Stick
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I am ready to pull the engine in my Bugeye, or at least I think I am. This is my first time pulling a motor out of anything bigger than a motorcycle. I have all the lines disconnected from the motor and transmission leaving only the drive shaft and mounting points connected to anything.
I have three primary questions:
1. Do I pull the engine and transmission out as a unit (I would rather do this if possible)
2. Where should I attach and with what to hoist the engine? I have borrowed a lift but will probably need to buy the linkage to connect the motor the the lift arm and don't know where to start. If you are able to go into detail here, great! But be sure to specify if you are giving instructions based on lifting the motor only or the motor and trans as a unit.
3. How the heck do I disconnect the Transmission from the drive shaft? Looking up at the front U Joint I don't really see any disconnect there without dis assembling the U joint and I'd really rather not do that, plus I don't think you can access that place on most cars. Do I just disconnect the drive shaft from the differential and pull it out of the transmission maybe?
Sorry if these seem like silly questions, it was not obvious to me when I was looking it over and I want to be sure I don't end up doing something stupid.
Thanks!
I have three primary questions:
1. Do I pull the engine and transmission out as a unit (I would rather do this if possible)
2. Where should I attach and with what to hoist the engine? I have borrowed a lift but will probably need to buy the linkage to connect the motor the the lift arm and don't know where to start. If you are able to go into detail here, great! But be sure to specify if you are giving instructions based on lifting the motor only or the motor and trans as a unit.
3. How the heck do I disconnect the Transmission from the drive shaft? Looking up at the front U Joint I don't really see any disconnect there without dis assembling the U joint and I'd really rather not do that, plus I don't think you can access that place on most cars. Do I just disconnect the drive shaft from the differential and pull it out of the transmission maybe?
Sorry if these seem like silly questions, it was not obvious to me when I was looking it over and I want to be sure I don't end up doing something stupid.
Thanks!