sbob33

What's up Azine. I am currently doing a clutch and flywheel replacement on my 08 Type S. I am using a Harbor Freight engine support bar for the job. I came across a video of Eric the car guy doing a engine replacement on a 04 TL. He was using the attachment bracket located near the power steering pump as one point of support and the other was under the throttle body/intake manifold as the second point to lift the engine out of the car.

Is the second point under the intake manifold a safe location to support the engine? It would make me nervous to use the intake manifold as I am thinking it would possibly crack or rip out the bolts. Please let me know? Thank you.

Here is the video. Its a 01:45 in.

csmeance

why remove the engine when you can just remove the trans OR drop the whole engine and subframe from the bottom.

sbob33

Yes, that was the plan to drop the subframe. I have mostly everything apart. Just waiting to unbolt motor mounts and then drop the subframe. I have the engine support ready to go. Just don't know if I use the intake manifold as one point of support like in the video.