Dropped the engine over the weekend w/pics
03-14-2011, 06:25 PM
#1
Burning Brakes
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Dropped the engine over the weekend w/pics
There have been a few engines dropping this winter here on rennlist so I thought I'd join the fun. Being a first timer I made sure I went slow and double checked things often. After two long days and the helping hands of some friends (kjr914 and a another friend John) we were able to roll the lump out at about 5 last night. What a great feeling!
Some notes off the top of my head:
- Throttle cable...really easy to disconnect it at the pedal and pull it through the tunnel of the transmission.
- Draining the power steering pump/resevoir...manual says to let it drain below but we found if you cut a plastic water bottle in half you can stuff it down in the perfect place to catch all the fluid. We didn't spill a drop!
- Fuel lines...one of the more interesting sections as the fuel line bolt was not going anywhere and with such narrow threads on the rail to give counter pressure you really do risk breaking something. Since a torch was out of the question I tried some Kroil but that still didn't work so I plugged in my wood burning iron with flat tip on the nut for several minutes in a couple different places...whola!
- The driver side eccentric bolt was a challenge as it hits the heat exchanger...the solution is to lift the engine up a couple inches
- Make sure you have a good assortment of rubber stoppers and vaccum line caps...I had a bunch and still could have used more.
- The engine mounts can be a 10 minute job or a 30 minute job if they are so old that the rubber housing breaks free and startes spinning freely (I have a C4S mount so not all are the same)...the fluid reaks like 100 year old fish guts by the way! You guessed it...mine took 30 minutes and two people. It was hard to get a good hold on the square metal piece on top of the bolt to hold the botl from spinning...especially on the driver side.
- Don't forget the clutch slave line...we missed that in the process and noticed as we were lowering.
Now the real work begins....
Here are some pictures of the fun!
The untouched engine
The engine block craddle block of wood...took this idea from someone on here and it worked great...and was a great excuse to use the air hammer!
The power steering drain cup
Everything all labeled
Keith figuring out how to shim the transmission jack
Starting to come down!
The picture I've always wanted to take
This might be some sort of record...3 grown men stuffed into a 993 engine bay?!?!?
Some notes off the top of my head:
- Throttle cable...really easy to disconnect it at the pedal and pull it through the tunnel of the transmission.
- Draining the power steering pump/resevoir...manual says to let it drain below but we found if you cut a plastic water bottle in half you can stuff it down in the perfect place to catch all the fluid. We didn't spill a drop!
- Fuel lines...one of the more interesting sections as the fuel line bolt was not going anywhere and with such narrow threads on the rail to give counter pressure you really do risk breaking something. Since a torch was out of the question I tried some Kroil but that still didn't work so I plugged in my wood burning iron with flat tip on the nut for several minutes in a couple different places...whola!
- The driver side eccentric bolt was a challenge as it hits the heat exchanger...the solution is to lift the engine up a couple inches
- Make sure you have a good assortment of rubber stoppers and vaccum line caps...I had a bunch and still could have used more.
- The engine mounts can be a 10 minute job or a 30 minute job if they are so old that the rubber housing breaks free and startes spinning freely (I have a C4S mount so not all are the same)...the fluid reaks like 100 year old fish guts by the way! You guessed it...mine took 30 minutes and two people. It was hard to get a good hold on the square metal piece on top of the bolt to hold the botl from spinning...especially on the driver side.
- Don't forget the clutch slave line...we missed that in the process and noticed as we were lowering.
Now the real work begins....
Here are some pictures of the fun!
The untouched engine
The engine block craddle block of wood...took this idea from someone on here and it worked great...and was a great excuse to use the air hammer!
The power steering drain cup
Everything all labeled
Keith figuring out how to shim the transmission jack
Starting to come down!
The picture I've always wanted to take
This might be some sort of record...3 grown men stuffed into a 993 engine bay?!?!?
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03-14-2011, 09:08 PM
#10
Burning Brakes
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Thanks guys! I got a kick out of that last picture too, glad we went through the effort to do it.
I dropped the engine to do a LWF and new clutch primarily as my current one is almost gone. Also, I'm going to do an AWDectomy since it is very easy to get the torque tube out with engine gone. I do a lot of time trials so the 100 lbs will make a difference for me. And, of course all the while I'm in there stuff like, plugs, wires, dist rebuild, caps, rotors, valve cover gaskets, chain tensioner gaskets, PS belt, new clutch slave, new clutch slave rubber line, lifters, fuel filter, SAI port clean, RMS, Wevo engine mounts, rennline rear subframe solid mounts, rennline gusset kit for engine carrier...I think that gets most of it but I'm sure I'm missing stuff. Bottom line, I'll be a busy guy for the next couple weeks!!!
I dropped the engine to do a LWF and new clutch primarily as my current one is almost gone. Also, I'm going to do an AWDectomy since it is very easy to get the torque tube out with engine gone. I do a lot of time trials so the 100 lbs will make a difference for me. And, of course all the while I'm in there stuff like, plugs, wires, dist rebuild, caps, rotors, valve cover gaskets, chain tensioner gaskets, PS belt, new clutch slave, new clutch slave rubber line, lifters, fuel filter, SAI port clean, RMS, Wevo engine mounts, rennline rear subframe solid mounts, rennline gusset kit for engine carrier...I think that gets most of it but I'm sure I'm missing stuff. Bottom line, I'll be a busy guy for the next couple weeks!!!
