If you are doing it by yourself, I found it easier to remove it from the
bottom. Theo's comment about height is also relevant, re removal from
the top, so your garage must have the height or outside.
From the bottom I can do it slowly and at my speed, which is really
slow. I could only install one header, and had to put the other header
on after engine in car.
Larry
Theo Smit wrote:
>Bob,
>I just reinstalled my engine/trans combination from the bottom about a week
>ago, from the bottom. I'd removed the old engine and trans the same way. The
>whole car was jacked about 18" or 20" off the ground (at the frame rails). I
>used an engine hoist attached at the front of each head, and a hydraulic
>floor jack for the transmission support. I put the engine/trans in place and
>then installed the headers afterward... This is something that's generally
>done simultaneously (with the headers sort of hung in place but with the
>bolts not tightened up) if you're going in from the bottom.
>
>Removing or installing things from the top requires a lot of overhead
>clearance because the engine and trans need to be tilted at a pretty extreme
>angle to exit the engine compartment - I only have 8 feet of overhead and
>that's not really enough.
>
>I have one of the 'import' engine hoists... Rated at 1000 pounds even in its
>longest-reach position, works great, and cost me something like $150 Cdn.
>The legs fold up so that it takes up about 2x3 feet in the garage when I'm
>not using it.
>
>Good luck,
>Theo
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