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> Subject: [T3] engine install > > > question this saturday my father and i (VW engine installing > virgins) are > going to install my type3 into that microscopic space in the > rear called an > engine bay or whatever. now here is what we are going to do > and tell me if i > am thinking wrong or missing something. > 1) lifting the rear with ramps (rolling the square up these > ramps and pulling > up parking break to prevent roll. Just Jack the rear of the car up as high as you can, and put jack stands under the rear torsion bar housing > 2) lift the front end with jacks and support both sides with > jack stands so > the car is as level as possible. Leave the front end on the ground, but block the front wheels. > 3) support the tranny with a jack at the same time (have 2 of them) Support the tranny from above. A jack under it will get in your way. A rope, or heavy wire around the tranny, and over a 2x4/piece of pipe across the floor inside the car. > 4) raise the engine to the tranny install bolt down according > to spec and > then lower everything. > > questions : anything i should be wary of with the engine on > the jack? how > should i get the engine on the jack (it is currently on the > floor)? there > will be only 2 of us doing this. other than that help me out here. > > tilt the engine up onto its heater boxes/flywheel end. One person hold it while the other rolls the jsck under. When it is on the jack, the jack should be about halfway off the oil drain plate towards the muffler, for balance on a T-3 engine. Russ Wolfe russ_wolfe@MAHLEParr.com Mahle Parr Filter Systems 505 E. Madison Winterset, IA 50273 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/