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Don't forget to remove the earth strap from the drivers side of the engine - it is surprisingly strong and will lift the car off the axle stands quite easily 😳.

If your top chassis diagonals are removable then remove them.

Other than that it is a simple process of draining the fluids, disconnecting everything (I suggest you label the less obvious wires and hoses), undoing the engine mounts and gearbox mounts and then hoisting it out. The gearbox oil will pour out the back as the prop slides out so make sure you have a suitable receptacle in place.

If you are leaving the gearbox in place then make sure it is well supported before splitting the engine from it. A jack underneath works well and I then tied it to a piece of 2x2 laid across the engine bay so I could move the car again.

It is a pretty straightforward job and can be done alone - it is easier to have 2 pairs of hands though when actually guiding the engine out.

 

Yellow SL *cool* #32

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I've just removed mine ......

Go for one final blat ......

have a bottle of beer .

Disconnect battery

Drain the oil and coolant

have a bottle of beer .

Disconnect throttle cable

depressurise feul line

Remove water plumbing .

have a bottle of beer , have a piss .

Disconnect clutch cable .

Remove hoses on the inlet side .

Remove header tank .

remove nearside diagonal

remove coolant pipe

Have a bottle of beer , bag of crisps .

remove manifold

remove alternator

remove any remaining wiring - earths , starter motor etc

slaken gearbox mounts

have a bottle of beer

Obtain hoist

strap up engine

loosen engine mounts

remove mounts

slip 'er out

have a bottle of beer .

stand back & imagine how easy it would be to throw in busa engine - always seems easy when your half cut

 

Dave

 

 

C7 TOP *tongue*Powered by Hellier Performance 😬

South Wales AO *thumbup*

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JAP,

I did have had a brief look at the Duratec route, but felt that the K has given me good service so far & its lighter to aid the handling side of things, & would stick with that & tune the nuts off it instead!

 

Thanks for the advise guys, have got as far as the final blat & beer stage so far, that all went very well 😬 😬

 

Lets hope the rest of the job goes as smoothly *thumbup* *thumbup*

 

 

 

 

 

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