Engine and transmission removal

[seningen]

Originally Posted by elgyqc

The first major work I did on a Boxster was to change the clutch and I had a lot of trouble aligning the transmission with the engine when putting it back in. So when it came to removing an engine I did them together. It is a lot easier to mate the transmission to the engine when they are sitting on the floor. This does not exclude removing them separately, but if you have the equipment I don't see the advantage of removing them one at a time.

Trick here is to go get some bolts that are the same size of the tranny to engine and cut the heads off and slot them.

Use them as guides pins -- once you have everything aligned and the clutch happy -- you put the rest of the bolts in -- and then back these out with a screw driver and replace them with the actual bolts.

Mike

[pilot4fn]

Engine is out :dance:

[Starter986]

Originally Posted by seningen

Trick here is to go get some bolts that are the same size of the tranny to engine and cut the heads off and slot them.

Use them as guides pins -- once you have everything aligned and the clutch happy -- you put the rest of the bolts in -- and then back these out with a screw driver and replace them with the actual bolts.

Mike

That. I used that method when pulling my oil pan (so many bolts). RTV is the sealant. Not wanting to have to remove any smeared sealant then squeezing out more sealant I purchased four bolts... cut off the heads as you described... notched them with a Dremel tool... one bolt in each "corner" of the pan... then aligning the oil pan with the bolts so it went straight up. I purchased two?three? inch bolts so there was some wiggle room.