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dan_c4rsa
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Registered: 12th Dec 06
Location: North Yorks Drives: MK3 Seat Cupra
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12th Jun 07 at 17:07   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
best way to take out an engine?



frm above, or let it drop out below (not literally drop of coure )
Toby
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12th Jun 07 at 17:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i would say let it drop out
Hamish
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Location: Ashtead, Surrey Drives: 100bhp Mint with Hole
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12th Jun 07 at 18:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
out tehe bottom i say
andyc1234
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12th Jun 07 at 18:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
did mine the other week taking it out we lifted the car over the engine. putting it back in we lifted the engine thru the top found it much easier thru the top just need a few big lads
Warren G
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12th Jun 07 at 18:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
depends on engine....
andyc1234
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12th Jun 07 at 19:01   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
did mine 1.4 16v with gearbox on took 4 of us to lift it in
dan_c4rsa
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12th Jun 07 at 21:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
think im gna be lifting because i cant get the car high enough.......

but now the cranes bust aswell
Hamish
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12th Jun 07 at 21:31   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
how can you not get the car high enough.? Lift the car and engine with a crane and then stick it on the higest axle stand setting. Attach crane to engine and then lower away and drag it out the bottom.
dan_c4rsa
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12th Jun 07 at 21:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
well my engine crane im menna be using is bust. so.........................

only other way cud be using the beam in the ceiling etc. i'll se what happens.
cpcrampton
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13th Jun 07 at 08:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
drop it!
andyc1234
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13th Jun 07 at 11:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the way i did my engine was lower the car right down with no wheels on so you can get the engine resting on i small piece of wood undo mounts a bits and then got a few of us to lift the car over the top and carry it down my drive
ChrisBoom
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andyc1234
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Chris F
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Registered: 26th Dec 05
Location: Newmarket Drives: Escort Van 1.8
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13th Jun 07 at 13:58   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Safe as house's

Thats a proper bodge tht
ChrisBoom
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13th Jun 07 at 14:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Sat like that for weeks, only time we near had an oopsie was when we were lifting the car with the engine hoist, the rope snapped and the car landed on the wheels and blocks, twas fine
thegsi
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13th Jun 07 at 18:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by ChrisBoom
Ben ev
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13th Jun 07 at 23:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
depends on size of eng and box. usaully i pull the let out the wheel arch. nice driveway bodgery btw!

 
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