Well the engine is out!! now with pics

[GAZ W]

After much headscratching and endless jacking , the engine is finally out the car :cheers: i think the fun will start when it comes to putting it back in .

So now its out im gonna paint the block , replace all nuts and bolts clean everything , have ARB , crossmembers , suspension powder coated have the bay painted and just generally have it all looking nice and clean :cheers:

Think i will deffo need 2 people there when it goes back in , dont wat to scratch anything after all me hard work :flower:

Thanks for all the help off everyone off here who explaind how to get the engine out

[Banishit]

GazW what are you going to paint the engine block with ?

Brian

[RS2000CUSTOM]

Put some pics up Gaz

Which method to remove engine did u use in the end ?

[GAZ W]

Banishit
Dont really know what to use yet , is there special paint to use was going to use something like smooth hammerite , or wont this withstand the heat?

Dave
I took it out from underneath in the end , was a pain in the ass cause i used a crane to lower it down but couldnt get it close enough to the front of the car because it was too high , so lowered it but then couldnt get the prop out the gearbox cause it was too low, and not enough clearance for the engine to come out :geek:

Then it was more fun getting the engine and gearbox in and out of a fiesta :compress: and even more fun trying to get it in the shed and onto the bench ... will deffo be asking some mates to help me put it back in :brilsmurf:

will get some pics up soon

[GAZ W]

some piccies of the bay before paint
http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/0603/gaggler/bay6.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/0603/gaggler/bay4.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/0603/gaggler/bay3.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/0603/gaggler/bay2.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/0603/gaggler/bay_1.jpg

http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/0603/gaggler/bay.jpg

Is this inner wing bad or can this be easily repaired
this is the only rot on the car that i have found
http://img4.photobucket.com/albums/0603/gaggler/inner.jpg

[Banishit]

That pic with the Rust is exactly the same place as mine :blackeye:

Im starting mine tomorrow to see whats behind it ?

[scoobydoo]

mine was rotted in the same place on both sides,i took the 2 wings off to weld in a new wing rail,same old story starts off as a small hole

[Frosticles]

Ahhhhhhhh, Those good old Ford lump hammer dents on the tunnel................