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Engine removal

11-09-2009, 04:46 PM

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ewcmr2

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Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Alta Loma, CA Posts: 376

Engine removal

With the lifting eye way back under the windshield just hooking a chain to it doesn't look like it's going to work. What's the usual method of lifting the engine out?

Will a chain pulled taut between the factory lifting eyes clear the cowl? I'm thinking about making a lifting bar (pipe/square stock) to hook under the rear eye and then have a chain link in the middle to grab it with the engine hoist.

The FSM says remove the transmission. Is that really necessary? Usually I put a jack under transmissions to support them and leave them in place.

Eric

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