Date:         Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:04:17 -0700
Reply-To:     S_J_ WACKER <s_j_wacker@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         S_J_ WACKER <s_j_wacker@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: How to swap an engine without an engine lift.
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Ken, did this ingin removal take place in Arkinsaw or Okleehoma?
In-quirin minds wanna no.

On Tue, 15 Jun 1999 22:20:12 EDT KENWILFY@AOL.COM writes:
>Pulled a Vanagon engine in a U-pull-it not too long ago where they
>don't
>allow any jacks, etc. and they only have these really heavy and hard
>to move
>engine hoists.  With myself and a friend we used stacked up tires
>under the
>motor and prying up against the tranny with the already messed up
>front
>bumper of the van (chrome).  You would just pry up a bit and pull out
>a tire
>and let her down, then repeat this three more times until the engine
>is
>sitting on a rug (that we got from the van interior).  Then undo the
>tranny
>mount and lower it down slowly using the bumper as a bar.  Then we
>just
>pulled on the rug and it came right out from under the van, nice and
>neat.
>Of course it is much nicer to use real tools when you can (which is
>what I
>normally do of course) but it is nice to know how to do "emergency"
>repairs
>with minimal tools if you needed to.
>Ken Wilford
>Van-Again
>John 3:16