Pulling the motor

[s4elan]

My 2 cents,

I agree about removing as a unit. I may have missed it in the replies but you need to have the car way up off the ground to get the clearance to pivot the front of the motor up without the tailshaft grounding prematurely thus preventing removal. It can be helpful to raise the front higher than the back of the car so you already have some of the removal angle provided.

All in all, it's not too bad.

Regards,

Pete

[billwill]

I don't recall that as a problem, but I always had my Elan about 4.5 inches off the floor on wooden runways (needed to push the car over a ramp at my garage entrance).

It would be real annoying, while you have the engine swinging in the air to have to remove the front wheels, lower the front & push the car back on a trolley jack.

You have to always keep a close eye on the back end of the gear box t all times to make sure it doesn't hit the windscreen.

[billwill]

Ok, I've just been down to my garage to measure the height.

The bottom of the iron ring in my roof is 94 inches off the floor and the minimum length of my pulley tackle is 9.5 inches. So at maximum lift the point on the pulleys to which I fasten the engine is 84.5 inches off the floor. That's 7 ft and a half inch.