Volvo Engine Removal

One of the biggest parts of the entire restoration was the engine removal. Removing the engine includes, taking off every fastener and pipe that connects the engine to the body. This was time consuming and tedious work due to how rusted the bolts and nuts where, it could take us up to half an hour just to get a nut and bolt out that was deep into the transmission and not easy to access. Then came the problem of bolts being so tight that our socket wrenches would strip the top of the bolt and cause even bigger issues
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In this image you can see all the things holding the engine in and the rust basically covering everything.

Eventually, throughout a few classes, we where able to get all the fasteners out and get the engine chained up for removal.


Slowly we began to raise the crane and free the engine, until the engine was hanging over the car. 
The engine being lifted out of the Volvo

After combating, rust, smelly engine fluids, stripped bolts, and tedious cleaning of parts we where finally able to get the engine freed. I'm proud to say we are a one step closer to fully restoring the 1968 Volvo P1800.