How to : Remove a FD3S engine (not 56k friendly)

[carl0s]

CarL0s i got away with leaving the downpipe still attached to the engine! pulled it all out in situte, took a lot of wiggle and swearing but i did it :Hammer I think half of it was down to me having a sloped drive so extra room under the car to tilt the engine when i lifted.

That\'s exactly what I\'m going to do now! I got the heatshield off, and three nuts (actually 1 nut and 2 nut & studs), but I can\'t get to the fourth nut.

I am just struggling on the top gearbox bolts now, which Jim says it\'s best to remove the UIM to get to.. I\'m struggling to remove the UIM ..

[carl0s]

Right I\'m ready to lift it out now, but where are the engine mounts?

[carl0s]

I think I found them.. underneath, next to where my axle stands were (they\'re on the sills now)


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[Jim_rx7]

to the left of the axle stands in that picture. Basically at the rear corners of the subframe. You can see them both in that pic.

[carl0s]

All done. That\'s gotta be a record - 11hours to pull an engine? Although that did include a trip to McDonalds & Halfords, and then another trip later to Machine Mart, and I\'ve tidied up too.