Removal
- Block the wheels and/or set the handbrake
- Remove negative Battery cable
- Remove air cleaner
- Unbolt the air cleaner stay (heater hose is fastened to this)
- Optional: (to lessen chance of breaking the cap) Remove cap & spark plugs wire
- Remove radiator
- Drain radiator into bucket
- Remove one end of radiator hoses
- If fitted with heater, remove both end of upper radiator hose.
- If fitted, remove radiator overflow hose and catch container
- If shroud is fitted, unscrew lower 1/2 from upper and two bolts on lower half. Remove lower 1/2.
- Unbolt the 4 bolts and remove radiator
- Optional: (to lessen chance of breaking the fan) Remove fan by four 10mm bolts
- Remove wires from Distributor
- Remove the three wires from Alternator. 8mm nuts + T-connector
- Pull off carburetor/emissions wires
- Choke wire: Red
- Anti-diesel valve
- Throttle opener solenoid
- Pull off oil pressure wire
- Unbolt Negative battery cable from engine (stock location: 12mm oil pump bolt)
- Unbolt exhaust pipe from manifold. Two 12mm long-nuts.
- Remove heater hose from rear of cylinder head
- Remove accelerator cable
- Inside the cabin, pull the clip off the acclerator pedal, and move the cable away from the pedal
- In engine compartment, unscrew the cable from the firewall and pull it free
- Remove the two 14mm bolts holding the starter to the transmission. No need to remove the electrical connections.
- Unbolt engine brackets from the insulators. 12mm on old 1200s, 13mm on newer.
- Remove fuel hose from fuel pump inlet, and fix up high or plug it up with a plain shanked M6/1/4" bolt so it won't leak.
- Unbolt engine from transmission
- From underneath, remove the three 10mm bolts fastening the transmission dust shield. Remove shield
- Place jack under transmission and jack up slightly
- Slip accelerator cable from clips on top transmission bolt
- Remove six 12mm bolts. Can be done from above.
- Remove the hood. You can do this anytime, but it shades you from the sun while doing previous steps.
- Attach crane to engine block, lift to clear engine mounts
- Adjust the jack under the transmission
- Pull engine forward, gently prying from transmission
- Check that all wires and hoses are free
- Lift engine high enough to clear the radiator support panel, then pull the crane back to liberate the engine
Reinstall
- Extractors/Headers already hooked up in the engine compartment?
- Remove alternator
- Remove LH engine mount bracket
- Lower engine into bay
- Push the crane back to move engine against transmission
- By hand, adjust the angle and push into transmission
- Repeat removal steps above in opposite order
- when filling radiator, note that engine should be run to full temp, then allowed to cool down and re-top-off the radiator. It will burp some air out so needs to be checked this way
Pull Engine + Transmission
I'm getting ready to put everything back and it's way easier to bolt it all together out of the car but is it a headache to install them as a unit?
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