cavalier engine?!

[n.daniel28]

My cavy engine got locked up and i need some help on taking it out does anyone know how 2 do that>?...is hard or easy?

[Classicrocjunkie]

with the right tools, yes its extremly easy. With a friend, its easier yet.

You can drop it out the bottom or the top.

I dropped my own engine by myself.







If you plan on doing it on your own, drop it out of the bottom of the car. To go out the top you need 2 people in order to get it into the extreme angle it needs to in order to clear everything it needs to. At least i couldn't do it with an automatic transmission, i needed like 1/2" more room to clear it everything.

Make sure you have a catch bucket to catch all the fluids your going to spill.. Coolant, fuel, power steering, transmission.

MOTOR SWAPS FTMFW!!

[JStumpalump150]

extreamly easy says the mechanical god. lol. i would not consider that easy imo.

[Classicrocjunkie]

Originally Posted by JStumpalump150

extreamly easy says the mechanical god. lol. i would not consider that easy imo.

Honestly wasn't that hard josh.

1) Chock the rear tires and break the nut loose on both cv shafts and tap with punch to loosen.

2) Jack car up and off the ground and place safely on jack stands and disconnect battery. Remove tires & Get yourself a nice large tarp and protect your garage floor from the unavoidable mess.

3) Unbolt the struts from the steering knuckles.

4) Snake the cv shaft out of the steering knuckle.

5) Remove CV shafts from transmission and catch the fluid that is loss. ( auto tranny will be about 1/2 quart until you start lifting the motor and the fluids inside rotate around and spill out the passenger side output shaft. Manual will be a total loss of fluids.)

6) Disconnect coolant hoses from motor. You'll loose all your coolant as well.

7) Disconnect fuel lines

8) Disconnect Power steering pressure and return lines

9) Disconnect down pipe from exhaust and rear O2 sensor from engine harness

10) Disconnect transmission shift linkage ( single cable if auto and both shift forks if manual)

11) Disconnect the main engine harness from interior body harness and the fan as well. This main harness connection, there is an 8 or 10mm bolt which holds them together, don't just try and pry them apart. Lol. Its easier to do if you remove the mounted bracket its held to the frame with.

12) Figure out your plan of removal next, whether it be from out the top or bottom. Going out the bottom require the sub frame to be dropped if you don't remove your radiator and a/c condenser to slide it out straight forwards. There are 6 large bolts that go through the frame and you also need to unbolt your steering rack from the sub frame as well. So if you can go from above, do it.

13) Strap your cherry picker and load leveler to the motor and support it.

14) Remove your lower dog bone mount as it really doesn't do a whole hell of a lot but dampen torque which is why poly ones kick ass.

15) Remove the 4 bolts which go through the driver side of the front tire well that bolt the transmission mount to the frame.

16) Unbolt the transmission mount from the transmission itself.

17) Unbolt the the 2 main bolts holding the upper motor mount to the motor itself. ( the motor should be fully supported by cherry picker now.

18) Completely remove the upper engine mount from frame with 15mm socket and the 2-3 nuts holding it all in place.

19) Get the engine out of the car. Take your time, this isn't a race.

[ZenithZ24]

Well now we all have a write up to drop our Cavalier engine XD

[Classicrocjunkie]

Well, a rough idea. It all depends on which way you pull the motor really. If you drop it out the bottom with your radiator and everything else still in place there is a few more steps actually. But all depends on what this guy wants to do.

[yhandor]

Lol I would never be able to pull a motor myself. so complicated.

[Classicrocjunkie]

Its easy... have faith in yourself.

[JStumpalump150]

wow, i guess if i ever needed to i could probly do it with those instructions. i thought it would be a lot more than that. if i were doing it without those i would be in big trouble thou cuz i would miss something small and screw the whole thing up.

[flht]

OK but it seems that the 2.3 DOHC is not that easy, I got a call from my wife yesterday and here 95 rag top 2.3 quad four took a dump when she dropped the kids at school.