Ok so I managed to get the engine out, WHOHOO!! First I had to go and buy a block and tackle.
I was originally going to bother my neighbours block and tackle, but he is really busy making a shade netting carport thingy to cover a caravan that he is taking to rust de winter (think I spelt that right?). So he did not have the time to unpack it from wherever he had it stored.
There I was this morning browsing through a Midas pamphlet when I saw that they had bloock and tackles for sale, so I made a turn at the Midas in Kempton Park and bought a 2.5 ton block and tackle for under300 bucks.
To hook up the block and tackle I took a length of 50 X 100mm rectangular tubing I had and laid it across a number of trusses in my garages roof. Then I took a fairly sturdy chain and wrapped it around the tubing joining it with a quick chain link. The block and tackle was then hooked on the loop.
As I had loosened all the bolts previously all I really had to do was lift the motor and gearbox out! Which is easier said than done
Motor and gearbox out and at the back of the garage, by the cars bonnet. This is the space in front of where my wife parks her car, space is getting REAL tight in the garage. To get the motor here I borrowed a trolley from the same neighbour who I was going to bother for the block and tackle. This trolley is made of 6 mm aluminum plate, and with the motor being so big and heavy I was worried it might bend, guess aluminum is stronger than I thought!
Close up pic of the motor on the inlet side.
Still looks like a dog lifting its leg, only minus a great big engine! Having cut the front out previously meant I could actually slide the engine out the front of the car without lifting it too high. This meant I could take the 5 cylinder four litre motor out all by myself!
Another pick of the empty engine bay, white bucket was meant to catch any gearbox oil that ran out, looking at the huge pool of oil on the floor it obviously did not work!
Was only meant to be a backup though, I had tied a plastic bag around the end of the gearbox so that I would not have this kind of mess, but the bag caught somewhere and ripped a hole in, so all the oil it had caught started running out and onto the floor.
Hmmm should have rotated this image, that is my brake booster, I actually reversed the car into the garage, and while I was doing that I noticed the brakes were really hard, the crack in the booster explains that!
Close up of the crack, should have rotated this pick too, but I guess you get the point.
Not too sure why I took this pic but guessing it was to show what I have already cut out the front of the car.
Yet another pic of the empty engine bay, hey I am entitled to it okay! There is quite a bit of cleaning up to do, not my favourite job.
Other errands around the house means that this is all I have done for the day, but with the engine out I can now check exactly what panels I need, and can start making an effort to get the spares.
Posted under Project Falcon
This post was written by Shaun on November 22, 2008
