I have thie 95' BD legacy sedan, I wana grab the engine off it..

 

how do you do it? I have an impact gun, soon to have engine hoist and misc tools, like a long as hell breaker bar.

 

My idea is this:

 

Position engine lift over engine, secure it to hold it if it drops at last second or ************.

 

>Drain radiator, pull off rad/codensor set aside.

 

undo misc wiring to the main harness (love how subie has a harness plug in the middle ;D OHYEH)

 

then go under car, drop headers, exhaust, put aside.

 

then undo transmission and let it hang off a scissor jack from the trunk.

 

then find out where the engine mounts are, undo those and pull it out?

 

Think it'd be that easy?

Ya I have done it 3 times now. You need a leveller once you get the right angle comes right over the crossmember and you can lift it right out. Heres some pics

 

 

 

Another thing you do not need to undo the wheels like I did and undo the hubs. You can simple knock out the pins for the axles first, then once you jack up the motor pull it aside to pull out the axle from the stub and carefully lay it on the crossmember.

 

Don't forget any wiring! Keep double checking things don't want to snag anything.

 

Oh and since you won't have a cut stub to shove in the back of the tranny for oil not to leak out I think harbour freight sells a blank stub or you can use a balloon, condom, latex glove etc.

Edited July 13, 201015 yr by ericem

i've done that a few times as well, just like he has pictured, works with any EJ auto or manual. you don't need a leveler like he has......if you don't mind spending an extra couple hours adjusting . you'll be needing to lower and re-raise a bunch of times to adjust angles without one so get a leveler.

 

are you talking about dropping it from underneath or pulling from the top?

 

the lump is really heavy, keep that in mind and the trans fluid is going to dump all over the ground.

Ya I have done it 3 times now. You need a leveller once you get the right angle comes right over the crossmember and you can lift it right out. Heres some pics

 

 

 

Another thing you do not need to undo the wheels like I did and undo the hubs. You can simple knock out the pins for the axles first, then once you jack up the motor pull it aside to pull out the axle from the stub and carefully lay it on the crossmember.

 

Don't forget any wiring! Keep double checking things don't want to snag anything.

 

Oh and since you won't have a cut stub to shove in the back of the tranny for oil not to leak out I think harbour freight sells a blank stub or you can use a balloon, condom, latex glove etc.

 

 

P.s. I see you enjoy shoping at harbor freight. So Do I.

 

 

tehehehe

hahaha! Nice lift! Over here in Canada we don't actually call it harbour freight we call it Princess Auto

hahaha! Nice lift! Over here in Canada we don't actually call it harbour freight we call it Princess Auto

 

lol the lift is a couple decades old... it's quite ironic how I found it. but hey US quality was good back in the day haha.

Well... wow.

 

So I did it! HOA got pissed at me but I DID IT!

 

 

It looks like the trany is still in the car.

 

Thought you were gonna pull them together?

It looks like the trany is still in the car.

 

Thought you were gonna pull them together?

 

I was.. but I needed some incentive for the guy to take the car away tomorrow. Don't need FWD 5MT!

 

all I needed is the engine hehehehe.

 

now I need to grab the ECU and I'm done, problem is; can't find it!

Hopefully someone will post the location of the ECU or youi'll be able to find it using search.

 

I believe the TCU is basically where the passengers feet go. But it could be the ECU. I'd guess the ECU is under the drivers dash - but I've actually never needed to find out.

ecu in under the carpet on the passenger side foot well up near the fire wall.

 

what are you going to put the engine in ??

ecu in under the carpet on the passenger side foot well up near the fire wall.

 

what are you going to put the engine in ??

 

Found it, subaru hid it quite well. hehehe.

 

EGR will be an issue, more or less because the car's ECU is mated to a manual... 4EAT version had a diff P/N but I've read that it can be related to a pin being grounded or gettin +5V....

 

It's going into my legacy GT/ I spun a bearing which made it much worse. D: short block is GONE poor EJ25D...but I'm getting a new one w/ heads.