprtment living room was the best place to do it. BTW, These folks are still my best friends and Syd is the PO of my 914.

So, where have you rebuilt an engine?

-Jeff

[scruz914]

Had to replace a connecting rod on a chebby V8 on the side of the road in mexico. That was a fun day. it ran good on the way home tho.

That reminds me of the time I swapped out an engine in a junk yard in Modesto. Story is we were on the way to Yosemitie in a VW bus and the engine threw a rod (not my bus). We were able to nurse the thing (don't ask, it was like Thor's Hammer pounding around) to a wrecking yard in Modesto and negotiated to buy an engine. I mentioned that I (the owner of the bus had no mechanical ability) was planning on renting a floor jack and swapping the engine where ever I could.

Man, that got those guys going. Within minutes I had full access to pneumatic tools, the "new" engine was delivered to a clean covered space and they had a fork lift to raise the bus up so I could get to the underside stuff.

To make a long story short, within 2 hours we were back on the road and cross country skiing in the back woods almost as planned.

-Jeff