after tinkerin with my car this afternoon, i have decided to take the engine out, due to find a rust hole! i have thought that i might aswell get it done now and have the engine bay all sprayed up!
im mechanically minded but have never taken the engine out of a car before so gunna give it a go!
was just after tips really on what to do and what not to do. what to do first and what to do last if you get me.
i could probably figure out but need the help of you guys to get the job done properly!!
any help would be immense!
cheers

 

if you have to ask i wud not advise it tbh but if you are going to start buy looking around getting a feal for where things are and where they go take sum pics if you like then remove things one at a time and keep all the nuts/bolts/clips with that item ect where abouts are you?

 

as above mate cant realy add to that other than be safe doing it there not exactly light

 

am in grimsby mate.
got a mate helping me next weekend who knows what he is doing i just wanna get as much done as possible for that weekend as its going in spray shop hopefully

 

what car is it in?

 

ive just taken mine out, jacked it up and dropped it out the bottom and i seriously advise not to do it that way! thought id save some money and not hire a crane, i regretted that... best way is to take bonnet off and lift engine and gearbox out as one

 

even better way is to use a engine crane and bring engine and box up from the bottom..have to take bit more off, anti roll bar etc but it saves the risk of scratching the paint where its visible...

 

if you're doing it with limited equipment then a few strong mates, a good plank of wood and some rope soes the trick

tie the engine to the wood with the rope then get a mate/couple of mates either side of the car to lift it out

 

Engine cranes don't cost that much to hire for the weekend lol!

 

what car is this for, as this would help alot?

i'm taking it as your mate knows what hes doing he has a host/crane or access to 1, other wise don't do it, it's not safe & if you think it's hard taking it out that way, try putting it back in!

 

Dropped mine out the bottom onto an old skateboard and rolled it out.
Nice and simple, just make sure you get it balanced nicely on the board, don't want it tipping over

 

Taken mine out yesterday with my dad, basically stripped the top end, head off etc, then we lifted the block out with a long bar accross the front and sum rope!

 

i done a engine swap on a astra when the timing belt snaped,was the same as you mechanicly minded but little experiance,all i had was a haynes manual.

deff hire a crain there not expensive,but the main thing ........take your time
if you rush it u wud most likely break somthing and not nessaserily on the car!!

(sorry about the spelling)

john

 

not very hard actually

just undo everything and take it out