How Long Did It Take To Pull Your Motor?

[ryanmacneil8448]

hey ya'll just thought i would start a thread i was wonderin how long it took anyone to pull there motor out i have a '71 type 1 and it took me just over 1 hour in my driveway with a jack and 2 jackstands (time to repaint everything and throw my Kadrons on) oh yeah and it was my first time doin how bout anyone else?  

[KOOL-AID MAN]

I'd say an hour for your first time is pretty good, after you do it a few times you'll get way faster, you could pull it in 15 minutes. That is if you got some one else to guide the motor up and down.i think the first time i did it with my dad, took us about an hour as well, maybe a bit longer, cause it was hung up on the tranny, and we couldnt get it loose.

[Scratchy]

1 Minute, 37 seconds from one beetle to another, and driven 15 feet.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/gwr5/c...?recordid=54123

Here's the Video - Hi Bandwidth - DSL/Cable

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/video_...t/100242_bb.asx

[Shane]

Hoosier/76Bus and myself get together ever Saturday and practice.... Best time yet is
OUT- 2min 34sec
In 3min 45 sec

We are hoping to better our times as the weeks go on.. It is so much fun!!!  

[Chris]

Yeah sorry about dropping it on your head last week, you feeling better yet?

[Shane]

Just a sump to the nose.. no worries next week you are the bottom guy! [_[  

[hellgti]

Geoff and I pulled, rebuilt and installed the engine in the Airspeed bus in a day and he drove it home that night!!


I've had the same damn engine in and out of the same damn car 3 times in an 8 hour shift before  [_[  

[silas]

just like the engine pull competition at the old bug-ins. i think that should be added to the gcvws festivities. 2 or 3 teams. see who can do it the fastest.

those german guys w/ the guiness record were cheating. the cars were in the air to start with.

 

[OUTKAST]

About 12 minutes in my 57 van ! Now wich motor do we think is easier to pull a van motor or a beetle motor ? whats the concensus guys

[Chris]

no matter what it is the motor that someone else is pulling!

[OUTKAST]

Hey 76 my wife told me it was good therapy for me after I had to pull it the 6 timesthis summer   Bye the way I'm refering to my MOTOR can't leave any windows of opportunity open :lol:  

[Matt]

My wife and I had it down to an art in the fastback I owned years ago, engine/tranny combo out, new tranny bolted on and back in car running in less than an hour. A van motor is easier to pull IMO, with the removable apron and all...

[Chris]

too bad not all buses have removable aprons..........

[Hoosier Daddy]

Remember the guys down in Seattle this summer with the ghia,,,,doing the total engine/tranny pull in bushes of the college  

[1969deluxebus]

i did my engine out in 30 mins second try and by my self i thought it was pretty good in i feel would be the hardest part of it all
it is 10 bolts and 4 screws if you keep the bumper on which could get in teh way for some peeps. This is on an up right though. there should be and engine swap at the gcvws
matt street

[Hansk]

I'd say early buses are harder , don't like reaching the top engine bolt behind the fan shroud .  But then late type 4  buses are even harder .

One more vote for an engine pull contest at great Canadian