Need help pulling my 273

74DartCustom said

I'm the aformentioned "VW friend".

We had a round with the starter a little bit ago. It won. The top bolt doesn't appear to be readily accessible. The carb linkage and a lot of other stuff was in the way. Perhaps one of you has some tricks to getting it out?

The goal in pulling the engine is to replace the leaking/dilapidated freeze plugs and to replace the starter. We only need to get it out far enough for those tasks. Any input is certainly welcome!

74DC

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Find the right combination of tools...swivel extensions, shorter sockets, bend a wrench into a half moon shape, what have you, to get the bolt. You said you wanted to replace the starter anyway, so it's got to come out. Even if you need to remove the the stuff that's in the way... Starters aren't a forever item. You'll be replacing it again, eventually, so you'll need to figure it out for future reference. Sears should have half moon starter wrenches, if want to go that route. Even a stubby ratcheting wrench should help.

You could pull the tranny while you're at it, but if you're replacing freeze plugs, you'll probably want to do them all and that includes the ones at the back of the block, meaning you'll need to seperate the trans anyway.