well i finally got around to pulling the motor in the wagon, since i got a shop of my own now. the motor is not all the way out, but the little bit that i did have to lift the motor by hand wasn't to bad. i'm hopfully going to have my friend out at the shop tomorrow night so he can help me lift the motor out. i guessing that the whole motor is going to way less then my brothers block out of his land cruiser. i will try and get pics. i was also wondering how bad it is to have a bunch of mud in the bellhousing?

no, the Subie 4-cyls aren't bad at all weight-wise (but then, pretty much everyone in the Northeast Corridor has helped moosens pull one out of something at one point or another...)

 

XT6 engines are pretty heavy though.

 

And...mud in the bellhousing is not good. Not good at all. Are you worried about it getting in there or was it already there when you started disassembly...?

it was already in there. if it got in there during disassembly i wouldn't be that concernd, i know it didn't cause there is way to much for it just to fall in there,

the timing hole plug was gone when i bought my ea81 hatch and some pine needles and leaves fell in there, i noticed when i took the auto and turned it into a 4 spd.

Yeah, 2 people can easily lift an EA81, even with the gearbox still attached

 

I've lifted an ej20t with one other person before ... that's getting to be about the limit of my carrying capacity though

i'm lifting the motor out of the wagaon ea-82t, but when i'm done with the wagon the hatch is going to get its turn. i think there is about 2 good hand fulls of dried mud in the bell housing.

Carefull with the mud in the bellhousing, I cleaned all the mud from behind my flywheel when I did the last clutch, the next day the rear main started leaking. So if your going to remove mud from a Subaru, then replace any seals under or nearby, cause thats whats keeping them from leaking.

well my friend and i didn't have any real triyble getting it out, i found a button und the motro on the crossmember right between the motor and the bellhousing it dosn't even go to any thing that i own. there was nud in the bellhousing that was burned by the flywheel. i can tell the morot has been take in out before because ther was a washer on one motor mount but not the otherone.

Hi Gang

I made a engine lifter out of a old weight bench and two lengths of steel .

i used the uprights of the bench as the base, added wheels for mobility.

Then welded a bracket to one side .

I cut and hinged the two lengths added a short platform to the post side

about 10" from the top.

The platform holds my subaru car jack and the whole rig is collapsable for storage. next i have to add a removable engine stand to it.

 

Cheers Pete

ya a complete suby engine weighs less than a 350 chevy block.

ya a complete suby engine weighs less than a 350 chevy block.

 

I think even a VW four cylinder block may outweigh the suby. A complete VW 1.6D engine is 320 lbs, and a complete EA82 is what, 220lbs or so?

i think i want to way my motor and see how much it really weights. 220 seems a little high cause i could almost lift the thing off the ground by my self.

I think its closer to 185 lbs. Take the fly wheel off and you drop 25 pounds if its a manual !