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Tom aka notoptoy was kind enough to send me a write-up with pictures he did for engine removal. I will get it added to the wiki eventually but thought I would post it here right away. Thanks Tom for sharing.

Steve

I so love pictures!

Thanks, glad they can come in handy!

Thanks for taking the time to document this so thoroughly. Great reference. Adding the wrench sizes is a real help, saves trial and error if it's your first time,

dbrick wrote: Adding the wrench sizes is a real help, saves trial and error if it's your first time,

That's assuming that mine is "standard" which I doubt often! In gettng ready to put mine back together, I've seen lots of things that aren't standard. Still it's a good start!

I expect to be doing this "soon" so I'll QA the doc.

Let me know if you want the raw word file to edit. With the pictures, it's a monster, that's why it I made it a PDF.

I know this is an old thread, but I just had to say thanks. I’ve never removed the engine before and this made it so much easier. Took me 4-5 hours doing it by myself but I was also labeling every single wire. Toughest part was my exhaust manifold was welded to the rest of the exhaust. Nothing a sawzall couldn’t handle.

Great Guide!

Very cool, glad you could put the guide to use! I should probably update that with the corrected bits I have since added, plus I have a 5 speed instead of a 4 speed so the driveshaft removal is a bit different. Congrats on getting it out and to the next step in your project!

notoptoy wrote: ↑Sat Oct 05, 2019 11:42 pm Very cool, glad you could put the guide to use! I should probably update that with the corrected bits I have since added, plus I have a 5 speed instead of a 4 speed so the driveshaft removal is a bit different. Congrats on getting it out and to the next step in your project!

It was great. Only difference for me was most of the 13mm nuts and bolts fit better in 1/2 sockets. Just a little more snug. The icing on the cake was the warning before dumping the transmission oil everywhere. I would have definitely missed that step.

Thanks again.

Good idea to have the car upside-down......Everything should've just fallen out.....

dynaguy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2019 9:18 am Good idea to have the car upside-down......Everything should've just fallen out.....

Thats so strange. The picture I took on my phone is correct and if I view the post from my phone it's right side up. But if I view it on my computer the picture is upside down. Hmm...

I am guessing you took the picture with an iPhone. It's a quirk with Apple and "the rest of the world", at least on this forum.

notoptoy wrote: ↑Sun Oct 06, 2019 11:00 am I am guessing you took the picture with an iPhone. It's a quirk with Apple and "the rest of the world", at least on this forum.

You are correct. That’s annoying. I’ll try posting pics from something different from now on.