Pulling the Wasserboxer

It's time to take out the old engine...

I removed the rear door. I had to open up the AC covers to access wiring to the door.

Here's the new engine waiting to go in.

Before...

Starting to disconnect and remove things.

The beginning of the parts pile.

I decided to jack it up at the cross member ahead of the rear wheels.

Weight is on the cherry picker now.

I put a furniture dolly under the engine/trans-axle.

The floor jack supports the trans-axle while the mount is removed.

I couldn't get the engine all the way onto the dolly because the cherry picker was in the way.

I put cross member on jack stands to get the cherry picker out of there.

Once the cherry picker was gone, I could lower the engine one side at a time with the floor jack.

With everything out of the way, it rolled right out on the dolly.

You can see here how high I had to get the jack stands to clear the engine sitting on the dolly. It probably would have been safer to jack the front some too.

 

It's out!