July 24, 2007 Engine Removal

Bought myself a nice new hoist on sale from Princess Auto than suffered a huge disappointment when the hydraulic cylinder wouldn't pump. Went down to the store for a replacement, but because of the sale there were none in stock for another two weeks. Oh well. Packed it in for a couple of weeks.

The replacement worked fine and I got the engine prepped for removal.
Since a different engine was going in, I removed most of the bits on the engine: Carbs, alt etc. I took off the exhaust manifold at the head instead of at the downpipe. This proved later to be a mistake as the weight of the manifold unsupported folded the downpipe where it had already been bent once and cracked it open at the flanges.

Attached the hoist to a couple of the head stud locations and disconnected the tranny from the rear crossmember. Marked the flanges at the output shaft and removed the shifter from inside.
The tilter on the hoist was essential. A steep angle is necessary to get the engine and tranny out as one unit.

And she's out!