Date:         Fri, 20 Nov 1998 23:37:03 -0500
Reply-To:     EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
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From:         EMZ <vw4x4@FYI.NET>
Subject:      Re: Engine removal
Comments: To: Ian Cameron <ianc@UVIC.CA>
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  They want you to disconnect the torch converter bolts. What these bolts
do, is bolt the flex plate to the torch converter. spin the engine by hand
until to see a bolt come up in the hole. Remove that bolt and proceed
to the next one by spinning the engine again.

            Eric                   86-VW4x4
            vw4x4@fyi.net          72-240z
            Pittsburgh, PA USA     1936-Chrysler


On Fri, 20 Nov 1998, Ian Cameron wrote:

> This is a second plea for advice.  I'm hoping someone who didn't see the
> first one will answer.  I was going to remove the engine from my 82 Westy
> (2 L type 4 with auto trans.) but ran into a major snag.  Haynes says to
> remove a plug from the front of the engine and rotate the engine until you
> see a bolt that holds the ?? (I haven't got the book and I can't remember
> what it is: part of the auto trans) to the flywheel.  Remove that bolt and
> two others, and you can then remove the engine in the usual manner.
> However, I can't see how you can get at that bolt.  You could get a socket
> through the hole, but there are bits of the engine in the way, and I don't
> see how you could put a ratchet or a bar onto the socket.  Anyone done
> this?  (The one response I got said to take out the engine and trans in one
> unit, and I could do that but I think I have to have the entire vehicle two
> feet in the air, and my carport isn't high enough for that.)  Thanks.
>