Nearside engine mounting bolt.... bah!

[bottom rung]

I want to remove the 1600tp engine from my 68 dormobile, but I've run into a bit of a problem. Whenever I have done engine swaps in the past in beetles, I used to remove the inlet, dynamo and fan housing to make access to the top engine mounts easier. You can't take the fan housing off a bus with the engine in situ due to the low ceiling in the engine bay. Also, I can't remove the tinware over the gearbox as the doghouse feed threads through it and I cannot remove it. I am having a nightmare trying to get the top nearside mount bolt out as access looks pretty restricted from underneath as well. Anyone done this already? I am assuming I am going to have to go up from underneath, but I can barely get my fingers on the bolt, let alone a spanner. I have the heat exchanger mounting nuts steeping in wd40 ready just in case they have to be removed. I have tried every combination of arm routes and body positions under that bus that I can think of. Surely there must be a straightforward way of doing this?

 

[Trikky2]

Socket and extension bar - simples

 

[Nick-Rackham]

I had this same problem Put up a "Help Wanted" in the tech forum and 3 fantastic gents came over and sorted it for me

Seriously, having partially watched Westy Richardson and Ooro (Grazy was helping me hold the broom) getting the motoro out of Mollie, it's possible with a socket and extension. Not sure if they had to use a swivel / UJ thingie too

Hope that helps