[beavis820]

Why pay someone else to screw it up when you can do it yourself!

I may miss something or do something different from you or have a different setup than you. oh well I'm just trying to help.

I take crappy pics so try and deal.

Pre-pull.






1. Remove battery and washer tank to unplug the 2 engine connectors


2. My car is different here so you'll have to deal. Remove fmic pipe and unplug ebc, front o2, and 2 more engine plugs.




3. Remove the rest of the fmic pipes and fuel lines, i labeled which line goes where.


4. Remove belts, unplug ac(1 grey plug)/alternator (1 green plug 1 wire under red boot bolts on)/power steering pump(1 white plug)


5. Unbolt air conditioning compressor. you do not have to discharge.
2 top bolts


1 hiding at the bottom of the black bracket


2 hiding underneath. a mix of extensions and a swivel




Just before you pull the motor flip it into the battery tray.


6. I like to get under the car and undo anything that maybe in the way before I pull the radiator.
Uppipe and front o2 sensor.


Downpipe


Motor mounts (I forgot and had to go back)


EWG. I did mine from the top but it is easier from the bottom.


7. Mess time. Remove radiator.

Bottom of the bucket is stained brown. No it didn't come out this color.

I pulled my t-stat to help the drain process.


While your making a mess dont forget the heater core hoses on the back of the motor.


Make sure to make a huge mess on your friend's freshly (5 day old) finished garage floor and make sure to not tell him while he was at ALMS.


Now while you clean up make sure to knock your light over so it burns out.


Then trade light bulbs with your friend's garage and let him find out in the dark.


8. Relocate the power steering pump (just like your ac).
2 bolts up front


1 under the intake manifold. get out you swivel and extension mix again.


Flip it when your ready to pull.


It should look like this

I zip tied the engine harnesses onto the motor so i do catch them on something and use the engine crane to uncatch them.

9. Remove starter


I already had 1 bolt out so the top bolt that is sticking out had a ground on it.
There is a 1 wire plug and a big wire on a stud like the alternator.

10. Remove turbo. Straight forward when you have a UR GT35R. Comes out on the uppipe.





11. Transmission bolts. Theres a bunch don't miss any.


And a nut WAY down on both sides.

No pic on the drivers side but it's there.

Pitch stop has to be unbolted in the front


12. Disconnect clutch fork from throwout bearing.


10mm hex


Thread something in. I use 1 of the battery tie downs (stolen idea from themadscientist)




Pull up on the clutch fork to disengage.

Down.


UP


There is a little spring on it I removed somewhere earlier without a pic.

13. Jack up trans. Only need enough to get the motor mount studs out of the crossmember (maybe an inch).




14. Strap/chain the motor and get the engine crane on it.

Lost the pic with the crane I wanted to use.

Tension the strap on the crane so the weight of the motor is supported by the crane. Shake, pull, pry whatever however you can to separate the motor/trans. It will be tough because the alignment dowels get a little rusty.

I antiseized mine last time so it came apart enough for me to sick in a pry bar.


Separate enough to clear the trans input shaft.


Now jack the motor up enough to clear the front of the car and roll it out.

15. Put motor on stand.


I lifted the stand onto the motor instead of the motor onto the stand. See how smart I am.


16. Support the trans. I have a block of wood that is used for nothing else.



Remove the jack.

[beavis820]

Now I stopped taking pics after I broke the cam gears loose. I only pulled it to fix some oil leaks that I've had in the cam area.



i had my pry bar in the flywheel from when i took the crank pulley off but i dont think its needed.



first dont use a craftsman 10mm hex socket for removal.



i use a 10mm allen and wrench together.

this was just a pic showing what i use to remove the bolts i took the timing belt off and used an old 1 as shown in the lower pics.


2 pairs of vice grips and 1 old timing belt





carefully use the allen and wrench and it'll come right off w/out stripping or breaking anything.

i also turn the crank and cams so if i do slip the belt (i havent yet) it doesnt turn the valves into the pistons
I hope you were neat because all this has to go back together at some point.




When I put it back in I'll take some more pics but install is pretty much backwards from this with a few exceptions that I'll note when it goes back in.

Good Luck

[beavis820]

Oh and like I posted on nasioc:

A huge thank you to Crazymikie for letting me use his garage instead of being outside in my driveway!

[mxpop]

Pull my motor?

I thought it was a "how to pull my finger" article, sorry....

[BLUE STINGER]

Nice write up! Now I can tell people to check on this thread so I can stop pulling motors out of their cars.

Ron

[05_GD7]

sweet write up....

The light in my garage isn't working, now I know how to fix it

[SiCkSTi04]

nice writeup deff will save this as a fav thread. add to diy sticky?

[Mohammadov]

OMG!Excellent DIY!must be sticky.

[stibaby]

Excellent DIY!

[volkl23]

Thanks for the awesome writeup!

[wsirianni]

very nice im impressed good wright up nice picks im putting this on my favs

[osbjmg]

Well done, and funny!

Originally Posted by beavis820

Now while you clean up make sure to knock your light over so it burns out.

... was the first caption that threw me off guard.

So what did you do with the engine ("motor") once it was out?

This would take me 20 hours at least, I really need to be more familiar with this stuff.

Hope your photobucket account doesn't die anytime soon!

Okay, I'm done.

[beavis820]

Thanks guys,

I pulled the motor to fix an oil leak that was leaking from the avcs on the passenger side head onto the header.

a pull like this takes about 3 hours to remove and have on the stand. it took me a lot longer having to stop and clean my hands every few minutes for a picture. the day i started i didnt have the engine crane yet anyway so i took my time.

when i put it back in i was running low on time and didnt take to many pics as we had 2 driveline swaps in the same garage the next day.

[Dstretch33]

nice write up man, very informative

[Rennes]

THanks for the write-up!

I assume this is part of what an new cluth install looks like?