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Re: [T3] engine install


> 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.

Lift the engine onto the jack. Two of you should be able to do it, getting
the sump over the center of the jack. If the jack has wheels, you then just
roll it, one person making sure its steady, under the car. In fact, all you
need to do is get the transmission held up and you could just jack the back
of the car enough to roll tthe engine under it, then put the car back down,
ebrake and chock it. No need to elevate the car so much, and this way your
jacks will reach the right height to meet the transmission. THEN jack the
transmission into proper place and raise the engine up.

actually I installed mine by myself with about two scissor jacks and the
floor jack once my "friend" lost interest in helping me out. All I got from
him was help getting the engine on the floor jack.

Then its just patience. But read the idiot guide and the Bentley first to
make sure everything is copacetic.
-- 
Mike Wodkowski
72 SQBK
Brooklyn

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