MGB Engine Removal
I finally got around to pulling my MGB’s engine. It took about a day to do so using an engine hoist that a co-worker lent me. The engine removal process was fairly easy and required about six hours of labor, 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 a 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.
![In my garage with the engine hoist my coworker generously lent me. Thanks, Rick!](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/e/engine_removal02a.jpg)
![Goldie's engine sans cylinder head, which I had removed to diagnose the problem in April of last year!](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/e/engine_removal02b.jpg)
![I had to spend an additional 6 or so hours removing various components to get to this point...](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/e/engine_removal02c.jpg)
![Success! Felix Wong removing the engine and transmission with the engine hoist.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/images/e/engine_removal02d.jpg)
![I now begin the laborous cleaning/degreasing process, scraping away three decades' worth of grease and grime.](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/e/engine_removal02e.jpg)
![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!](https://felixwong.com/gallery/thumbs/e/engine_removal02f.jpg)