My first engine drop! (questions to)

[craazy Cooter]

Milk crates are vw engine stands. No pressure washing. Brake cleen and a wire brush are the way to go.

[super vw]

Well, everything went well! nothing to hard at all, now i just need to strip the egnine down (tin and stuff) and clean her up.
I also got the tranny out with ease (other than sourcing the drive shaft removal tool,12 point Square splined deal) i would say the tranny is the worsts as it has at least 1/4 inch of dirt and crap stuck to it on most of it.

Any one say no to presure washing the transmission?

I also picked up a engine stand for 49 bucks from harbor freight, didnt fit the engine very well (or at all) so i got creative and fabed myself up a little mounting braket to work with the stand (no mods to the stand). worked out well, but we will see how well the braket hold up... it better not bust the welds, as i had to use flux cored .30 mig wire instead of soild wire with gas... and im not to happy using flux cored wire. i never use it so im not to good at flux cored welding (its crap). I had to use it becuase i was out of gas. but i have shaken it around a lot to test it, nothing seams to bend and i seem to have good penetration.

Here is a pic of it...

[super vw]

another pic

[boygenius]

You could use some diesel fuel to degrease the transmission. Just stand it up in an oil drain pan and use a parts washer brush. It will eat into asphalt and it smells really bad, nasty fumes.

Not the best way but it will cut through grease than just finnish up with some engine degreaser and water.

I can't stress well ventilated area enough..........