Removal and Installation
ENGINE AND TRANSAXLE ASSEMBLY - REMOVAL1. Remove the battery.
2. Detach the air cleaner.
3. Disconnect the connectors for the backup lamp switch and engine harness.
4. For vehicles with a 5-speed manual transmission, disconnect the select control valve connector.
5. Disconnect the connectors for the alternator harness and the oil pressure gauge wiring.
6. Drain the engine coolant.
NOTE: When disconnecting hoses, make identification marks to ensure they are reconnected correctly.
CAUTION: Be careful not to spill oil or fluid from hoses. Plug the openings to prevent foreign material from entering.
7. Disconnect the radiator upper and lower hoses on the engine side, then remove the radiator assembly.
8. Disconnect the engine ground.
9. Disconnect the brake booster vacuum hose.
10. Remove the main fuel line, the return and vapor hoses from the engine side.
11. Disconnect the heater hoses (inlet and outlet) on the engine side.
12. Disconnect the accelerator cable at the engine side.
13. For vehicles with manual transmission, remove the control cable from the transmission.
14. For vehicles with automatic transmission, remove the control cable from the transmission.
15. Disconnect the speedometer cable from the transmission.
16. Disconnect the air conditioner compressor from the mounting bracket.
17. Jack up the vehicle.
18. Drain the transmission oil (or fluid).
19. Disconnect the front exhaust pipe from the manifold.
NOTE: Use wire to suspend the exhaust pipe from the bottom of the vehicle.
20. For vehicles with manual transmission, remove the shift control rod and extension rod.
21. Remove the lower arm ball joint bolts and the stabilizer bar at the point where it is mounted to the lower arm.
22. Remove the drive shafts from the transmission case.
CAUTION :Plug the axle holes of the transmission case to prevent entry of foreign material.
Install new circlips on the drive shafts when reassembling.
23. Hang the lower arm and drive shaft from the body with wire.
24. Attach a chains or cables to the engine. Use an engine hoist or a chain hoist to slightly raise the engine (enough to support the engine's weight while processing with the following steps).
25. Remove the front roll stopper.
26. Separate the rear roll stopper.
27. Remove the engine mounting insulator bolts.
28. Remove the engine mounting bracket from the engine.
29. Slowly raise the engine (to the extent that the weight of the engine and transmission assembly is not applied to the mounting portions) and temporarily hold it in the raised position.
CAUTION: Check that all cables, hoses, harnesses, connectors etc. are disconnects 1 from the engine.
30. Remove the caps from the inside of the right fender shield and remove the transaxle mount bracket bolts.
31. While directing the transmission side downward, lift the engine and transmission assembly up and out of the vehicles.