Yes it is possible to pull an engine from the side, alone, in a two car garage.

[marshallnoise]

Nice, good thing not an auto tranz.

Like mine was.

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[GillesBigCowboy]

I got to the point of unbolting the transmission mid air because I didn't think it was possible to lift it up and over... Then adrenaline kicked in I decided to give it one last go and man handled it out.

Nice, good thing not an auto tranz.

[Ray Smoodiver]

Looks like a classic case of "while we're in there..."

Best cure is to call blunt and take a couple of his suppositories.

[noid]

I got to the point of unbolting the transmission mid air because I didn't think it was possible to lift it up and over... Then adrenaline kicked in I decided to give it one last go and man handled it out.

[marshallnoise]

Nice job. Sometimes you have to do what you have to do.

I just pulled the m30 from the 735iL by myself with a hoist that couldn't get it up high enough. I had the oil pan out of the car and the tail of the transmission was dragging in the transmission tunnel. I was planning on pulling the engine and transmission out in one piece...yeah, well that didn't happen. I disconnected the transmission in mid-air and let it plop down on the cross-member. Then a little tug and the m30 came out.

[fresh_TD]

Lol..I took off the head to replace head gasket, next thing I know I ported the head, intake mani and exhaust mani and replacing valve seals tomorrow..lol I told my self I will never DO this again


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[E30 Wagen]

I've done this as well. It wasn't fun.

[Ocell]

That escalated quickly.

Well done on pull! Now I feel like a wimp for leaving my car in the driveway to do simple things instead of working in my 1-car garage.

[noid]

Well it started as a simple headgasket job, then into a "this block needs a time-sert kit" job, into a "this block needs to go to the machinist job" into a "Im getting another block job".

[MikeDE]

This started out as a simple head gasket job.

They all do....

[noid]

This started out as a simple head gasket job.

[MikeDE]

Nice...

there's no head, does that really count??

[noid]

Today I pulled the engine+transmission from my E30 from the side, without a leveler, alone, in a cramped ass two car garage (use it for storage also temporarily).

Proof:



Yes it was a nightmare, yes I had to man handle the transmission up and over at the same time I had to push the engine crane back.