I pulled the motor yesterday. The time it took to pull was less than 1 hour but the time to prep it for the engine pull took about 6 hours. We did it with the tranny attached.

These are notes of what I remembered as being problems:

1. take digital pictures of areas you're working on at each major stage;

2. de pressurize fuel line before starting job;

3. spray penetrating oil on the oil cooler connectors, use a dental pick to remove the clip;

4. it's easier to plug the drain on the p/s reservoir and remove the whole p/s pump. Four nuts must be removed before the p/s pump can be removed. If you've only 3 nuts, look for the 4th.

5. I don't know how people can remove the a/c and leave it with the car. I just removed the a/c line and out it came with the engine.

6. The wiring harness has to go through the firewall, remove the ABS heat shield but not the ABS. Spray WD-40 on the rubber grommet and a pry bar to pop the grommet off.

 

Good to know if I ever pull my engine. But hopefully that won't be for a looong time.

 

Good info

 

what's the deal with that wiring harness anyway? there's no plug on the engine side? that always seemed weird to me.

 

Why did you have problems with the AC? I just unbolted it and left it there...

Here's a really good thread:
https://www.rx7club.com/forum/showth...ghlight=engine