Quickjack Engine Drop
 

Did an engine drop today to begin some fun projects... elephant racing rear coilover swap and xfaktory + Rasant itb efi conversion. I wanted to provide some tips for those quickjack users. Be wary of the transmission shift rod, compared to the normal engine drop, it was trickier to get the clearance. Only other tip is I had to remove the rear bumper and the injectors for hard line clearance above the fuel distributor plus the intake boot, obviously for cis. Attached is the required photo.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1542862012.jpg

Ha! Nice photo...looks like the state of my garage.

Nice to see i'm not the only one with what looks like a working man's garage ... lol

We were at dinner after the drop and I said “next house we need a bigger garage”. My sister said “or you could get rid of stuff”. We looked at her like she had three heads...

How did you like the quickjacks otherwise? Easy to maneuver and store? Do you have fine height control so you can maneuver the shift rod etc?

I see tools, a pedal bike, and 2 motorbikes. You need all that stuff so you are absolutely right. Need a bigger garage! :D

*Solid! That pic will forever make that kid a Porsche lover if he wasn't already. Good job Dad!

Great pic and congrats on the engine drop. I’m getting ready to install 3.2 also have the bumper off using my Quickjack. I’m guessing with bumper off it should be high enough to install.
Tim

Quickjacks have safety stops at two positions. I would never get under without that engaged, and the instructions are explicit about not stopping the lift part way.

You will need another jack to place under the engine/transmission to lower it out.

Mark

At least he has a nice work bench. At times I have to work on the lid of my freezer :rolleyes:

I use my Turbo tail as a work bench all the time. With the cover on of course.:D

Ace thread! Happy QJ owner here...but haven’t tackled an engine drop yet.

Don't lose that engine!! Lol

I have had the Quickjack for about a year and used it on the SC, 996 turbo, and a friends s5. Storage is super easy as you push them together and drive over. Overall for the price point and space requirements, I think it’s a great buy. Obviously it would be nice if you could do a motor drop without removing the bumper but that is really a special situation. The newer cars are a little more convenient since they have designed jack points for lifts. Only suggestion is to buy hockey pucks and pinch weld jack pads so you have a bunch of options for lifting.

Other tip I forgot to mention about the engine and trans removal... I had a smaller jack facing the rear of the car so I could manipulate the jacking mechanism from the back then transferred to a furniture dolly. I had to do this because you couldn’t reach through the Quickjack when you were doing the initial drop. So I lowered the engine trans then proceeded to lift the chassis with the Quickjack.

I use the top of the washer & drier cause my bench looks like that 90% of the time. well actually it's a 100% currently as I am readying my house for sale with painting and junk. ive got tools spread out all over the house and only find what im looking for after needing it and it going unfound.


to the appliance work space annals. my washer lid has a convex arch to it that can be bowed down with light force with it staying loaded like a pop goes the weasel waiting to spring. it only took like 20x of it "weaseling" sending small junk I had on it all over the garage before I made sure to unload it immediately upon it going into the "ready weasel spring" mode while working atop it.


great pic as noted, and he'll grow out of those boots soon enough pops...:D

keep the progress pix coming...the DIY aspect of Porsche ownership and improvement needs more air time....


regards,
al

Awesome pic! I'm really interested in the xfaktory itb efi. I'm eyeing that for my '80 SC. I'd love to follow along to know how it goes. Any tips?

Best engine drop pic ever! Just makes me smile. My Dad hooked me with an old TR-3.

Awesome woulike to drop mine soon to get a better look at my oil leaks!

So fired up to see that photo! Fortunately, it's not 'too' much trouble to remove those things for clearance. On my 914-6 we removed carbs and exhaust, so not an issue.

Plus, the dang Quick Jack is fast, safe, reliable, stores easily. Good for you, enjoy the next phase of your project!

The reason I'm such a Porsche fanatic is because my father did things like this with me. Keep it up and pass the passion on! Love this!

After encouragement from this thread I made this post to document my journey so far and going forward, http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/1014175-81sc-project-name-lost.html#post10265525. Appreciate the feedback and encouragement... got to keep that next gen of Porsche lovers growing with our kids.

I got myself a lift table from Harbor Freight three engine drops ago. I will never go back to the old ways....

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps8e014b1f.jpg

http://forums.rennlist.com/upload/engine_out4.jpg

I love my QuickJack. I have only used it for basic maintenance stuff to date but it’s great to see major surgery can be accomplished with it.

I always had a fear of jack stands and I feel completely comfortable under my QJ. As an added benefit, it takes up about the same amount of space as my jack and stands.

I wonder if the QuickJack provides enough clearance to use the hydraulic table...

In my case, I could not fit a regular two-post lift due to ceiling height limitations. I initially had a scissor lift that worked well... but not having the center free under the car to move around got old quickly... that and having all that chunk of metal and wood in the way when the car was not in the garage...

http://forums.rennlist.com/upload/porscheonlift4.jpg

Then the MaxJax was announced and I was one of the first to jump in and buy one. It has been amazing. At the time, since this was the first batch they made, I got it for about the same price the QuickJack sells for (US$1,500.00 shipped with the motorcycle adapter). And when I am done using it, just unbolt and move against the wall and I get all my garage space back. I have it so that I can install it in the different bays...

Having some sort of lift is the best thing anyone can do... makes all tasks so much easier.

Setup in the double bay... I drilled two set of holes to accommodate wider cars...

https://rennlist.com/forums/attachme...psuvcpwqef.jpg

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...ps9cd72ed9.jpg

Setup in the single bay

http://forums.rennlist.com/upload/dsc05173_medium.jpg

GenX Porsche,

Do you have photos of when you took out the engine? Would be cool to see how much clearance there is while taking it out.

Edit: I see you used a motorcycle jack for the engine... that answers my question on the ability to use the table lift... if you had to remove all those parts to clear the engine, then there is no way that the table lift would work with that setup...

I have used this table to drop the engine and trans on my 996 and 997 turbo cars in the past. Had to use some wood and some very careful balancing, but well worth it!

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