XR2 Stripped

Today I removed the engine, gearbox, driveshaft’s and hubs from the XR2.
On fiesta’s, the engine always comes out from under the car, not the conventional “lift it out” approach. This is because the brake master cylinder gets in the way above the engine.

Needless to say, once I had started the work, it chucked it down with rain! Luckily, this only lasted for about half an hour, but it was enough to get soaked to the bone! (You can see standing water on the ground in the first photo.)

Once everything connected to the engine was undone, it was placed onto a trolley, then the car was lifted up around it, and the engine wheeled away, easy really.

The engine and gearbox will be steam cleaned at some point, at the moment it’s covered in rain and oil, not a nice look!

The removal of all the parts only took three and a half hours from start to finish, not too bad considering the weather this afternoon.

The remains of the XR2 are being collected by my local scrapyard tomorrow.