Some time ago I had an accident with my toy trolley jack getting caught in the crack of my garage floor as the car was coming down and somehow the jack when from under the cross member to under the sump and squished it a bit, unfortunate but it happened and I have been putting it off for a while as I wasn't keen on pulling the engine and gearbox out to fix it.
When the engine and gearbox went in it was in a mates garage with lots of room which I don't have in mine. So I decided to see if I could get the k-frame out of the car with the engine still in place and then be able to access the sump.
So I removed calipers, air con compressor, alternator, disconnected the steering knuckle and removed my front mounted sway bar.
I then made some brackets to bolt to the engine where the air con compressor and alternator were with the idea the brackets would rest on my home made sway bar mount bracket.
First thing was replace my cheap little trolley jack with a proper Bahco to prevent future mishaps
Then I made these crude brackets out of scrap I had
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Then bolted them to the engine with them resting on the sway bar mount bracket
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The I undid the bolts and lowered the k-frame out on the trolley jack
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I moved the k-frame fwd and in front of the car and put some jack stands under the sway bar mount bracket as it will be sitting there for a few weeks as I get time to fix the sump.
Was much easier than I thought it would be, only downside is that when I drained the oil it was a bit sparkly so maybe I have some internal engine issues to look at in the future. Might get the oil sampled after I drive it again and see what type of metal is causing the sparkles.
Although the sump is still on I have full access around it now so I should be able to get it off