I have a question for the people who have pulled their engines for a rebuilt or TT install. Did you pull the engine for the top or lowered it out the bottom? Why did you decide to take the route you did?

 

Out the bottom.

You can keep the motor attached to the full steering rack and it comes right out.

Done it twice on my car.

Plus if you have a lift you support the motor on jack stands and lift the car right up. Then drop the car right back down when you are done. It will line right back up.

 

pulled mine out the front(top)... I dont have a lift and did it my garage.

 

From the bottom also.

 

bottom seems fastest.

 

Here is how we do it..we built a special rack to facilitate this. But you could use pallets or whatever.

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Sharif dont you wish it went as quick and easy as your video?

 

I wish!

 

Pretty sweet vid Sharif.......i sure wish i had done it that way.Since im so hard headed i put the kit on with the motor in the car......never ever again.

 

thanks for all the replies

 

Thats a weird video....It almost looked like Dillon was working Must be camera tricks

 

Pull the radiator and core support out, takes about 1 hr for that. Can have the rest of the engine unhooked and ready to go in 2-3 hours, real fast.

 

With a lift - out the bottom
Without a lift - from the front

Neither is that difficult

 

I did mine out the front in a couple hours

 

Just to confirm,

So if I will be doing this in my garage with no lift I will want to go out the front after removing all the braces and stuff in the front that are in the way?

And, to all the people that did DIY installs on their TT kits, did you pull it out completely or just enough to have easier access to install the kit?