MGB Engine Removal

Feb 17th, 2002 (Sun)
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Successfully extracting the engine for the first time under my ownership. Thanks to Rick Adachi for lending me his engine hoist.


I finally got around to pulling my MGB’s engine. It took about a day to do so. Actually, it was fairly easy–took maybe 6 hours or so, excluding breaks. I was taking my time and was pleasantly surprised at how easy the process was. (Of course, installing the engine was a different matter). Afterwards, I rented a U-haul pick-up truck and brought the engine to Fremont Machine Shop, which was only about 1 mile away. When I got there, two big dudes manhandled the engine block from the pickup bed, put it in a shopping cart, and rolled it into the machine shop across the parking lot. A funny sight, but impressive.

Photos of the removal process are here.

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In my garage with the engine hoist my coworker generously lent me. Thanks, Rick!

Goldie's engine sans cylinder head, which I had removed to diagnose the problem in April of last year!

I had to spend an additional 6 or so hours removing various components to get to this point...

Success! Felix removing the engine and transmission with the engine hoist.

I now begin the laborous cleaning/degreasing process, scraping away three decades' worth of grease and grime.

Here's a picture taken after I unbolted the tranny from the engine and did hours worth of cleaning. Note that the engine is now red and the transmission silver!

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