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Sep 22, 2019 | 06:06 PM
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R53 Engine lifting brackets?
I may be pulling the engine/trans and the Bentley manual calls for two lifting brackets but can’t find them anywhere. Any ideas?
Sep 22, 2019 | 06:41 PM
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alconk
I may be pulling the engine/trans and the Bentley manual calls for two lifting brackets but can’t find them anywhere. Any ideas?
Never used them, always connected a chain to one of the bolt holes from the top motor mount bracket (rear of engine) and one of the engine to transmission mating bolts. (Forward of the thermostat housing)
Sep 22, 2019 | 06:45 PM
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BlwnAway
Never used them, always connected a chain to one of the bolt holes from the top motor mount bracket (rear of engine) and one of the engine to transmission mating bolts. (Forward of the thermostat housing)
Oh ok well I need to change my rear main seal and think this would be easier than dropping the subframe.
Sep 23, 2019 | 02:39 PM
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Oh ok well I need to change my rear main seal and think this would be easier than dropping the subframe.
probably easier to just drop the transmission ....then the seal is right behind the flywheel
Bryan
Sep 23, 2019 | 08:38 PM
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alconk
Oh ok well I need to change my rear main seal and think this would be easier than dropping the subframe.
NO, just pull the subframe and trans. It can be done so much easier than pulling both the engine and trans.
Sep 24, 2019 | 09:29 AM
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NO, just pull the subframe and trans. It can be done so much easier than pulling both the engine and trans.
Have you done it that way before? I don’t have the bar that goes across the shock towers to hold the engine up.
Sep 24, 2019 | 12:30 PM
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You need to read through the numerous DIYs on how to do this. And trust me, Way Motor Works has done this more often than most anyone on this forum.
Sep 25, 2019 | 09:53 AM
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You need to read through the numerous DIYs on how to do this. And trust me, Way Motor Works has done this more often than most anyone on this forum.
Ok I will do you have a link by chance?
Sep 25, 2019 | 10:39 AM
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Have you done it that way before? I don’t have the bar that goes across the shock towers to hold the engine up.
Just use a floor jack with a block of wood under the oil pan...you don't really need an engine bar
Bryan
Sep 25, 2019 | 11:09 AM
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From: Fairfax, VA
Google '2002-2006 Mini Cooper S clutch replacement ModMini YouTube' and you will find a two-part video tutorial.
Sep 25, 2019 | 11:37 AM
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Have you done it that way before? I don’t have the bar that goes across the shock towers to hold the engine up.
Yes I've done hundreds of clutches. I just support the engine from underneath with a pole jack, nothing on top.
Sep 26, 2019 | 08:11 PM
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From: Phoenix, AZ
A friend of mine ran a 2x6 across the strut towers with a chain and lifting bracket on the engine when he pulled a trans. It was kind of sketch, but it worked.
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