After much anticipation and concern that I may cock this right up I started the process of removing the engine and transmission from the Canary! I followed the instructions in Wayne's book: '101 Projects For Your Porsche 911' plus added a few extra steps to remove the drive train as one unit. The process went something like this:
- I ran the car to get the oil nice and warm.
- Emptied the oil from the oil sump and oil tank.
- Removed both of my batteries.
- Labelled and removed all the relay's I could find as I don't know which one is the for the fuel pump.
- Jacked the car up as high as my jack plus a block of wood would take it.
- Placed it on jack stands under the torsion bar covers in front of the rear wheels.
- Removed the rear bumper for more clearance.
- Removed the exhaust because I could.
- Disconnected the hard and rubber oil lines.
- Disconnected the clutch cable.
- Labelled and disconnected the starter electrical connections.
- Had a cup of tea and a coconut macaroon.
- Disconnected the reverse backup switch.
- Disconnected the speed cable nut from the rear of the transmission.
- Disconnected the heater hoses from the heat exchangers.
- Removed the pin in the shift coupler from inside the car (under the plate between the rear seats).
- Disconnected the fuel lines from the fuel pump to the carbs.
- Forget to take enough pictures as I got quite excited at my progress.
- Disconnected the main wiring harness, which is labeling and removing everything you can find that ends up on the engine itself.
- Got very intimidated by the alternator wiring at the side wall and removed the fan and alternator off the engine instead.
- Disconnected the breather hoses.
- Had another cup of tea.
- Disconnected the accelerator linkage bar.
- Removed the rear sway bar (forgot to mention this in the video below, oh well)
- Disconnected the copper ground strap from the transmission to the body of the car.
- Removed the transaxles.
- Supported the weight of the engine and transmission on my jack plus the block of wood.
- Removed the two transmission cross member bolts.
- Nervelessly removed the two engine mount bolts.
- Lowered the engine and transmission onto a furniture cart and pulled it away from the car!
- Had a shower and a beer! (not at the same time).
It's out!
