this is a dumb question but i was wondering how hard it is to pull my motor i threw a rod the other day and i need to pull the motor and was wondering should i do it myself or pay to have it done i have a 89 civic hatch with a dohc zc and also can anyone give me advice on how to do this by what the thought was the best route thanks

chris

 

With an engine Hoist it's easy just a bolt here, a bolt there and your done. Shouldn't take you no more then 1 1/2" if it's a ZC.

Without an engine Hoist it will take you a good time, gotta take piece by piece off till you get a bare block. I did this and it's a PITB.

Oh yeah get some pizza and get your friends to help then it's like changing a tire man.

Good luck

 

easy as hell,if you can change oil you can do it!

 

most of my friend prefer beer and i dont trust them if they have been drinking lol so its not that hard i also have mpfi

 

eh, it usually takes me and my dad about 4 hours - doing everything VERY carefully. we are lucky enough to have an enormous "I" beam transversing our garage, so we have a little hoist that is tied around the beam.

my best advice for any type of car work is to get the appropriate equipment if you can afford it. it'll make things SO much easier!!!

but even a noob to engine pulling can do it in a few hours

 

Off topic but where are you located in pittsburgh streetmodified ?

 

does not take long at all just as long as you have the right tools and the right info and some friends

 

its simple. just take ur time if u can. also dont get ur hopes up, its not as easy getting another one in, thats the hard part.

 

haha - is this Targa from Racepa? its Bill

 

no is the other white rex I only came to one auto x at beaver. I have the zc powered hf my name is Bob. I know you though. And Kent and Josh are live pretty close to me.

 

thats kinda creepy. you know me, but i dont know you

lol - are you on RPA? or have we met at an event? or do you know of me by reputation?

sorry for the Off topic here. btw
-Bill

 

Very easy just make sure you have a motor lift or something to hold it. I did one without it's a pain.

 

with some friends and tools doing it in 1 hour is very possible

 

I know you from race pa which I am a member of. And from a beaver run event a while ago. the event where there were 3 matta motors cars 2 crx's and civic. Matta's civic. Kents crx. and my crx. all white. I happened to be in DM that day.
I am also Rostr02 on RPA.
I have been preparing my car for a rear disc and Kw coilovers which will go on tonight down matta shop.
You could stop down and help at Mattamotors if you want too . bought 6 or 7pm
OK this is really off topic but dont want to seem like a stalker

 

its not hard, invest in some air tools, if not some really durable hand tools and good wrenches and a breaker bar....gear wrenches will become your friend!

 

30 minutes is possible. Assuming its a D

 

30 min? damn thats quick. is it easier to take it out with the tranny or without? im putting in a DOHC ZC with my Si tranny so what would be easier?

 

For the record, engine hoist = Cherry Picker

 

buy the shop manual its ur best friend

 

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You'd have to be a super freak to be able to do it that fast. I did take my ZC out in a little over an hour though, however the radiator was already out and so was the header but that shouldn't have taken that much more extra time. I had the car on a lift and just dropped the engine out of the bottom. Can't say I would ever go that route again because the intake manifold gets stuck easily. Cherry picker is the best method if you ask me, less breakage.

 

my buddy and i yanked my b16a out in 45 minutes. pulled into garage at 7:00 and at 7:45 had motor laying on the floor. but taking the motor out isnt hard at all. putting it in takes alittle more time.

 

Took me 2 hours to pull mine out by myself....

Must have waisted a good hour of that trying to find my punch for the bitch pin hehehe

 

just remember not to start drinking till after it is done cause if not u could be there for hours and hours

 

ok people i pulled the motor had a little help well alot of help and i got the hole block tore down it took us 2 hours to pull it and we were bullshiting for a while also and it took me like 4 hours to pull the block apart let me tell u what it was a good learning experiance for me thanks to all of the help

chris