Re: [T3] Powertrain Removal

[Steven Ayres <comwest@well.com>]

JohnJ=> So, the recommendation is to NOT remove the entire 
=> engine/trans/subframe as an assembly.  I had read that this is one 
=> advantage of the T3 set-up.  

I imagine that few of us have actually done it, but yes, the subframe is 
designed to come out with transaxle, engine, wheels and tires intact. I 
can recommend subframe removal, tires an all, on a swing-axle car, and I 
think it may actually be easier than dropping the engine separately in 
certain situations (assuming you've got two good, tall jacks to raise 
the body high enough to clear the engine). The one additional hassle is 
that you have to disconnect the brake lines, and therefore bleed the 
system again on reassembly. I'm not so sure about the IRS setup, though, 
since it's all hung from the body. It might be as easy as adding a 
rolling floor jack under the center of gravity, with the wheels 
stabilizing the whole mess left to right. 

Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ
'66 T3 Ghia 

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