Well....I've had the car for 3 years, so 3 years and counting :D

Wayne C.
83 SC

A bunch of us helped a friend drop his engine in about three hours but most of it was BS.
Putting it back in, I convinced my wife to help out. We started at 10:00 and I told her we would be done by noon. We had it bolted in at 11:55.
She might help again. What a woman! Huh!

Milt,

Thanks for the warning, but I have regular hex drive allen bolts in the axles and no longer the 8mm internal wrench design.

WHY did Porsche go out and use such a delicate fastner when Allens are so common? VW and Porsche are the only ones I've seen use this fastner. I still haven't quite figured out the need or large torks either. There may likely be an answer so that is why I'm asking since I'm neither a wrench nor engineer.

Back some 30+ years ago while I was going to Kent State I worked in a VW repair shop over a summer rebuilding engines. Many were for dune buggies which were very popular then. Two of the former VW trained wrenches got into a little "I can drop an engine faster than you" match and had a side by side competition with two bugs. Now, keep in mind, these engines were not going back in these old beetles and sheet metal for the most part wasn't going to be reused. The cars were lifted via floor jacks and the engines were rather unceremoniously dropped onto awaiting old tires underneath them. The winnah took 5 minutes and 7 seconds. It was a blast to watch......... oh, yeah..... there were a few beers beforehand..... and many more afterwards.

Last time, probably an hour buy everything was loose from just doing it a week earlier plus no frills (AC/Cruise etc..).

I have always taken my time and do it slow by myself. Especially with fuel injected cars because of all the other hoses involved; bagging, tagging, and labeling. The CIS and the DME 911 have both taken about a day to dislodge.

On a simpler carb car, which I have never done, I am fairly sure I can get it out in 2-3 hours, especially if labeling the pieces are not required.

Why do you guys have a dolly with you when you drop the drive train?
I thought dollies were just for little girls to play with!

Does Barbie have a calming influence or something?

It took me about an hour to yank it.

It took me 10 years to reinstall it.

Sherwood
http://members.rennlist.org/911pcars

If you forget to install those big washers that sit on top of the rear motor mounts, it only takes one hard lap to drop the engine. Of course, the engine doesn't drop right out ... it hangs on by the transmission mount and half-shafts, and drags along the ground on your otherwise pristine SSI exhaust system while still idling on the three cylinders that the spark plug wires haven't become dislodged from :eek:

Should we ask you how you know that Paul???