V8 engine removal

Hi, perhaps an obvious question. How easy is it to take the engine out and can it be done without removal of gearbox? Its an auto.

My only knowledge and experience of engine removal is with VW Beetles.
 
You can leave the gearbox in position, but you need to leave the converter in position as well. Pulling the converter out with the engine risks damaging the front pump seal in the gearbox, and dumps a load of transmission fluid on the floor. The problem is that sometimes the spigot on the front of the converter sticks into the back of the crank and pulls the converter out with it whether you want it or not.
 
You can leave the gearbox in position, but you need to leave the converter in position as well. Pulling the converter out with the engine risks damaging the front pump seal in the gearbox, and dumps a load of transmission fluid on the floor. The problem is that sometimes the spigot on the front of the converter sticks into the back of the crank and pulls the converter out with it whether you want it or not.

thinking about that problem, it would probably be best to drain the gearbox first as a precaution and then try to remove the engine , leaving the gearbox in situ? just a thought!
Peter
 
I would leave them together and remove both as a single unit. Personally having done it that way, I feel the alternative would be rather more difficult.

Ron.
 
thinking about that problem, it would probably be best to drain the gearbox first as a precaution and then try to remove the engine , leaving the gearbox in situ? just a thought!

You can't drain the converter, so if it comes out with the engine you'll still get a flood of fluid on the floor even if you drain the gearbox first.

PS. I think I'd take the engine and box out as one lump as well, especially on an auto.
 
You can't drain the converter, so if it comes out with the engine you'll still get a flood of fluid on the floor even if you drain the gearbox first.

PS. I think I'd take the engine and box out as one lump as well, especially on an auto.

I did not know that Harveyp6, one learns something new every day....
So is there a way to remove engine and gearbox , split them without spilling all the oil on the garage floor, or is it a case of take it outside and do it on the grass?
Peter
 
So is there a way to remove engine and gearbox , split them without spilling all the oil on the garage floor, or is it a case of take it outside and do it on the grass?

Providing you remove the gearbox with the bellhousing and converter in place you can keep the floor dry. If you have a transmission where the converter drains back into the gearbox then if you leave it for long enough then what's in the top half of the converter will drain back and you should get a lot less come out if the converter does move forwards.
 
i thought the engine could be turned from underneath and the toque converted unbolted,then slid apart, from the flexdisc leaving the torque convertor attached to the transmission??
neil
 
thats exactly what you do, unbolt the converter from the flex plate through the gap left by removing the starter
 
Hi, yes but as Harvey says in post 2 the TC can seize in the back of the crank so you have to ensure that the TC separates from it, not particularly easy with the limited access available.

Colin
 
thats exactly what you do, unbolt the converter from the flex plate through the gap left by removing the starter

Why make work by removing the starter? Leave that in place and remove it with the engine, the flexplate bolts are behind the halfmoon plate.
 
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