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Subject:Engine removal
From:Ian Cameron
Date:Fri, 20 Nov 1998 08:24:17 -0800

This is a second plea for advice.  I'm hoping someone who didn't see the
first one will answer.  I was going to remove the engine from my 82 Westy
(2 L type 4 with auto trans.) but ran into a major snag.  Haynes says to
remove a plug from the front of the engine and rotate the engine until you
see a bolt that holds the ?? (I haven't got the book and I can't remember
what it is: part of the auto trans) to the flywheel.  Remove that bolt and
two others, and you can then remove the engine in the usual manner.
However, I can't see how you can get at that bolt.  You could get a socket
through the hole, but there are bits of the engine in the way, and I don't
see how you could put a ratchet or a bar onto the socket.  Anyone done
this?  (The one response I got said to take out the engine and trans in one
unit, and I could do that but I think I have to have the entire vehicle two
feet in the air, and my carport isn't high enough for that.)  Thanks.

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