removing a 4A-FE from an AE92? - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

aasaa_666 · 02-13-2006, 12:24 AM

Hi, has anyone ever removed their 4A-FE engine from their AE92 with out an engine lift? or does anyone know a trick to it? I dont have a lift so I was wondering if I can still remove it from the bottom and then lift the car front end up and away from the engine, then maybe do it in reverse to install. I wanna know because I heard someone did something like that so maybe some one can give me some pointers on how to drop/remove the engine from the bottom without an engine lift. thanks.

94_Rolla_Guy · 02-13-2006, 01:02 AM

i donno why youd wanna take it out from underneath? this is a MR2 thing

two things i will suggest, possibly try to rent a hoist at a rent-all probably get one for $40 bucks for the weekend

the other thing that i could suggest is to get a block and tackle (any good hardware store) and hook it around a 4X4 across a few rafters

my advise buy/rent a hoist! i bought one for $150 and i will never work without it totally invaluable tool

toyotaspeed90 · 02-13-2006, 01:35 AM

just make life easy & buy one..... you can find them for $150 new

aasaa_666 · 02-13-2006, 02:00 AM

oh ok. could someone at least tell me the weight of this engine.

punter · 02-13-2006, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by aasaa_666

Hi, has anyone ever removed their 4A-FE engine from their AE92 with out an engine lift? or does anyone know a trick to it? I dont have a lift so I was wondering if I can still remove it from the bottom and then lift the car front end up and away from the engine, then maybe do it in reverse to install. I wanna know because I heard someone did something like that so maybe some one can give me some pointers on how to drop/remove the engine from the bottom without an engine lift. thanks.

Yea thats the way I always do it, I've always it easier to drop out the whole subframe, just 3 bolts on the top of each strut, 2 engine mounts and 10-15 big bolts underneath.

Its a peice of cake really, all you need is a couple of mates to lift the car up and move it back afterward.

toyotaspeed90 · 02-13-2006, 03:32 PM

the engine itself weighs around 200lbs or so... maybe 300lbs max. it's fairly light. the tranny is around 70lbs - i've been able to haul it around the garage with a broken collar bone (ie, with one arm).

New'rolla · 02-16-2006, 12:12 PM

this is probly useless but i lifted mine out when i went to change the timing belt and the clutch... yep they went at the same time.. weird? anyways here's a pic of me underneath it.. haha

there are like 5 HIDDEN bolts on the back of the tranny.. it pissed me off

toyotaspeed90 · 02-17-2006, 12:07 AM

5 hidden bolts in the back of the tranny? um, no

the only ones that are difficult to find are the 2 bolts on the lower tranny mount... there is a plastic cover from the underside so the bolts aren't exposed & you can't see the mount from the top

barthmonster · 02-17-2006, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by punter

Yea thats the way I always do it, I've always it easier to drop out the whole subframe, just 3 bolts on the top of each strut, 2 engine mounts and 10-15 big bolts underneath.

Its a peice of cake really, all you need is a couple of mates to lift the car up and move it back afterward.

Damn I wish someone had told me that!! Anyway if you do the engine-hoist thing, the tranny should come with it. On automatics, it has to actually, no room to separate them. I found all this stuff out recently during a string of obscenities...

The subframe thing from the bottom sounds nice actually. Another trick I learned the hard way and on this board: don't unwire the motor, instead disconnect the harness at the ECU (under dash somewhere) and poke the connecter thru the firewall to the motor and un-wire it later after separation. Wish I had done it this way...