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Re: motor removal

fyborg1138 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:09:20 GMT

... There are two different styles of jackstands holding the car up. The front ones go up 16 inches and the rear ones are up 17.5 inches. fyborg

Re: motor removal

James Dickie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:47:08 GMT

Guys Try a mechanical transmission jack. It makes it real easy. Jim Dickie Garland, Tx.(Mickey) ... From: David Brunson Subject:

Re: citicar prices anc resto

Stuart Updike — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:17:56 GMT

... Hello Andrew, Regarding bumpers, Jim Sibbing shaped oak boards like the bumpers and coated them with spray-on bed liner. They looked very nice. Also, EV

Re: motor removal

David Brunson — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:15:15 GMT

After removing my old motor twice in two weeks, then installing a new D&D; all I can say is it's conceptionally easy, but really hard on the body if you are

Re: motor removal

Lance Wong — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:35:09 GMT

Couldn't say if stock or not. But Mo`o has shackles that are on the rear leaf springs, and some of the framing has been shaved. Lance, Honolulu, #455

Re: motor removal

winfield100 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:52:42 GMT

thanks for nice photo essay. are the rear wheels higher than the front ones. found out at community assoc meeting that I have been blogged about and there was

Re: motor removal

ibdilbert2 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:36:10 GMT

The motor on my 76 a body must be lighter than all of yours. I've removed mine a hand full of times. Just pull the speedo cable off, the four bolts from

Re: motor removal

tnaneek — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:30:07 GMT

The cradle looks good! I use a more primitive method - For a Comutacar I stack 2X8's under the motor until they just touch the motor and loosen the four

Blue Comuta For Sale

tnaneek — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:31:17 GMT

Here's another Craigslist Comutacar for sale: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/1249759575.html 1980, blue, $2800. Looks to be in good shape by the

Re: motor removal

Takashi Yogi — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:46:39 GMT

Here's the method I use to remove/install the motor. I have done this on both a CitiCar and CommutaCar. I wrap the strap of a heavy-duty ratchet tiedown

Re: CitiCar Dealer Issued Postcards Revisited

Peter Crisitello — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:31:28 GMT

Dave: OK, what do I have to do, now? Send a check to you, him, or what? Peter Crisitello Crisitel@... CELL: (732)491-3077 Home: (732)574-0776

Amphicars

DaveP — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:14:07 GMT

Amphis are cool! If I ever had the chance to grab one I would. We used to have an independent Volkswagen repair shop nearby that always seemed to have one or

Re: OUCH!!! or how I'm going to learn to rebuild a motor

DaveP — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:10:27 GMT

Well, I decided that rather than wait 45 minutes for my prescription to be filled that I would run to the neighboring town and pick up Ellie's motor since I

motor removal

fyborg1138 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:31:26 GMT

I built a cradle and attached it to a trolley jack so I could easily lower the heavy motor from the car and lift it back up again when it comes back from the

Picked up my car today

hickeywt — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:06:01 GMT

It seems to be lacking most of the electrical equipment. The motor is there and there is a controller, but the condition is unknown. The controller is a