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brassbend
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 Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:46 pm Post subject: Engine drop THANG v Beetle |
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I "understand" how to take the engine out of a Beetle from my reading but I never see anything about removing the THANG engine. Are there any differences? The thing isn't tall enought to just be pushed over the removed engine is it  |
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Ferretkona
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Location: Columbia, CA
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| Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:53 pm Post subject: Re: Engine drop THANG v Beetle |
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| brassbend wrote: |
| The thing isn't tall enought to just be pushed over the removed engine is it |
A bug is taller? 
Drop the motor and raise the Thing/bug and pull out the motor. |
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wings_n_fins
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Location: Mangilao, Guam USA
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I followed the instructions in the John Muir book when I removed the engine from my '73 Thing for the first time last year, and it went just as the book said to. Easy as one, two-ouch!, three.
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Towel Rail
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Location: SE CR IA US NA PE
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:41 am Post subject: |
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Some folks like to remove one of the rear wheels -- you don't have to jack the car up as high when sliding the engine out sideways.
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TimGud
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Ther previous owner of mine hacked off the rear apron to pull the engine.  That was one bitter repair job. Nothing quite as annoying as repairing stupid shit. |
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wings_n_fins
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 8:57 am Post subject: |
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Not sure if it was to pull the engine, but my PO did the same thing: the whole engine deck is gone. Working that issue right now by buying the deck from a parts car. Fire up the welders!
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1961bluebug
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:38 pm Post subject: |
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btw, itīs not a thang, but Thing 
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ztnoo
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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1961bluebug.
Since you are from the Czech Republic, and maybe aren't familiar with the many forms of English spoken in the United States, I guarantee you it's "Thang" in the Lone Star Republic of Texas.
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74 Cosa
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Location: The Midwest
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| Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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| When I pulled my engine last year I used those inexpensive car ramps under the back wheels and jack stands in the front to keep the vehicle level. To get the height right, I added a 2 x 12 board under the ramps. I also took the rear bumper off. The engine cleared with no problem. |
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ztnoo
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| One of the problems with raising the car more, although it makes it much easier to maneuver under the vehicle, is it takes a jack with much higher lift capacity....and unfortunately that's not a tool everyone has taking up floor space in their garage or shop. |
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wings_n_fins
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 2:40 am Post subject: |
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I used my motorcycle jack to drop the engine. With its large surface area for the engine to sit on, it worked like a charm!
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markie61
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| Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 4:29 am Post subject: |
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| One of the problems with raising the car more, although it makes it much easier to maneuver under the vehicle, is it takes a jack with much higher lift capacity....and unfortunately that's not a tool everyone has taking up floor space in their garage or shop. |
The BugMe video suggested jacking with a standard floor jack at the engine/tranny joint, dropping the engine, using jackstands at the side jackpoints, then jacking the car further at the front of the tranny horns from the side (chocking the front wheels all the while). Worked for me...
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dan macmillan
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| Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:05 pm Post subject: |
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| ztnoo wrote: |
| One of the problems with raising the car more, although it makes it much easier to maneuver under the vehicle, is it takes a jack with much higher lift capacity....and unfortunately that's not a tool everyone has taking up floor space in their garage or shop. |
The BugMe video suggested jacking with a standard floor jack at the engine/tranny joint, dropping the engine, using jackstands at the side jackpoints, then jacking the car further at the front of the tranny horns from the side (chocking the front wheels all the while). Worked for me...
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Good way to destroy your tranny mounts, not recommended.
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howiesfamily
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| Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:30 pm Post subject: |
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| 1961bluebug wrote: |
| btw, itīs not a thang, but Thing |
What you talkin bout, Willis?
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