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On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 06:24, Daniel Baum wrote: > > On the same subject, how high does the rear of the car need to be lifted to > take the engine out? I've never done it, but will almost definitely have to > at some point (doesn't everybody?) so I may as well make sure I've got the > right tools. > > When I had the car raised at the highest setting of my jackstands, the > bottom of the rear bumper was 52 cm (that's nearly 2 feet for you Americans > etc.) off the ground. This gave me plenty of room to work underneath. I > could raise the jackstands on a pile of concrete paving stones to get extra > height if I just need a little bit extra. > > Strangely enough, while the Elfrink book says raise the car 1m, looking at > the picture of the car on a stand, it only seems to be about 2 inches higher > than I can get mine so I'm not quite sure what's needed. > When pulling VW engines, whether it be T3 or T1, I have found over the years that a floor/trolley jack with a 20" lift is ideal. Placed at the hard point forward of the transmission, you can clear any engine under the rear apron. We T3 people are lucky because our engines are only about 15" high, from the bottom of the sump to the top of the air cleaner. -- Russ Wolfe '66 FB MT '71 FB AT '65 Bug (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org