Thread: Rangie Clutch Change

When I did mine, I was told "easier to remove engine". Certainly didn't take very long.


Martyn

if you are doing it on the floor......its safer to remove the engine.....
than it is to lie under the transfer and box and try to remove them.....

whichever path you take....just make sure to change the spigot bearing as well......


also.....in the current 4WD monthly....roothy has some good tips on clutch replacement.......

Why would you be under it? gearbox comes out through the passenger door. With an engine lifter it's a one man job. Worst bit it removing the seats....a real pain.

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

whichever path you take....just make sure to change the spigot bearing as well......

I'll second that, spigot bush was the problem with mine - it had migrated out of the flywheel and mushroomed on the end allowing the clutch to run out. Clutch itself was perfectly serviceable,

Borg & Beck -- $360 in 1986, REPCO was somewhere around $600 IIRC



Martyn

Well what a job!

Decided to remove the engine, just so I could give a good clean while it was out.

What a painful job.
I don't work too quickly these days, and it took about 7 hours over 2 days.
Quite a few obstacles along the way.
Did a few things the hard way.
Getting the bellhousing bolts out is quite a challenge.
Had to remove the front tailshaft to allow ratchet space.

I've never seen so much oily greasy sludge.

Anyway it's out.
The pressure plate is fine.
The throwout bearing is absolutely R00TED.

Hopefully it will be quicker to install.

A Mate pulled his motor out twice in a 83 Rangie, he pulled the radiator support panel out that way we could just wheel in the engine lift and slide the motor straight out the front, wasnt too bad if I remember rightly

Whether or not I pulled the radiator support panel out or not made no difference.
In fact it would have added to the time.
My engine crane lifts high enough to get the engine over the panel.

The radiator had to come out to allow the engine to move forward.
Air cond condensor and oil cooler were left untouched.

Fiddled with the butcherous wiring for a while.
The oil cooler lines gave me a bit of grief.
Air cond compressor was also time consuming.
Actually most things took longer than I expected.

Maybe I'm getting slow in my old age
(oh, and I have a few aches, but not cuts - only a few scatches, and a sore finger that got bashed somewhere along the line)

Mate if you have a hoist stick it through one of the doors and lift the g/box out and down onto the ground, then reverse the proceedure.Way quicker and easier than removing the engine IMO. Have done it with LT95 and R380.

Regards Justin