I have a dented oil pan in my Turbo STE and need to straighten it.  I decided that the best way is to remove the engine.  Is there any quick tips or tricks that helps get this done quicker??

Thanks

have all the tools that you need and lots of patients.  There are a few items that are a pain to get.  The coolant line down below the TB is fun, the exhaust crossover or turbo bolts are real fun to get, that and one of the lower transmission bolts is a real pain, we used about 5 extensions to get it from the passenger side.  Those are about the hardest ones I remember as of right now.

The TB coolant line was bypassed long ago and this is the 3rd time for removing the turbo for me, so it is getting pretty easy.  Do you remember which tranny bolt is PITA to remove?

Quote from: fatguyThe TB coolant line was bypassed long ago and this is the 3rd time for removing the turbo for me, so it is getting pretty easy.  Do you remember which tranny bolt is PITA to remove?

I don't know if he meant the one on the TB.. that seemed easy to me. I think me means the hard line that bolts to the lower intake manifold. THAT's a PITA.

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Quote from: fatguyThe TB coolant line was bypassed long ago and this is the 3rd time for removing the turbo for me, so it is getting pretty easy.  Do you remember which tranny bolt is PITA to remove?

I don't know if he meant the one on the TB.. that seemed easy to me. I think me means the hard line that bolts to the lower intake manifold. THAT's a PITA.

Ding Ding Ding, winner winner right here, it was a real pain, you can get to it from the bottom no way, and you have a terrible angle at it, so you have to pray you can get the wrench on it and get it loose.

And the trans bolt, it was one of the ones on the back side on our car, I think it was the 2nd one up on the firewall side of the car.

Sorry, I was confused.
I found using SMALL amounts of heat and a 10" crescent wrench works relatively well to get that nut to come loose.  Mostly lots of patients.  I am leaving town again for 4 days and hope to pull this motor out next weekend.  In 2 hours, I have virtually everything unhooked from the topside leaving the trans bolts, dog bones, and crossover left.  The turbo is off so that should be fairly easy.  One question, would it be easier to just lift the engine and tranny up as one unit to just change the pan gasket?  I was thinking about this and it seems silly to remove the whole darn thing for 5 minutes worth of work?  

REMINDER: all I need to do is remove the oil pan and reinstall it.

Just a thought

We left the trans in the car, its a big turd and requires even more stuff to be taken off to get out as compared to the the trans bolts and the torque converter bolts.