Engine rebuild with no former experience........

Jim, do you have plenty of room in front? What’s your intended, swing engine and transmission side ways?
Rudiger

Jim, I really suggest to put off the bonnet.
It is easy to remove and you need the space.
And take a additional look to the transmission. I forgot one wiring harness connection at the transmission and damaged the connector.
Best regards Thomas

Hi Rudiger, once the engine is out I will push the car back out of the garage to give space to manoeuvre the engine.

The first task this morning was to remove the air intake vents so that the bonnet could be lifted higher. The main problem doing this is due at least 50% of the pegs used in the plastic rivets disappearing.



The car pushed out of the garage a bit to allow the engine hoist to be positioned.



The bonnet support felt very secure in this position, ready to lift.



It took nearly an hour to get the engine into this position, it kept jamming between the right exhaust manifold against the chassis rail and the bell housing on the steering box. In the end I had to remove the exhaust manifold on the right which took a at least 30 minutes due to the position of its fixing. You can also see from this picture it was wise to remove the fuel distributer etc.



From then on it was straightforward to raise the engine, level it and drop the car onto its wheels then push it back out of the way.



Engine dropped onto a trolley.



Next I dragged the car lift back into place.



I then assembled the engine stand and had a tidy up.





You can see here the problem area where the bell housing fouled against the steering box. I will trim some of this off to improve clearance.



I videoed the entire extraction but will need to edit/fast forward some sections as it's 90minutes long and rather boring.

Jim, why dont you remove the steering Box?
It is not that hard.

Hello Jim,

you did a great job! Can you estimate the high to the ceiling that is needed to remove the engine?

Best regards

Markus