Thanks!

This is  the first time I've pulled a Vanagon engine. Done plenty of A/C Beetles and T1 Busses...nothing like putting a milk crate and some 2x4 pieces between the block and the crate, unbolting the rear panel, the 4 engine bolts, etc., and then rolling the bus forward with the engine staying in place! Ahhhh....simplicity!

Ric

> Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:55:37 -0400
> From: RAlanen@AOL.COM
> Subject: Re: Vanagon Engine/Transmission Removal Websites?
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> 
> In a message dated 16/07/2008 8:30:52 P.M. Central Standard Time,
> LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:
> 
> It looks  like I'll finally be able to drop the engine and transmission in m=
> y 87  Westy this weekend. Are there any websites that have a good set of  ins=
> tructions to drop both the engine and transmission (and of course put  them =
> back in)?
> 
> I'm assuming I'll have to rent a big garage-style  floor jack to drop the en=
> gine? All I have is a small 1.5 ton floor  jack.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> All you need is your puny  1.5T floor jack.  Do you think that engine and
> tranny weigh more than that  ?  The whole van is just around 3000 lbs !!!!!   You
> can lower  the whole shebang on your 1.5T floor jack no problemo.  Use a
> suitable  piece of plywood to be able to balance the unit, otherwise it will get
> out of  hand and fall of the jack before your ready to take it off.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Frank  Condelli
> Almonte, Ontario, Canada
> '87 Westy & Lionel Trains (_Collection for sale_
> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/trainsal.htm) )
> _Frank Condelli &  Associates_ (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/busindex.html)
> - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley
> _Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust  Systems_
> (http://members.aol.com/Fkc43/exhaust.htm)
> _BusFusion_ (http://members.aol.com/BusFusion/bfhome.htm)  a VW Camper
> camping event, Almonte, ON, June 12 ~ 15,  2008

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