how to remove enigne without dropping subframe...

[luvmy99cougar]

so im pretty sure that i know how to go about doing it, just unhook wiring and other crap, unbolt from tranny and pull out... so if that is wrong or there other stuff to it let me know.

[kustomcougar]

there is a lot of other stuff to taking an engine out, the major thing is unbolting the tranny, getting a cherry picker, unbolt engine mounts, taking off the wire harness, not to hard just a lil time consuming to do it right, where at in michigan because i can offer a hand when your doing it

[cbman]

I just pulled the engine and tranny out together with an engine lift. You have to lift it out at an angle for that to work.

Here's a tip to remove the half-shafts: To remove the right side one just put something agianst the back side of it and knock it out with a hammer. Then to get the left side out: put a long skinny object into the tranny where the right shaft came out and tap the left one out from the inside with a hammer .

And don't forget to remove the brake booster hose that's connected to the bottom of the intake manifold.

[darksleeper123]

I tried the long skinny thing for the driver's side. That didn't work, I ended up buying a 3 foot (crow) man-bar. Came in from up top where the intake and the plastic coolant spliter should be. Took all of 3 secs. Just make sure and soak the y-pipe bolts a day before.

[Turbo Zetec 'tour]

pull the engine and trans as one. it is so much easier than trying to seperate them and get the engine out by itself. also it allows you to reconnect them easier outside of the car. you will have to remove the AC to pull them as one though.

its pretty straight forward though. just drain all the fluids, disconnect everything and start to pull it out. go slow so you can watch and make sure you didnt miss anything.

[wadespencer99]

I've pulled the engine by itself out the top, and the engine and trans together. The combo is much easier.

[luvmy99cougar]

well ill take your guys word on it since u all have experience with it, but considering i have an auto, might that change the easiness of it? im in redford kustom.

[ducttapepro03]

but considering i have an auto, might that change the easiness of it?

I just took mine out from my contour, and with an automatic, its heavier and a lot bigger case than the manuals, so you have to be more careful not to snag it on the brakes and fuel rail when you take it out. Slow and steady it will come.

[luvmy99cougar]

thanks guys.

[nuty1der]

I've had to pull mine twice in the last two months, and yeah, it's easier pulling them out as a whole unit.

[luvmy99cougar]

well its out, i did it without doin the trans.. wasnt bad at al actually, the only thing that held me up was the a/c compressor cuz one of the mounting bolts was stripped, so i... winged it... yea so otherwise, it was a breeze.

[luvmy99cougar]

i got it running today, it sounds great and the compression is at 165-170psi. i have a vacuum leak that i have to track down though. im excited that i put the motor together properly!!

[cbman]

Congrats!

You got the engine going, but what is the status of the turbo setup?

[luvmy99cougar]

status on turbo set-up... ive got the mounting flange welded onto the exhaust manifold, need to weld on the wastegate flange, i need to cut my pipes and order some couplings, need to figure out how to mount the intercooler, need to figure out what to do about a tune, thats about it. still a good amount of work. ive been busy with life so i havent really had alot of time to get anything done. but its slowly coming along.

[luvmy99cougar]

did another compression test yesterday... 205psi cyl 1, 210 cly 2, 210 cly 3, 190 cly 4. that made me very happy, i wish cly 4 would have 200 also, but its still great!