On Sat, 22 Sep 2001, Steven Arguello wrote: > I know some of you have done this recently. I'm going to swap my dead 2.0 > for my spare 1.8 I want to keep the 9A trans . I'm doing this in my garage > as soon as I sell the family SUV. Keeping in mind that it's dropped 1.5" and > I'll have uncomfortable, if any, access to underneath the car, my question > is what's easier; > 1. separate the trans from the engine while still mounted, I save having to > mess with the CV's, and pull only the engine out or,
That's not going to work out too well. You have to completely disconnect the trans from the engine and rotate it 90 degrees to get it to separate, because of the input shaft. You'll have to mess with the CV's anyways, as you won't be able to separate the motor and tranny without rotating the tranny. That in and of itself is a pain in the ass, and then you gotta get the motor out too. :) > 2. pull both out together, separate the trans, mate it to the new engine and > then drop it all back in place I'd go for this way, as in the end it will probably still take the same ammount of time to get the motor out, whether it has the transmission on it or not. There are two ways to do it- out the top, or out the front. You can balance the whole thing on a floor jack and just roll it out the front of the car, once you've removed the bumper, grille, and core support. I think this is the way I'm gonna do it when I drop my motor. > Has anyone done it the 1rst way? > Thanks way in advance, > Steve > _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
