It's much easier to pull the engine and trans together - from my experience, it's actually more of a challenge to DIY a transaxle with the motor still installed b/c the trans requires "manipulation" that is generally unnatural to the humans doing the physical labour. You'll want an engine "leveler" since it helps to drop the transaxle side a bit for clearance so you can remove the various mounting brackets. Then level the assembly and pull it out, over the top.
One trick is to remove the core support - if you have a/c, that won't work. The other trick is to move your hood prop rod from it's factory-designed hole to the holes in the support frame on the very edge of the hood. This will give you precious add'l inches to raise the cherry-picker so you can pull the engine out from the top. Matthew >________________________________ > From: Holland J. Phillips <[email protected]> >To: a2 16vGroup <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 12:14 PM >Subject: [a2-16v-list] Pulling engine > >Hi guys, >I've never actually pulled the engine out of my '92 GTI 16V before, just the >transaxle several times. Is it easier to >pull them together, or can the engine be removed by itself without much >problem? >Any advice is appreciated. >~Holland >_______________ >Holland J. Phillips >[email protected] >(408) 334-8971 >Saratoga, CA > >_______________________________________________ >a2-16v-list mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list > > > _______________________________________________ a2-16v-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.a2-16v.com/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v-list
