turnipfarmer
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| posted on 17/2/11 at 04:47 PM |
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Installing engine & gearbox
This might sound a silly question, but...
With a seven-style, is it possible to put the bolted-together engine & gearbox on a pallet on the floor & then lower the chassis onto it,
before finally lifting the engine & box into position?
I realise this may depend on the particular model of seven - I'm just asking in general terms. The engine would be a 2.0 Zetec blacktop with an
MT75 box.
Is this any easier then lowering them and then having to winkle them into place (single-handed)?
Thanks
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nib1980
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| posted on 17/2/11 at 04:52 PM |
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you may still need to raise the engine higher anyway.
i've managed to install three different engines in my chassis by myself with no real issues, just take things slowly
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eddie99
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| posted on 17/2/11 at 04:52 PM |
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I know it couldnt be done in my panther with a 1.8 blacktop but thats because of the chassis. Unlikely unless you decide to take out some struts and
put them back in afterwards i guess....
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jacko
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| posted on 17/2/11 at 04:55 PM |
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I put the engine / box in together but i can remove the battery look in my photo archives
Jacko
[Edited on 17/2/11 by jacko]
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JeffHs
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| posted on 17/2/11 at 04:56 PM |
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That's how I did mine - rear wheels fitted, front lifted and engine/g/box wheeled in underneath on a crawl tolley.
I think the chassis weight that way was lighter than the engine and box together so easy to hoist from my garage roof
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macc man
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| posted on 17/2/11 at 05:09 PM |
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I found it as easy to fit from above with a block and tackle hung from roof beam. I have done it twice on my own.
If you can enlist help even better.
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RAYLEE29
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| posted on 17/2/11 at 07:20 PM |
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Hi, I lifted mine up from underneath, my chassis was up on trestles and the engine/box was on a trolley lifted whole assembly up with block and tackle
from beam in the roof
it depends if you have any braces in the way.
Ray
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ashg
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| posted on 17/2/11 at 08:23 PM |
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i have done it both ways on mine its faster going through the top as you don't need to shimmy the car back and forward. if you dont have a
crane then i would put the box in then the engine.
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