I am taking my first FD motor out and have seemed to become stuck at the motor mounts. They seem like they are just held by the single bolts directly underneath the mounts but when I jack up the motor they don't give. What is the proper way to do this?

 

Once you have the engine suspended and jacked up a bit, get under the car and remove the mounts from the engine.

I had the same situation where the engine mounts were getting caught on the subframe. There are 3 bolts on each mount. As soon as I popped them off the engine came right out.

 

Did you remove that little cover plate on the tranny and unbolt the tranny from the engine?

 

After a year at KDR, i must say i've replaced my share of engines. Unbolt the trans from the engine. Search this site and you will find the thread that explains how to properly disconnect the throwout bearing from the clutch pressure plate. with that done, the engine will fall forward and pop right out. i've pulled these with everything still connected; turbos, lower intake, downpipe, etc. good luck

 

Yes, I left the transmission in the car. I unbolted the bellhousing to engine bolts, and I also removed the "little cover plate" to unbolt the pressure plate from the flywheel. You will need to turn the engine over to reach all the pressure plate bolts. Pump the clutch pedal a couple times and the pressure plate will back off the flywheel.

 

It is completely unnecessary to unbolt the pressure plate from the flywheel to release the clutch from the transmission. To release the clutch, remove the access plate from the bottom of the transmission. Unbolt the slave cylinder. Take a long prybar or screwdriver through the access hole and place it behind the throwout bearing and push it toward the clutch. You will see the retainer clip in the pressure plate be slightly above the pressure plate. While keeping the bearing pryed forward, take a second screwdriver and place it between the retainer clip and the throwout bearing and twist the screwdriver. the retainer clip will pop off the throwout bearing and as you are prying will go flush with the pressure plate. this saves LOTS of time, and is much easier than unbolting the pressure plate.

 

I have done it both ways and I still prefer unbolting the pressure plate. I guess it is personal preference...

Your method works just as well... I just usually already have the tools under the car to unbolt the pressure plate. Otherwise I would have to get up, walk to the tool chest, and grab some screwdrivers/prybars. lol

 

Same here +1

 

Well I am replacing both the engine and the tranny so I planned on taking the tranny and engine together and put it back in the same way.

 

What extreme said. I really don't see how you guys put in the extra time to do it this way. Popping the collar wedge takes less than a minuet. Even then for those of you that have always had trouble with this, all you have to do is play with it when the clutch is out of the car. I will admitt, it is very tricky at 1st.

 

I learned how to do it after the motor was out. When I got it, my face was in front of transmission and the pressure plate flew out onto my face, I have a little scare on my nose from it. I know how to do it now though