I found that the winch method (similar to the saw horse method) worked great.

Like this:

http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ZoltanHoist.jpg/ZoltanHoist-full;init:.jpg

It dropped the air cooled engine out pretty easily (though I f'd up a
lttle scrunching the chain up against a piece of plastic ducting....
cracked it) and worked *great* for putting the Jetta engine in.

It's easy to make.

I needed to add chunks of wood to raise it (to clear intake runners on
Jetta engine) but like I said, worked great.

Cheers,

Neil.

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
> I need to remove my engine and go through it. What's the easiest way? I plan
> to put a sawhorse over the engine bay like I do in my diesel, but I want to
> know the easiest way to get the whole chunk out without the transmission.
> Thanks,
>
> Jim
>

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