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corsa_sri04
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18th Jan 05 at 12:05   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
will be swapping my engine for the gsi one in the next few weeks just wanted to ask the best way to get the old one out and new one in as it says in the haynes the car needs to be raised 650mm to clear the engine.

but i cant find many axel stands or trolley jacks that lift the car this high.
does the car need to be raised this high?

whats the best way to do this ?

cheers
Adam_B
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18th Jan 05 at 12:06   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
hire an engine crane and go out the top
corsa_sri04
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18th Jan 05 at 12:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
isnt the battery tray in the way?
Rileysport
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18th Jan 05 at 12:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yup... engine only, out the top doing it this way at the weekend
Siberia
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18th Jan 05 at 12:15   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
jack car up put axel stands underneath.....

disconnect all the stuff wires/cables/shafts etc

support engine and gearboxes wieght with engine crane.

undo engine mounts

lower engine to the ground.

tie rope to both chasis

lift car up with engine crane

drag old engine out from under

drag new engine in

let car back down onto axel stands (be careful not to lower onto the new engine)

tie rope to engine

lift it up with engine crane to the right hieght

rebolt all the engine mounts

reconnect all wires/cables/pipes/shafts etc.

vroom vromm
corsa_sri04
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18th Jan 05 at 12:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
cheers mate
Adam_B
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18th Jan 05 at 12:17   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Are you just swapping the engine and keeping your current gearbox and driveshafts etc or is all getting swapped?
corsa_sri04
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18th Jan 05 at 12:18   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the engine gearbox being swapped but keeping my shafts
Siberia
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18th Jan 05 at 12:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
he said hes swaping his one for a gsi one...thats why i'm saying to do it that way..

if its just a replacment then pull the fooker out the top
Adam_B
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18th Jan 05 at 12:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
id still go out the top if using a crane.

What engine is it currently?
corsa_sri04
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sri 1.4 8v
Greasemonkey
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18th Jan 05 at 12:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Not out the top, battery tray is welded in, its best to come out the bottom gearbox and engine together, and slot them back in together trust me i have done this a few times, bottom i easier
Rileysport
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18th Jan 05 at 12:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
bring it out of the top... leave the gearbox exactly where it is
Siberia
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18th Jan 05 at 12:27   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
the gearbox is only a f10 though isnt it? for a c16 x16 ya'd need the f15?
Adam_B
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18th Jan 05 at 12:28   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i took a c20xe out the top with no battery tray problems
Rileysport
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18th Jan 05 at 12:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
8v SRi will be an f13/5cr or an f15/5cr box
corsa_sri04
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18th Jan 05 at 12:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeh its an f13 but the new engine is an e16se from a nova with its own f13
Rileysport
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use your own f13 box, withdraw the input shaft, as per haynes... then seperate the engine and box, lift engine out to put other one in just reverse the procedure
Siberia
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18th Jan 05 at 13:12   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
^u get to fabricate your own tools that way fun!....
Rileysport
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18th Jan 05 at 13:14   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
nah, just yank the bugger out
Greasemonkey
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Did the input shaft come out through the side of the box after getting a Huge socket on it????
Rileysport
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18th Jan 05 at 13:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
end cap off the box, remove a circlip... then its just undo the end bolt (8mm spline) and pull the shaft till it stops
Greasemonkey
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Sweet
Rileysport
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should make getting the engine out, and back in that bit easier
Siberia
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oh.. you can pull it with your hand? news news news....

dont think ya can withdraw an f15 one though ? would make my clutch change easyer cos i'm dreading mating the engine and earbox back up in the car...

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