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Fri Oct 28, 2016 8:56 pm

Recently decided to pull the stock 1600cc motor from my Bradley GT. I removed all the wires, fuel line and accelerator cable. I have the car on jack stands approximately twenty five inches off the ground. Then proceeded to remove the four seventeen millimeter nuts and bolts. I also removed the header exhaust system. The engine is stuck to the trans axle :?: I have repeatedly wiggled the engine back and forth....tapped the bell housing, blasted the area with PB blaster NOTHING.....I don't know how long this engine has been connected to the tranny, but I cant get them separated. I would appreciate any suggestions on how to remove this engine...

Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:21 pm

keep wigglin. the clutch disk is probably rusted to the input shaft of the transmission.

Fri Oct 28, 2016 9:26 pm

I suspect the splines on the transmission input shaft are seized in the clutch disc.

I'd recommend you do a search on input shaft splines seized and see what people recommend.

First I'd pull the crank pulley outward, then I'd give it a whack with a mallet. I'd repeat that several times.

If no luck, I'd pull the starter motor and see if I could turn the motor over by hand(plugs out) and try to remove all the pressure plate bolts through the starter motor hole, then try to pull the engine again.

Fri Oct 28, 2016 10:27 pm

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/search.php?search_keywords=Engine+is+stuck&search_forum=12

1241 topics over in the engine forum with that character string in them. Enjoy. Might be easier to separate them if both engine and transaxle are out of the car.

Sat Oct 29, 2016 7:30 am

The entire weight of the engine needs to be on the jack. As you take the weight of the engine off the car unless the whole thing is on jack stands the car will be lifted. Lower the jack a bit and then incrementally raise it 1/4 inch and give it a try, keep repeating eventually you will find the spot where all the weight of the engine is on the jack. Once you find the sweet spot write it down somewhere so you can quickly find the sweet spot. My bumper is 3 inches higher when the engine is ready to slip out.

Sat Oct 29, 2016 1:47 pm

Or try pushing in the clutch pedal. Carefully so eng doesnt fall out onto the ground.