F360 Engine removal query

Wonder if someone can advise if the Exhaust manifolds need to be removed before pulling out the Engine and gearbox as one assembly from the shell OR can the headers be left alone.

Trying to avoid removing those tricky nuts from the headers.

If they do need to come off, does it need any special 13mm tool or you just need to get them off with a lot of patience.

Thanks

 

Re-Shelling a CS for someone who crashed it. Quite an interesting project. Stripped the front end, interior and most of the rear except the Engine needs to come out and then the fuel tanks .

 

I can take pics for you. (I marked all the cables and hoses when removing them using masking tape on the cables and the shell and frames). A total of 3 black sheath cable looms going from gear box to the car. There are 2 cables coming out of the gear box and one thicker one going into it (has a red tape marker on it ) . The one going into it from the main loom has a bid squarish black connector which plugs near the Right side inner C V joint shaft while the 2 coming from the box have 2 thinner wires with the 2 flat connectors of about 4 to 5 cables each. These 2 connectors sit on the black frame right above the right side shock top area. The routing of the 3 cables is together as a cluster with 3 clamps. The 1st one is on the top right of the Aluminium Cradle , second one a few inches in at the same cradle and then another clamp on the gearbox near the C V joint.

 

I guess its a job of patience then and even one header of means there should be some room to move it out. You do wonder how they service some items on regular cars even though this one I am doing should be easier as its being totally stripped to the bare shell. I found 5 items v painful to remove. The ABS pump, The wiper motor, the Aircon Evaporator and the P Steering rack. Wonder if its due to parts being squashed due to the crash or its normally a pain to remove them.

 

Looks good. The 2 black tubes which u marked in blue should clip onto a black connector that fits on the lower side of the air box. I'll take pics in the morning as I have 2 complete n finished 360 modena cars at home in original condition too.

 

One thing I must warn you about as I found it on the CS today. The metal bracket that has the 2 big oil cooler braided metal pipes going from engine to the right rear wheel housing has been chaffing the hoses in the car I worked on today, the aluminium bracket has been half chewed up. Maybe a good idea to put a rubber sheath and cable tie it to prevent movement between the hose and metal bracket. It's a bracket which fits on the bottom of the aluminium cradle

 

Quite a bad and rough finish if it's original . Seems very sharp.