Quick question (hopefully)...

BTW, this is NOT for performance purposes. My 15 year old brother and 16 year old sister will be driving it, so slow is good

I have an 88 Civic automatic that am replacing the engine in. Same 1.5 motor (luckily I had one in my garage) but from a manual transmission Civic (the tranny was toast).

I removed the clutch and flywheel from the donor motor and it is ready to go in but I am wondering whether I can just pull the engine out of the car, swap the torque converter and put the other engine in or do I have to pull the tranny out with it?

I would much rather not have to pop the axles out and disconnect everything from the tranny etc... if I can just pull the engine out.

Thanks!

 

You will be bettr off pulling them at the same time as a unit. Never tried just pulling the motor but it would be much harder to do so. If this car is for younger siblings, and you don't have the knolodge, let someone else do the job. Don't try to cut corners when family or friends are involved.... actually don't ever cut corners!~

 

I have the knowledge. I may be a noob posting on this forum, but I am a lurker... I just couldn't find the answer by searching. I have done several swaps before, hence the extra engine in the garage.

From what I can tell with the pictures I have seen of the auto tranny, it looks like the input shaft is on the outside of the torque converter, so you might be able to tip the engine out the driver's side.

I thought somebody may have done it before and been able to save me some time. (Has anybody?)

I agree about not cutting corners though, especially when someone else will be driving the car!

 

You can usually remove the engine and transmission
quicker than you can remove just the engine..

And it is usually easier to line everything up/swap out parts
when it is out of the car..

 

i leave trans and all in the car.. easier for me that way , and just pull block and head ...

 

Ended up pulling both, because the axles had to come out anyway - both outer boots were toast.