Was supposed to go SCUBA diving today but it rained all night so decided Plan B was to put in a full day on the car. Today I had both apprentices.
First job was to assemble the engine crane we hired, talk about overkill for the job.
The plan was to lift out the motor with the bell-housing still attached. If it turned out there wasn't enough room in the engine bay for that I'd lift the engine forward first so I could get at the last two bolts holding the housing. First things first though was a small lift to get it off the tow mounts. HOT TIP - undo the mounts from underneath the car. That way when you lift the studs don't snag. Only realised it was a problem when the car started lifting instead of the engine.
Bugger. Not enough room to swing it out. After a bit of mucking around the housing came away with no troubles.
Let the engine back down, reset the chains and off we go again.
Now we are cooking with gas..
Victory.. Lola is blurry as she isn't actually on the ground...
Bit more room in here now.
After some jiggling the engine is now on 'the pile.'
We finished out the day dropping out the tail shaft, fuel lines and pump along with the hydraulic line that runs the length of the tunnel under the car along with the last few things left in the engine bay. I plan on pulling the wiring loom from the brain tomorrow I think
@Markos has a how to on his part out thread? The car is scheduled to go to the body works in two weeks. We will leave her as a roller until it gets there.