Bill Ball

Stan: Ah, I get it now, working the gasket around the outside of the pan. I suspect that would be hard to do with the original cork gasket, but easy enough with the aftermarket rubber one.

kmascotto

Hey Adam, when you are done yours...can you drive down the 401 and do mine too??

Adamant1971

Ha Ha, no but I can lend you my engine lift brackets if you need them.

kmascotto

Thanks Adam, I think I have a 4x4 laying around, ill get the rest of the hardward from home depot.

dr bob

Using the stacked 4x4 method is cool, but... you get to raise the engine to its final height using a jack and blocks under the oil pan. Be sure to remove the complete air cleaner housing before you raise anything. Wedges are needed to support the transmission, so the weight transferred by lifting the front of the engine doesn't collapse them.

Clean everything first. Clean everything again. Disassemble, and clean everything. You'll still get dirty under there.

kmascotto

Thank you!...But what do you mean "Wedges are needed to support the transmission, so the weight transferred by lifting the front of the engine doesn't collapse them".
Can you expand on that...i'm not clear what you mean. How do I do this?

Adamant1971

When lifted the weight of the engine is still transferred to the front of the car by the wooden brace. From a physics stand point I can't see how any additional weight would transfer to the Transmission.

Lizard928

The additional weight transfer by lifting from the front of the engine vs the supporting via the middle is negligible. Think around 20# no enough to make much of a difference.

Wisconsin Joe

The "Device" in Dwayne's writeup does a very nice job of supporting and lifting the engine. No jack required. Ring bolts through the 4x4s and just turn the nuts holding them to raise or lower the motor.

Dwayne's Motor Mount Writeup:
http://dwaynesgarage.norcal928.org/MotorMounts.htm

And I fully agree that it's more than a little messy doing this job.

BC

Wonder where Dwayne is. Hasn't posted since August