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[LazyD]

Hi I'm stripping down the shell of my 1993 Rover Cooper S and looking for some advice on engine removal

I've been told the easiest way to do it is to remove as much as you can from the engine bay then drop the engine and subframe off the shell ( lifting the shell up and over it)

Is this true?? I don't have a hoist so lifting the engine up and out would require buying/borrowing some bits!

[Ouster]

Yep, that would be easiest - just get a couple mates to help lift the shell and wheel out the subframe.

[Down&Out]

its what i did.. be sure you take the alternator and the rad off first or it wont come off ... well it didnt with me.
youll need a few people because the shell is heavier than youd think..

[wilcooper]

lol at both of you saying you need mates me and dad worked together to do mine. unbolted all engine and then he lifted the shell up and front bit by bit whilst i wedged in blocks of wood

[LazyD]

Thanks guys, I'll sleep easy tonight - was playing on my mind.

Not much more to do then I can get it off to the bodyshop! )

[sixwheeler]

Is this true?? I don't have a hoist so lifting the engine up and out would require buying/borrowing some bits!

You can do it with a bit of 4 x 2, some rope and a couple of people either end (or if you are a particularly weedy bunch - two people each end!).

This then leaves the car mobile.....