The madness began on September 25, 2014, I had found a perfect engine in a wrecked car and we arranged to remove it from the donor car that day. The donor car was a 1994 BMW 535i. This is a fast engine that is one of the best BMW has made. With some minor modifications, it can be made to fit into my 318is and will give it even more power than it already has.
To get the engine out of the car, we started by taking off the front grill and removing all of the engine mounts and transmission mounts. at this point the engine was not completely free it was still connected to the driveshaft but we considered that unimportant becuase we had the power of a tow truck to remove it.
Now your probably are wondering why we have and why we would use a tow truck to take an engine out of the car... well earlier a crazy ex criminal showed up in his tow truck and said he would take it out so why wouldn't you take up the crazy ex criminal on an offer like that. The engine came out on out second try and actually broke the differential when it came out, we were expecting the driveshaft to break not the differential.
Once the engine was out it was loaded into our truck and drove it home to Queen Anne where I had found a spot in a friends garage to work on it.
To get the engine out of the car, we started by taking off the front grill and removing all of the engine mounts and transmission mounts. at this point the engine was not completely free it was still connected to the driveshaft but we considered that unimportant becuase we had the power of a tow truck to remove it.
Now your probably are wondering why we have and why we would use a tow truck to take an engine out of the car... well earlier a crazy ex criminal showed up in his tow truck and said he would take it out so why wouldn't you take up the crazy ex criminal on an offer like that. The engine came out on out second try and actually broke the differential when it came out, we were expecting the driveshaft to break not the differential.
Once the engine was out it was loaded into our truck and drove it home to Queen Anne where I had found a spot in a friends garage to work on it.
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| Removing the front of the car. |
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| Front removed. |
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| Engine ready to be removed. |
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| We used a tow truck to lift the engine out of the car. |
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| Engine finally out |
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