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Hello folks!
I need to remove the engine from my 2001 996 cabriolet to replace the chain tensioners. Unfortunately I don't have a car lift, although I'm considering the "Quickjack" - the problem is that I don't think it would raise the car enough to provide the necessary clearance for removing the engine. Another thought is a scissor lift, but I'm trying not to blow my budget on a lift. I have 26" high SUV jack stands, but again, I don't believe they're high enough.
Can anyone please recommend a safe way to raise a 996 high enough to remove the engine? I've seen people use stacked wood blocks, which I'd rather not do but it's not totally out of the question.
We removed an engine and tranny from a 2007 GT3 putting the car up real high on jack stands and then lowered engine out using a harbor freight table lift. Worked great. Pic below.
I used the "lift bars" as well. My jack stands don't get tall enough on their own to get the car high enough to drop the engine. I used 6x6's (2 next to each other) under the jack stands. It was super stable and I was comfortable rolling around under the car on a creeper. Obviously, make sure the car is stable (if you can get the car to move at all by pushing on any side or corner, it's NOT stable) before you start crawling around under it. Good luck
I used the "lift bars" as well. My jack stands don't get tall enough on their own to get the car high enough to drop the engine. I used 6x6's (2 next to each other) under the jack stands. It was super stable and I was comfortable rolling around under the car on a creeper. Obviously, make sure the car is stable (if you can get the car to move at all by pushing on any side or corner, it's NOT stable) before you start crawling around under it. Good luck
Does anyone have the dimension, center to center for the lift points on a 996? Either from your liftbars or center to center of the receptacle holes at the lift points?
When I did mine, I cut squares of 2x10s and stacked and screwed 2 together. I put the jackstands on top of that. That got the car high enough to drop the motor. I used a motorcycle jack and another jack to lower the motor and trans as a unit. At the very end, I did have to jack the car up a bit more with a third jack to get the car about 2" higher to clear.
Anyone ever measure how high you have to get the car off the ground to get the engine to clear the rear crossmember? That would be a good data point to have out there.
Anyone ever measure how high you have to get the car off the ground to get the engine to clear the rear crossmember? That would be a good data point to have out there.
I needed 25.5 " from sump plate to floor when using the Harbor Freight 500lb. lift table to roll the engine out on. This number will change depending on what you use to roll/move your engine.
I used jack stands sitting on screwed and glued 2X6's with pinned hockey pucks on the factory support points. I used a Harbor Freight 1000# hydraulic table to handle the engine/transmission assembly.
03-20-2018, 12:13 AM
How to raise 996 to remove engine
