03-06-2015, 08:03 AM
Hi all!
A good friend of mine cooked his engine and I have offered to sort it out for him. He has a 99 306 with a 1.4l petrol.
We have sourced a donor car and will start shifting the engines probably this evening.
Have tools, engine hoist and plenty of tea.
I usually work on 4x4s and I have only swapped a handful of fwd engines. Every time leaving the gearbox in the car. So split the engine from the gearbox and leave it mounted and just lift the engine. Pro's of doing this is it's less stuff to disconnect, lighter and less messy, no gearbox oil all over the floor, lol!
From some googling it would seem most people take the engine and gearbox out together. Is this recommended or can I just do my usual of leaving the box in place? (Any inaccessible bolts etc...?)
Any other gotchas?
thanks heaps!
Dan
A good friend of mine cooked his engine and I have offered to sort it out for him. He has a 99 306 with a 1.4l petrol.
We have sourced a donor car and will start shifting the engines probably this evening.
Have tools, engine hoist and plenty of tea.
I usually work on 4x4s and I have only swapped a handful of fwd engines. Every time leaving the gearbox in the car. So split the engine from the gearbox and leave it mounted and just lift the engine. Pro's of doing this is it's less stuff to disconnect, lighter and less messy, no gearbox oil all over the floor, lol!
From some googling it would seem most people take the engine and gearbox out together. Is this recommended or can I just do my usual of leaving the box in place? (Any inaccessible bolts etc...?)
Any other gotchas?
thanks heaps!
Dan