Fast engine removal (the belfast way!)

by **simonsays74** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:41 pm

from driving in this morning to wheeling it out.... 1h 40mins :lol:

by **simonsays74** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:53 pm

whoops

by **simonsays74** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 7:57 pm

by **clee** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 8:09 pm

Flash

Website · by **Juzzblack** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:36 pm

Norris McWhirter would be proud; got to be some sort of record!

by **simonsays74** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:05 pm

maybe less 5 mins cuz i had to take the pictures :lol:

by **peterg** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:08 pm

But it aint a turbo.......a fuel line, a handful of electric wires, 2 brake lines, the handbrake, 2 water pipes, 4 suspension mount bolts, throttle cable, 6 chassis bolts and youre done....why did it take you so long!!??? :lol:

Professional mechanic!!???? :wink:

I can get the engine out of my Turbo in less than 3 hours.....now theres a challenge!

by **simonsays74** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:12 pm

peterg wrote:But it aint a turbo.......a fuel line, a handful of electric wires, 2 brake lines, the handbrake, 2 water pipes, 6 bolts and youre done....why did it take you so long!!??? Professional mechanic!!???? I can get the engine out of my Turbo in less than 3 hours.....now theres a challenge!

another 1h++ to remove the intercooler hoses :lol:

by **David Gentleman** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:14 pm

Fibber.....I bet it took you a while just to get it up onto 4 axle stands that high... :wink:

by **simonsays74** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:18 pm

David Gentleman wrote:Fibber.....I bet it took you a while just to get it up onto 4 axle stands that high...

yeah, if you are using a mickey mouse halfords jack! :lol:

10 mins puts the car up :wink:

by **David Gentleman** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:29 pm

Ah, I still reckon your fibbing, and you left a clue...... :wink:

How come there is not a single drip of water below the engine bay from any of the disconnected water hoses...eh, eh, eh...? :lol:

by **turbo 5** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:41 pm

It's a Belfast car, so no water, either Guiness for a low performance car or whisky for high performance, either way you don't let it spill onto the floor, you suck the system dry

by **simonsays74** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 11:45 pm

David Gentleman wrote:Ah, I still reckon your fibbing, and you left a clue......

How come there is not a single drip of water below the engine bay from any of the disconnected water hoses...eh, eh, eh...?

unlike you pikies i removed the water outside before driving it in. :lol:

don't really like wadding through puddles of anti freeze

as for jacking the car up, i use the high lift pallet truck at the rear and a high lift trolley jack at the front in the middle just behind the fuel tank/ centre tunnel area :wink:

you can't catch an honest person out

by **peterg** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:08 am

For a mechanic youre pretty smart!! :lol:

I was thinking of the turbo water hoses, oil pipes, exhaust pipes, 3x fuel pipes and injector leads....oh...and did I mention you have to remove the turbo to get the clutch slave cylinder undone??:D

by **David Gentleman** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:08 am

simonsays74 wrote:
unlike you pikies i removed the water outside before driving it in.

don't really like wadding through puddles of anti freeze

you can't catch an honest person out

Ah, well I reckon you would get water around the tyres then, which would then get driven into the workshop and get wet tyre tracks....

:lol: