Engine out

[eric]

Who knows how to do ?

 

Engine is a Kent

Chassis : 1989

 

Many thanks for your help

[eric]

What kind of tools should I need ?

 

eric

[Eugene]

Not many...

If no engine hoist, a few lads with a lot of rope and some 3by4...

 

Need to take engine and gearbox out together.

Best to have the rear of the 7 jacked-up to help.

 

Just make sure all connected cables, etc, are disconnected first.

 

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[Domus]

Tray under the gearbox tail, or lots of rags to clean up the mess when you split the gearbox from the prop shaft.

 

 

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[Nick Chan]

If you have an enclosed tunnel on your car, I would recommend leaving the gearbox in situ and removing the engine by itself. If you need the gearbox out, you can now lift it out horizonatally by itself which limits the amount of oil that will spill from the tailshaft. On my first car I lifted the box out on the engine and then spent the next several months mopping out the mess until I sold it. You can't get the oil completely out of the enclosed tunnel ☹️

 

Tools-wise, a good quality Halfords socket set should have everything in there you need. The only specialist bit of kit will be the aforementioned engine hoist I think

 

Nick

 

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[eric]

Do you know the spanner size used to disconnect the propshaft and the gearbox ?

[eric]

I have an enclosed tunnel

[eric]

So if it is possible I will live the gearbox in the car

[Nick Chan]

Hi Eric,

 

The propshaft slides into the back of the gearbox on splines. Even if you do decide to remove the box, the propshaft remains attached to the diff and does not require unbolting.

 

Thinking about the oil that comes out of the gearbox when its tipped, get plenty of old towels and see if you can pack them under the prop and along the base of the whole tunnel and these should soak up the oil. When I did mine, the car was brand new and the engine had to come out before the build was completed and the oil filled all of the enclosed floor section and seeped into the join with the main floor. Whenever the car got wet and water went onto the floor, an oily slick would appear to be mopped out ☹️

 

Nick

 

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[James_Russell]

It's easier than you think! get stuck in 😶‍🌫️

Me and a friend removed a vauxhall engine, gearbox and propshaft from a live-axle car in about five hours the other day, including removing ancillaries (It was my first time without dad's help, and my accomplice had never removed an engine either)

 

For what its worth, We opted to seperate engine from 'box. We borowed a plastic plug for the gearbox so no spillage.

 

[eric]

I could empty the gearbox to avoid the mess

[Johnty Lyons]

Easy to leave box in with everything connected to it. You will need to remove the water pump from the front of Xflow to allow engine to come fwd enough to clear input shaft otherwise easy peasy.

 

Old enough to know better Senile enough not to care.

 

[jonboylaw]

Eric,

Split the box from the engine for the easiest way. I removed the engine and box together and as the others I had a tunnel full of oil. It will be tough to drain in situ.

 

 

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[eric]

Thank you all for your advises. I will do in summer, now it is cold and all this trouble will be nicer when warm. You all open my eyes on what I will experience.

 

eric