Date:         Tue, 22 Jul 1997 09:34:32 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen White <spw@USERS.ANET-STL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Weight of 2ltr air-cooled engine ???

On Tue, 22 Jul 1997, G. de Graaf wrote:

> I have a '81 transporter with a 1973 cc aircooled engine.
>
> For repair I would like to remove the engine ( just the engine,
> not the transmission !) from under the vehicle and bring it
> to my garage. This shouldn't be too difficult according to the
> manual. I wonder if it is possible carrying the whole thing
> with two people into a car and mounting and remounting it using
> a simple hydraulic jack. What is the weight of such an  engine  ??

on my 1980 vanagon i removed, rebuilt and reinstalled my engine as a one
man job.  I have a floorjack with a big sadle so the engine balanced on
there very nicely.  I merely dropped it down, pulled it on the jack into
the garage, and removed the heads.  With the heads off i could lift and
move it by myself.  Put it back on the jack, reinstalled the heads, and
wheeled it on out to bolt back in.

dunno if everyone would want to do it as a one man job, if it falls of
the jack with the heads still attached or comes down unbalanced you could
break something (possibly yourself, ouch!) but it worked just fine for
me...  The first time i did it i had help frm another local busperson
(thanks sami)

peace,

Steve

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