Lifting engine by jacking up by the oil pan--what am I missing?
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From: Kernersville, NC
I did mine when I pulled the engine for cam swap. Sure, it's not necessary to pull the engine for a cam swap, but I'd rather have the engine on a stand to do serious engine work.
It only takes me 6-8 four letter free hours to pull it out the bottom.
There no way I'd try to change motor mounts without pulling the engine from the bottom of the car first. Too many four letter words involved not to pull the engine....
It only takes me 6-8 four letter free hours to pull it out the bottom.
There no way I'd try to change motor mounts without pulling the engine from the bottom of the car first. Too many four letter words involved not to pull the engine....
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So to close this chapter and for anyone doing a search in the future, the poly mounts are in and it was a bitch of a job to do. I only have a one car garage, hand tools and myself. I'm no mechanic but I've swapped rear ends, blowers, brakes, brake lines, all kinds of **** and this was the cuntiest of them all.
I did get about a 1/4 inch of room for my header-y pipe flange so I think the gasket should live for more then a few months.
All the bolts fought me as only my car can and things didn't line up worth a damn putting it back together. Things that made it more difficult are the blower and all that goes with it and the Canton pan with kick-outs but the UMI k-member made for some room. I can't imagine how it would have been with a stock k-member. I had nightmares of possibly having to take off the headers and steering column.
The Harbour-Freight engine hoist really does a great job (good call Smitty2919) and would have been a real bitch if I had to use a jack as room was at a premium to work with. I reversed the drivers side mount bolt so the head is to the rear and clears the mount-bracket to block bolt so they don't jam into each other in the future, not that I'm ever going to do this again. LOL
I did get about a 1/4 inch of room for my header-y pipe flange so I think the gasket should live for more then a few months.
All the bolts fought me as only my car can and things didn't line up worth a damn putting it back together. Things that made it more difficult are the blower and all that goes with it and the Canton pan with kick-outs but the UMI k-member made for some room. I can't imagine how it would have been with a stock k-member. I had nightmares of possibly having to take off the headers and steering column.
The Harbour-Freight engine hoist really does a great job (good call Smitty2919) and would have been a real bitch if I had to use a jack as room was at a premium to work with. I reversed the drivers side mount bolt so the head is to the rear and clears the mount-bracket to block bolt so they don't jam into each other in the future, not that I'm ever going to do this again. LOL
I didn't realize you had a bunch of different components (canton pan etc). I did mine with the HF hoist, stock k-member and oil pan with PS longtubes. Got it done in about a day. Once you figure out all the angles/tools needed, it's not THAT bad.
But I agree, F doing them with a jack under the oil pan. You would have no room to get under there.
