engine removal
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do i have to remove the transmission to remove the engnine? or can i unbolt it and lift it out?
im thinking of now instead of the v8 swapped seven, getting a 86 gxl with 78k on chassis and a engine with no compression and swap if my 86 s4 into it and use its tranny and everything since mine is getting ruff between shifts. and then mine can go into project mode and i can port and rebuild the engine and then swap it in after my current s4 engine pops.
im thinking of now instead of the v8 swapped seven, getting a 86 gxl with 78k on chassis and a engine with no compression and swap if my 86 s4 into it and use its tranny and everything since mine is getting ruff between shifts. and then mine can go into project mode and i can port and rebuild the engine and then swap it in after my current s4 engine pops.
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In my opinion, it's easier to take the tranny and engine out as one unit. This makes it easier for me, because instead of lying under the car trying to muscle the tranny into position, and align the splines on the shaft, etc... It's already done. The tranny is no work at all to disconnect.
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In my opinion, it's easier to take the tranny and engine out as one unit. This makes it easier for me, because instead of lying under the car trying to muscle the tranny into position, and align the splines on the shaft, etc... It's already done. The tranny is no work at all to disconnect.
i just did one yesterday and it took all of 3 minutes lining up the engine to tranny versus trying to get the driveshaft into the tranny under the vehicle(easier to leave it in the car with stock exhaust). you also have to drain and refill the transmission, lower the exhaust if you need to, line up the crossmember, etc, etc, etc. in all honesty it is more of a pita removing it.
having done it about 50 times or so, i never pull the tranny unless i have to work on it.
Last edited by RotaryEvolution; 04-01-11 at 06:50 PM.
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the gap between the engine and bellhousing has to be equal on all sides while pushing it in, also put a socket on the front shaft bolt and put the transmission in gear and rotate the engine from side to side to match the splines to the transmission input shaft.
with those little tricks it is MUCH simpler to avoid the other headaches associated with pulling the tranny.
Last edited by RotaryEvolution; 04-01-11 at 06:54 PM.
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put a socket on the front shaft bolt and put the transmission in gear and rotate the engine from side to side to match the splines to the transmission input shaft.
with those little tricks it is MUCH simpler to avoid the other headaches associated with pulling the tranny.
with those little tricks it is MUCH simpler to avoid the other headaches associated with pulling the tranny.
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Yep, just remove the starter bolts and the bellhousing bolts, and it should all be engine from there. Pretty simple. I'm new to it, and pull my engine out myself in a few hours.
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