Engine Removal

[ahh 33 s2]

hey guys and girls,

spent all day unplugging everything in my engine bay today ready to take the engine out.

my question is, can u get the engine and gear box out as one or is it easier to seperate them????

also how many bolts on the bell housing and how do u get to the top ones whilst its in the car??

thanks

[Luke_GTS-T]

Hey there, I pulled out my mates sr20 the other week, came out with the gearbox still attached was just a bit of fiddling around to get it all out of the engine bay together, definitely do-able though.

[Luciano]

I'd imagine removing a 25 with the box would be very fiddly / pain in the arse, but not impossible. Best to clarify with someones whos actually done it; but:

We found it pretty simple separating them and removing the engine only. Can't remember exactly how many bell housing bolts there were, but the top ones are the most difficult to get to as you already know. From memory, i think we slightly hoisted the engine with the crane while removing both engine mounts. Once the mounts were removed, we were able to lower the engine a touch more to access the top bellhousing bolts. There still wasnt much room to access them, but you just feel around for them and you'll find them. Removed them with a 14mm (I think) ring spanner

[t_revz]

yeah i separated too as it looked like too much fiddling. one bolt top middle and another high one on passenger side but only the two difficult ones from memory. undo trans crossmember down a bit to get some more angle. socket set with couple extensions.

[Spurdo]

+1 for separately. i've heard of people doing it all as one, but jesustityfkngchrist it would be tricky.

you dont even need asian fingers for the top two bolts. i've done them a few times with just a closed end spanner, sure you can only get about 1/3 of a turn each time, slow, but it gets there. if you have ratchet spanners then this will be faster. otherwise if you have the car on a hoist you can just join a few long extensions together with a universal and a socket on the end, air gun/ratchet them off. easy.

[89CAL]

Or lots of extensions and a ratchet up the back of the gearbox works to. Helps to have a wobble extensionbar to allow some movement

Edited March 16, 2011 by 89CAL

[Chi100188]

i did mine 2 - 3 times with the gear box attatched its quiet easy....remove gear box cross member undo engine mounts then crane slowly get the angel then crane the whole thing out make sure u remove the shifter etc

Cheers

Chi