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On 22 Jun 2001, at 0:28, Caja007@aol.com wrote: Most of this sounds fine. > 1) lifting the rear with ramps (rolling the square up these ramps and pulling > up parking break to prevent roll. Ramps will work, but it can be hard to get a car without an engine up on the ramps; jackstands give more room to work around under the car. > 2) lift the front end with jacks and support both sides with jack stands so > the car is as level as possible. It's really not necessary to jack up the front. You can tilt the engine once you're close and the tilted rear of the body gives more clearance at the rear to get the engine in and under. > 3) support the tranny with a jack at the same time (have 2 of them) Up thru 68 this is unnecessary. With IRS I recommend a different approach: Place a 2x4 board front to rear spanning the engine opening. Wrap a rope over the board and under the bell housing and snug it up so that there is no stress on the front part of the tranny. You'll want the tranny to still sag a bit. Such a support should have been in place ALL the time your engine was out. Just letting the tranny hang from the front puts a LOT of stress on expensive parts. Most of the time you can get away with it, but it's not worth the risk. Once this board and rope is in place you can jack the body around all you want without worry. > 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. Make sure you have the clutch disk centered--use a pilot. Get all your other little under-car tasks done. Slide the engine under the car on cardboard, etc. Line it up, sort of. One person lifts one side of the engine from above while the other slips a 4x4 under the heat exchanger. Repeat on the other side. Do again, carefully. Now the engine is lined up, and high enough to slip a jack under with a piece of plywood to keep from scarring the sump. Do trial lifts to check that you are nicely balanced on the jack. Now one person stands at the back with his legs spread, and reaches thru the engine compartment, chest on the 2x4 board, and steadies the engine. Good handholds are the intake air runners and the handle at the right rear of the fan housing. The second person "drives" the jack, following the instructions from the first. - Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/