jack placement

[slarso]

I am about to drop the engine/tranie 3.2+915 as a unit, so far it has been very easy( good article in the tech section). Can someone suggest where i should place the floor jack for the engine/tranie combo. Obviously it should be forward of the supm but shoult I go all the way to the transaxle?

Thanks

Steve Larson '84 Cab

[Rot 911]

Not sure if this will work for you, but on my 2.4 engine there is a tab approximately 1/2 long by 3" wide that juts out from the bottom of engine just before where it mates to the transaxle. If you place the jack there the engine/transaxle is perfectly balanced front to rear and side to side!

Kurt V
72 911E

[ChrisBennet]

On a 3.2, just a bit ahead of the sump I think. If you have a catalytic converter, the left side (driver's side) of the engine is heavier so you must place the jack a little to the left of center to compensate.

[john walker's workshop]

get a friend to help. the small base on the jack makes the job pretty precarious.

[Allan Broadribb]

Head over to Home depot and buy a furniture dolly. Screw a piece of 1/2" plus plywood to the top of it to make it solid. Jack the whole thing up under the engine (with my 2.2 liter engine with transmission it balances about 4" in front of the sump) when you drop it you will be able wheel it around on the dolly. You'll need someone to balance the engine as it comes down but if you have it balanced right this should not be difficult. When I dropped my engine I had my wife operate the jack and I balanced it.

[Kmatts]

where would the best place to put a floor jack on a 78 SC. I was just wanting to examine the exhaust system for leaks.
thanks.

[Superman]

Kmatts, with a block of wood for protection, you can safely jack on the 1/2" by 4" by 3/4" tall (approx) protrusion of the case just behind the oil sump plate. That is, you will see this protrusion beginning less than one inch from the sump plate, between the sump late and the crank pulley, toward the rear of the car. This strong-looking lip is actually specific by the factory as a legitimate jacking point. I use it every time I raise the rear of the car, and so do many of my more experienced friends. Please, please use jackstands to actually support the car any time one or more of your body parts is under the car. The reason I am able to give you this information is that I have never had a car fall on me, if you know what I mean.

Jack stands go under the torsion bar tubes.

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'83 SC

[Kmatts]

Thanks superman.
where are the torsion bar tubes at?
I just want to be sure that I do everything correctly.

[88911coupe]

They are the tubes (approx 1 3/3" dia.) you see just ahead of the rear wheels inside the wheel well. Put the jack stands under them. Many put a piece of carpet or old inner tube on the jack stand to keep from scratching the finish.
Later,
Buck

[Kmatts]

great, thanks so much everyone.

[not_sure]

I used a furniture dolly when I dropped mine, did it myself in 2 hours and the motor just roles out from under the car. Would not do it any other way.

[911pcars]

It's more convenient if the floor jack fits under the furniture dolly. When you lower the trans/engine assy., with the dolly/jack, remove the jack then roll it out on the dolly.

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

[GregS]

Steve, I happened to notice Alan's post above after returning from Home Depot today for that very same thing! The furniture dolly was $20, a 6' long 1x4 (to beef up the longitudinals) was about $1.50, 2 packages of #10x3" wood screws was about $2, and I had some 1/2" plywood left from another project. So for about $25 you can have a sturdy dolly to move the thing around on. Good luck.

[slarso]

It's out, the dolly was a great idea. Now I can throw a rope around it and tow it around!

Thanks

Steve

[Allan Broadribb]

Congratulations - it's a beautiful thing isn't it?