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Today was engine removal day! To make things as simple as possible, I prefer to remove as many components as necessary to get full access to the areas I'm working in. For this job, I chose to remove the entire front end.
It was a pretty straightforward engine removal. After the front end was off, I could access the power steering pump mounting bolts and A/C compressor bolts. Both of those items stayed behind in the car. The most challenging part was maneuvering around the front transfer case. It protrudes widely to the driver's side of the car, so far that it interferes with the steering column. The only way to remove the engine is to first remove the transfer case. Unfortunately, the transfer case won't come out unless the subframe is also removed/lowered. And the only way to drop the subframe is to support the engine from above. :roll eyes:
So the order of operations was something like this:
-Raise engine from above using chains
-Remove driver's side engine mount entirely
-Remove single nut on passenger's side engine mount
-Remove 4x power steering bolts/nuts to free P/S rack
-Remove 6x subframe bolts
-Remove 4x transfer case bolts and sneak the transfer case out of the car
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