I just went to HT and saw a guy who took out a motor from a Civic EX without using any engine hoist. He basically jack the car up and sit the car on the jackstand. Remove the axles. Loosen all the bolts. etc. Basically the guy said that once everything is loosen just jack the car back up and let the car sit on it's belly. And the engine will just raise up enough for you to loosen all the bolts. After everything is complete. Just simply raise the car back up and remove the engine from the bottom and replace it with another engine and lower the car. And all mounts will line back up. Is this true? Is swapping this easy? I never thought it would be this simple til i saw the pix. I think i can do the swap myself if it was this simple. Hmmm....













Pix was taken from HT from eg cookiemonster

 

You see them doing dont you? It works for cars that you can get the engine out the bottom(civics, dunno about tegs) but i know it wont work for an accord.

 

Doable, but a hoist makes everything easier. My hoist was only like $150, a very worth investment that's performed many swaps.

Get one, you'll thank yourself later, plus if you need to recoup some cash, rent it out for $20/day and everyone will be happy.

 

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an engine houst is just so much easyer in my opinion... why go through the hassle. just rent one if need be.

 

IMO pulling it out form the bottom is easier :P
it`d be WAYyyyy easier if you put a little cart or skate board underneth the engine and roll it out.

 

that is how i did all my swaps. /l\
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Most of the time i would have at least one other person to help me but this time. I'm by myself on this swap. All my friends is on vacation. I know using an engine cherry picker is easy but i dont think i can do the swap myself. No one to lower the engine for me or to guide it down the bay. So you think i can do the swap myself if i did it this way?

 

you should be ok doing it by urself.
but make sure u have TWO jack, both needs to be able to lift tall enough to reach the motor while it is in the car. also some wooden block and a factory sissor type jack -->(in case u have to adjust the height of the motor)
where are u at anyway may be someone here can give u a hand

 

You have to be able to sit the car almost on the ground, and even then you might have 2" of "fall" when you pull that last mount out. That's not a bad thing, but we've also had that 2" of space where the motor still needs to come up to get to the mounts. Either way, it's just better to have a hoist there in case you run into a bad situation.


I think the pictures of that swap only looked easy because the transmission is stolen.

 

1)remove bumper, loosen everything but leave the two side mount on.
2)put cart underneth the engine, the cart needs to be high enough that the rotor does not touch the ground when the car is lowered.
3)slowly lower the car enough where you can take the mounts out without letting the weight of the whole car sits on the cart.
4)jack the car back up.
5)roll engine out, roll it out from underneth the fender well, inbwtween the rotor and bumper.

if you can not take out the shift linkage pin, loosen the shifter and slide it out together

installation is reverse or removel