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| 914-Kazoo |
 Jul 16 2022, 06:19 AM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 45 Joined: 19-August 20 From: Kalamazoo, MI Member No.: 24,609 Region Association: Upper MidWest  |
I'm planning on dropping the engine out of my 1974 2.0 liter 914. I've got my car on a BackYard Buddy drive on lift. I have a concern that the clearances between the ramps could interfere with engine removal.
Does anyone know the measurements across the engine? Thanks for the help. |
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| VaccaRabite |
Jul 26 2022, 08:38 AM
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En Garde! Group: Admin Posts: 13,465 Joined: 15-December 03 From: Dallastown, PA Member No.: 1,435 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Take it off the lift/ramps and use a jack and jackstands.
If it does not clear your lift, you are going to make it a LOT harder then it is if you try to separate the transmission. Its 4 bolts and lower if you keep it as one unit. It is NOT hard to do using a jack and jackstands. Zach |
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| Superhawk996 |
Jul 26 2022, 09:39 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,891 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch 
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QUOTE(VaccaRabite @ Jul 26 2022, 10:38 AM)  It is NOT hard to do using a jack and jackstands. Zach (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Even easier if you happen to have the Tangerine Racing lift plate. Back in the 80's, I spent years dropping the engine with nothing more than a K-mart socket set, two jackstands, an Allen Wrench for the shift coupler, a pair of Vice-Grips, and a tiny K-mart 2-ton hydraulic jack. Given the thread started 10 days ago, the engine could have been in and out 10 times by now. This is a case where nice equipment is making a job harder than it needs to be. |
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