Ripping out 4ac

[garage_kook01]

i reckon. my mate had it all over him lol

How many wires should i have to undo roughly??? coz i have done about a dozen and i cant seem to find many more

[Garage_KooK]

wish i new that before it leaked all over my head now my hair smells like motor oil its been giving me the shits all day.

[Shiri]

if your putting in a 4age, don't touch much of ur wiring cause u can reuse it

get tailshaft off, very easy... about 8 bolst holding it onto the chassis and diff... get gearbox off... hard, u need a long wrench cause theres one bolt that is hard to reach... remove shifter from car, remove every bolt u can find and take out... becarefull cause its heavy and u dun want it to drop on ur head. remove exhuast mani, can be a problem cause it may be rusted, work hard and its pretty basic to unhook, or u can just unhook the piping if u want it easier. unhook radiator, drain all the fluid u can, remove rad, remove fan, remove alternator, remove starter motor, remove carby for easier access, disconnect any looms connected to the 4ac but don't pull out ur entire loom cause as i said before u may be able to use that loom. losen engine mounts, tie chan and pully out!

its easy to work out once u can see what ur looking at...

gl, mine took me 3 months haha

shiri

[garage_kook01]

well i was just going to take engine and gearbox out at once i was told you can do this???

thanks for your help everyone so far

[Shiri]

yeh suer u can, i just did it cause i had a friend and the time and we knocked it off the list of things to remove

shiri

[garage_kook01]

ok kool you had me worried lol

i've disconnected nearly all the wireing just got the clutch and speedo cable and thats it. prob lift it out friday afternoon.

someone said something about rolling the car back as you take it out(coz of the gearbox) is this true??

[samuel]

Taking the engine and the gearbox out at once can be done, but you have to be able to angle the engine a fair bit to take it out and clear the radiator etc

Sometimes it can be just as easy to disconnect the engine from the box and pull the engine out first, then jack the car up to get the box out. The boxes aren't all that heavy anyway

[garage_kook01]

well i have 2 helper's 2moro so we will just try to lift it all out at once and hope for the best lol

if not we are in shit.

How high will we have to lift the engine????

[Medicine_Man]

high enough to get it over the front radiator support..

[mikes86]

or you could do what i do when i work on my engine. dismantle the whole front end giving you direct access to the engine, remove everything possible. Just makes it a little easier for me