This is a great forum, havent seen till today. this should be a fun thread for all you pros to stretch your wisdom about th cars we all love. anyways i bought a new 3.0 for my 2002 x type and i need to put it in. im very good with mechanical skills just these are alot different under the hood then the sports cars i have worked on. anyways im pulling the motor just got started this evening and need to pull it from the top. any help would be greatly appreciated. all hints on the disconection from the trans, motor mounts, got alot of the wiring disconnected already and i also took the intake off for more room to work. all info and little hints would be greatly appreciated thanks guys

 

Well, tell me how it goes. It looks like you need to pull it away from the transmission about two inches to clear the flex plate. Unfortunately you don't have two inches before the front of the motor hits the strut well. You cant pull the front engine cover off either. You will have to modify the strut well or loosen the undercarriage to slide it so the engine can have enough space to clear. Radiator needs to come out to get to the air conditioner. The cats might clear. Take a bunch of pics.

 

I'd drop it from the bottom. Should be much easier. Search jfenley ( Jaguar Forums - Jaguar Enthusiasts Forum - View Profile: jfenley) on here as he has done it. He also posted several pics along the way. This should help you out a lot.

Good luck!

 

Good luck with your project, I'm sure any pictures you take along the way will be welcome.

 

yea i kno everyone says to go atit from the bottom but there is one guy on this forum *****-k that did it from the top and he said it went smoothly i did start taking pics after i got the intake off is there anything special to pullin off the radiator on these x types ?

 

If you are doing it in your garage, try like hell to do it from the top. Dropping it out the bottom is really, really tough without a lift.

 

well the project just did a complete 180 on me the engine is seized and cant turn the flywheel to get the torque converter bolts out so im gonna have to pull the motor out of the bottom to all that have done it anything besides the basic to doing it would be greatly appreciated. i have pulled the front clip off the radiator, the a/c condenser and pump, alternator and front exhaust manifold rest will be goin by what fenly said. anything yall ran into that gave a little bit of trouble please let me kno thanks alot guys

 

Yes. You still need to get those bolts out from the bottom before you drop the engine. Put some air on the cylinder through the spark plug hole and turn the engine one way or the other. It will be easier to get at those bolts before you drop the engine.

 

yea i tryed everything on of the rods brel throught the side of the block and now is jamed up internally so that motor is not gonna turn

 

Ok then, drop the oil pan, remove the rods from the crank, turn the crank and loosen the converter bolts. That is what you will have to do anyway. It is still easier from under the car...in my opinion.