Home rebuild project - Dino Spider 2.0 series II
Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2015 7:18 am
Folks,
Thought maybe this would be a good place to share both ways: photos, reference, and hopefully entertainment for you from me, and some wisdom for me from you (as I will probably ask questions...) I also hope to demonstrate that these cars are pretty easy to work on and that completing major projects at home with simple tools and some time is doable.
The car is a 67/68 2.0 Spider, series II. Silver w/ black upholstery, blue carpet. Few longtime owners, unusually original car.
Engine was ingesting/leaking coolant. The compartment was grimy, all the hoses and most of the clamps were original, and it was best to just yank the whole unit. It all came out without issue. The manual outlined the process well, and it only took a few hours to prep the powertrain for extraction.
I lined the edges of the bay with painter's tape and stuffed cardboard and foam in the leading edge area to remove the hood by myself. A buddy came by to help crane out the whole assembly (definitely helps to have 2 people to steer out the powertrain unit). Exhaust headers were really tight to remove - the way we ended up removing the headers was to loosen and remove all nuts, loosen powertrain and start extraction process, and then remove the headers (still connected by the 3-into-1 merge units) once there was more space.
A few photos to get started...
We used 4 of these to extract engine/trans without crushing or damaging nearby castings. Cheaply available at Lowes (USA).
Pulled from its oily tomb... Excavation reveals hidden stampings.
Will post some more photos later. Hope you enjoy.
Thought maybe this would be a good place to share both ways: photos, reference, and hopefully entertainment for you from me, and some wisdom for me from you (as I will probably ask questions...) I also hope to demonstrate that these cars are pretty easy to work on and that completing major projects at home with simple tools and some time is doable.
The car is a 67/68 2.0 Spider, series II. Silver w/ black upholstery, blue carpet. Few longtime owners, unusually original car.
Engine was ingesting/leaking coolant. The compartment was grimy, all the hoses and most of the clamps were original, and it was best to just yank the whole unit. It all came out without issue. The manual outlined the process well, and it only took a few hours to prep the powertrain for extraction.
I lined the edges of the bay with painter's tape and stuffed cardboard and foam in the leading edge area to remove the hood by myself. A buddy came by to help crane out the whole assembly (definitely helps to have 2 people to steer out the powertrain unit). Exhaust headers were really tight to remove - the way we ended up removing the headers was to loosen and remove all nuts, loosen powertrain and start extraction process, and then remove the headers (still connected by the 3-into-1 merge units) once there was more space.
A few photos to get started...
We used 4 of these to extract engine/trans without crushing or damaging nearby castings. Cheaply available at Lowes (USA).
Pulled from its oily tomb... Excavation reveals hidden stampings.
Will post some more photos later. Hope you enjoy.