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So I drained the oil and started disconnecting the oil lines. These
are the lines coming from the back of the oil filter up in the fenderwell. The lower
line runs to the engine hard line, the other goes to the oil tank. Notice the end of
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Here is a quick fix by a previous owner. Yuck. That's gonna
have to be replaced. |
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The underside of the motor isn't that bad. Notice how nice and clean
the oil return tubes look. That was last years project. These are the
expandable aluminum ones that Performance Products sells. |
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At this point, we've disconnected the battery, the starter and all of the
electical connections. You can see that we're in the process of disconnecting the
fuel lines. Also, Harley is modeling one of the surgical gloves and a screwdriver.
Note to self...don't use plastic beer cups to catch draining fuel. They melt
(as well as the gloves)! |
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So here we are at an impasse. The Pelican Parts tech article says to
separate the engine and the tranny. Well, the hidden nut on the top
of the tranny is being impossible. So its time to make a stubby by chopping a 17mm
open end wrench into pieces. |
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The hacksaw was taking waaay too long. Lucky me...I have a dremel!
Just like butter. BTW, the Craftsman tool warranty is unconditional, right? |
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After the 17mm wrench mod, we tried the 17mm socket mod. That
didn't work either. So the Porsche gods deemed that we remove the motor AND the
tranny. In hindsight, it is much easier to do it this way. Here the engine is
about halfway lowered. |
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A quick pic of that damn nut. It is the nut on top of the starter
next to the bundle of wires. |
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So we're backing the engine out from under the car and whammo!
Notice the jack pad. Is something missing? Yea...you guessed it. At
this point, we unbolted the tranny and pulled it off. That made lifting the engine
onto the jack with a bigger jack pad a little easier. |
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Now we have a vacant engine bay. The purplish looking thing on the
firewall is the Allison/Crane optical ignition module. The firewall doesn't have a
pad and the glue has turned to a brown and yellow color. Beautiful! Also, the
shocks are koni reds (I think) that were painted orange by a previous owner. I
wonder why? |
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Ok, here's what things the car looked like when we were done. The
tranny is sitting under the car where it won't be stepped on. The engine stand is
vacant. Why? Because the motor won't bolt up without removing the flywheel.
So I ordered the appropriate yoke ($215, yikes!) and I should have the engine on
the stand next weekend. |
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In the meantime, it waits in a delicate balance. Actually, I placed
two old wheels from my Audi (17x8.5 Ronals, if you care) underneath just to make sure it
doesn't tip over.
Incidentally, IMO this recap doesn't accurately reflect the difficulty of this endeavor.
It was much easier. :-)
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