# When you did not have the right tool, but still had to get the job done… **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [December 5, 2023, 9:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/when-you-did-not-have-the-right-tool-but-still-had-to-get-the-job-done/193960 "2023-12-05T21:02:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 28
**Author:** ![LoudThunder](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/loudthunder/32/27769_2.png) [@LoudThunder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/LoudThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2023, 2:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/when-you-did-not-have-the-right-tool-but-still-had-to-get-the-job-done/193960/28 "2023-12-08T02:25:59Z")
> [@Purebred](#): > > a neighbor hooked a chain hoist to a limb on an oak tree to swap engines in his truck. When I was a teenager back in the '60s, I swapped out the engine on my '63 VW and I used a ladder to replace an engine jack… Without re-writing this old posting, here is the link… > [@Drained oil. Wrong filter inside box. Wait until Walmart openSunday?](https://community.cartalk.com/t/drained-oil-wrong-filter-inside-box-wait-until-walmart-opensunday/181445/56): > > Now, I know for a fact that the engine on my 1963 VW Bug was hung from the trans-axle. Being a teenage, shade-tree mechanic, I swapped out the engine on my bug, with an engine in better condition from a bug that gave up the ghost when its front end was wrecked. Very simple matter, unbolt the throttle cable, remove the fuel line, generator and, coil wires, remove the rubber boots that connected the heat exchanger on the exhaust system to the heater ducts, and remove the four bolts holding the … --- _[View the full topic](https://community.cartalk.com/t/when-you-did-not-have-the-right-tool-but-still-had-to-get-the-job-done/193960)._