Countless contests exist removing 1600cc flat-4s, so this is no real boast. My 914 was a bit trickier with the exact same engine and a lift would have helped immensely.
You had a 914 with a TI engine?
I was thinking “that’s a lot of words to say you have a Thing”…
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I had a 1976 914 2.0(that was a “flip car” bought it after an intake valve seat fell out locking up the engine)
914’s all,of them 1.7, 1.8, and the 2.0 were type 4 engines, never found in normal beetle, ghia, thing, or squareback.
They were both 4 cyl boxer engines but nothing interchanged other than the same oil.
The 81 911 was by far the most fun. Nothing like an air cooled flat 6 and a third pedal.
Same oil COOLER, too, as the TI “doghouse”, if I recall correclty. (Also the same one in the TIII “pancake”).
Type 4’s oil cooler was about 19mm thicker
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I doubt you have a broken wrist pin-those don’t typically break, but folks have left the circlips out - that gives an amazing texture to the cylinder walls…
If it were me, I’d leave the Trans attached and remove as a unit-cumbersome yes, but reduces the chance of damaging the flex plate and more.
I’d suggest having all your ancillary parts for installation on hand before starting.
Is the “replacement” rebuilt/overhauled/used?
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I’ll bring my engine hoist back to loan to automotive-far better than the gantry for that job.
The space has a leveler.
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Speaking of Great older Benz’s & automotive projects…
I have a complete good V8 from a 560SEL (with the tandem pump for the steering and suspension) on a stand in my garage that I’ve meaning to bring to the space to tear down and turn the aluminum block into a coffee table - a waste of a good motor - but there is close to zero market for them today. Speaking of Hazet - I traded the fuel distributor from my 560 engine for a vintage Hazet tool trolley…