Engine drop Options

[dumbjim]

Are there any good step by step tutorials that explaine how to drop your engine in your home garage without a lift? Thanks in advance

[Ansbacher]

If you're a chicken, like me, use RAMPS and chalk the front wheels. Also, ABSOLUTELY purchase the Tangerine Racing engine plate for your jack!

Ansbacher

[VaccaRabite]

ABSOLUTELY purchase the Tangerine Racing engine plate for your jack!

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This is the best advise you will get. Buy the engine lifting plate. If you have a tuna can, Chris make one with the cutout for the can. No problem.

Engine drops are easy, and when push comes to shove its 4 bolts holding it in there.

From the top (car on the ground):
Clamp and remove fuel from the tunnel to the engine.
Remove electric leads that run from the engine to the chassis.
unhook the throttle and push it (gently) out of the way.

Now jack up the car as high as it will go. Use jackstands and block your front wheels. You want a sold 20 inches from the back of the car to the ground.

Exhaust come off first. I remove the exhaust hanger first and let the muffler rest on some jack stands. And then do the exchangers and take everything out as one unit.
Undo the clutch cable.
Then the axles unbolt from the transmission. Put bags over the CVs to keep grease from going EVERYWHERE.
Now remove the shift rod from the firewall to the transmission.
Now get the ground strap on top of the transmission, and if you have a solinoid near your starter there is a ground and a power lead that needs to come loose.
With the jack and lifting plate under the engine, undo the big 4 bolts.
SLOWLY lower the engine or risk finding the tensile strength of the electric wire you missed along the way.

Never worry about how long it takes. It takes as long as it takes. if you don't have stuck bolts you can do this in about 4-5 hours the first time. If you do have stuck bolts or nuts (probably exhaust) then it ay take longer while you figure it out.

Zach