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posted on June 27th, 2007 at 11:51 PM
engine hanging by a thread


literally hanging by a thread.

I wondered if anyone could advise, my engine is supported on the jack, everything is loose and it moves but it keeps bringing the transmission with it.
Has anyone else had this problem?
I'm really struggling with keeping the transmission where it is while I pull on the trolley jack holding my prised possesion

Any help would be great, thanks guys
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posted on June 28th, 2007 at 06:57 AM



need more info

is it a Beetle Kombi Type 3 or Karmann Ghia

and what year model will also help

Is it Auto or Manual gearbox ????




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posted on June 28th, 2007 at 07:35 AM



Maybe it's not being pulled _straight_ back, and is sticking on the shaft. Tried it at slightly different angles?

I presume you _have_ removed all four tranny--engine bolts? Did they all have four?

There's also maybe a starter motor wire down there, not sure about bugs...

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posted on June 28th, 2007 at 12:02 PM



accellerator cable disconected?
all bolts undone?|

all wiring undone?
have u tried rotating the engine while u gently pull?




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posted on June 28th, 2007 at 12:32 PM



Engine straight??

Do you have the engine jacked too high / low causing bind??




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posted on June 28th, 2007 at 04:49 PM



from prev posts, 76 kombi.

You know it is easy to drop both engine and trans.

pull the engine back as far as you can.

jack up and down a little at the same time as you pull. phone a friend!

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posted on June 28th, 2007 at 07:19 PM



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posted on June 28th, 2007 at 09:14 PM



I once tried to remove the 2 ltr from my kombi before unbolting tourqe converter
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posted on June 28th, 2007 at 10:12 PM



get someone to press the clutch in while you pull the motor this will tell if the clutch has a collaspedbearing and is twisted on the shaft jaming the shaft with the bearing



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posted on June 28th, 2007 at 10:13 PM



I had to take my exhaust off to pull mine back far enought to clear the pressure plate. Oh and one time i forgot to disconnect the accellerator and now i have a bent shrowd tube and throttle lever.... Opps. I also found it hard to clear the lower gearbox/engine studs even with the exhaust off (till i found out that it was cable stopping me)



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posted on July 8th, 2007 at 09:31 PM



well after a week of pulling and tugging I finally got there. Thanks so much for all your help.
Just kept lowing and moving from side to side.

the reason why I didn't want the trans out too was because I couldn't get the bolts undone on the CV joints, so I thought hell to it, it can stay there!

But with an hour every night after work it's now finally sat in the middle of my garage waiting to be destroyed by me hehehehehe.

Thanks again guys! You really are stars :)
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posted on July 9th, 2007 at 09:05 PM



So was there a reason for it not wanting to come out or was it just being stubborn?
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posted on July 12th, 2007 at 07:30 PM



grrrr mainly not the right height. I lifted the bus up loads more and wiggled the jack holding the engine backwards. Finally got there! Daren't even think what it's gonna be like to get it back in

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posted on July 12th, 2007 at 07:41 PM



It's not really hard to put back in, you just need the right angle on the dangle!
Also, to help line up the splines etc I found that a combo of jiggling and rocking the bus in gear also helps. As long as it's not jacked up though!




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posted on July 12th, 2007 at 08:20 PM



With the rear end jacked up, put it in 4th gear and rotate the wheels back and forth if you have trouble with the spline.



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