Fastest engine change

daniel.b · Post by **daniel.b** » Sat May 16, 2009 3:28 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te48ucoEvFI[/youtube]
What do you guys think?

crb247 · Post by **crb247** » Sat May 16, 2009 6:41 pm

Isn't the VW bug quick-change similar except you get your buddies to lift the body off the motor/tranny

madman · Post by **madman** » Sat May 16, 2009 6:53 pm

Bugs are quick and easy, but the tranny doesn't come out with it.
My fastest clutch swap took under half an hour. Unassisted!

GadgetBoy · Post by **GadgetBoy** » Sat May 16, 2009 7:06 pm

Talking of clutches I had to buy one for my K engined Rover. 107 of your english pounds

but fortunately we have a place here that manufactures clutches so I got one for £55.

When I got it home I had a look at it (as you do). Slotted friction plate and ventilated pressure plate - competition style clutch. That's why the búgger was so dear!

crb247 · Post by **crb247** » Sat May 16, 2009 8:06 pm

madman wrote:Bugs are quick and easy, but the tranny doesn't come out with it.
My fastest clutch swap took under half an hour. Unassisted!

My dad had a few old VW Bug tuning books but they got destroyed in the basement fire years ago... I remembered the picture on one of the covers with 3 guys holding up the back end with something laying on blocks underneath.

excossack · Post by **excossack** » Sun May 17, 2009 2:02 pm

that was cheating. drive shafts already removed. bonnet undo. no hot exhaust, no coolant no wires or cables.......

prefer the bug method.

Zelandeth · Post by **Zelandeth** » Wed Jun 03, 2009 10:25 pm

Prefer the Skoda Estelle (or even better, Rapid - as the engine bay's that bit taller) method!

Disconnect battery.
Back panel off (8 10mm bolts).
Unplug ancillaries and forget to label all the wires.
Drain coolant and disconnect heater/rad hoses.
Disconnect fuel line (no return, just feed).
Trolley jack under engine, and another under the gearbox on blocks of wood.
(unbolt and remove splash guards at this point if they've not already dissolved into powder - if you don't you'll spend half an hour trying to get the engine back in before realising that the oil filter fouls on one of them!)
Undo bell housing bolts.
Undo four big suckers holding the bar across the back on.
Roll the whole lot out the back of the car.

...Then point and laugh as those moving it fail to take account of the 130 having an alloy block, cast iron head engine canted over at 45 degrees which tries REALLY hard to flip itself upside down the moment you get it clear of the car.

...Given that the clutch release bearings on these cars were made out of tinfoil, this is an operation that as a Skud owner, you seem to get familiar with in a hurry...Grrr...