Decisions, Yank Engine Or Not

krazedstang · Mar 9, 2015

So I have an 88 Vert that I currently have heads intake and a cam to put in, oil pan is rusted and is leaking. It's been a while since I've pulled an engine, Do you think it would be easier to pull the engine to replace all that (including oil pan) or just support the engine up to get the pan over the k member? I keep going back and forth with how I want to do it.

madspeed · Mar 9, 2015

either or. Is it auto or manual?

krazedstang · Mar 9, 2015

Manual.

90lxwhite · Mar 10, 2015

More room to work if it's out..

stang89bidges · Mar 10, 2015

I'm betting if you pull the engine you will do more than what your expecting. But that's not a bad thing just be ready for the unknown.

hoopty5.0 · Mar 10, 2015

I agree with Madspeed. You do less work supporting the engine, but changing the gasket is a PITA. Or you pull the engine which is a PITA and have an easy time replacing everything. If it were me, I'd pull the engine so I didn't have to do all that under the car, unless you have access to a lift.

FoxMustangLvr · Mar 10, 2015

Do it once and do it right, yank it!!! Do the oil pump, pump pick up, shaft and a new pan gasket. Your back will thank you for sitting down in a chair while working on your engine.

7upstang91 · Mar 10, 2015

Pull it!

Shakerhood · Mar 10, 2015

I would go ahead and pull the engine.

TOOLOW91 · Mar 10, 2015

Id rather pull the engine. A friend and I did a clutch and oil pan one night on a fox. Started at 630 pm by 10 the motor had been out all the work done and back in the car just left to have the upper intake put on and the trans put back in.

FoxMustangLvr · Mar 10, 2015

I think it's yank it by a land slide. I'm hungry for tacos. Fuk this diet i'm on!

krazedstang · Mar 10, 2015

Well it's settled, the engine is coming out.

hoopty5.0 · Mar 10, 2015

LOL at all the possible innuendo.

FoxMustangLvr · Mar 10, 2015

A summation of this thread.

krazedstang said:
I keep going back and forth......

90lxwhite said:
More room to work if it's out..

FoxMustangLvr said:
Do it once and do it right, yank it!!!.

7upstang91 said:
Pull it!

TOOLOW91 said:
A friend and I did

hoopty5.0 said:
LOL at all the possible innuendo.

What innuendo? lol

hoopty5.0 · Mar 10, 2015

@FoxMustangLvr that is brilliant!

90lxwhite · Mar 10, 2015

FoxMustangLvr said:
A summation of this thread.

What innuendo? lol

Ha!

addermk2 · Mar 10, 2015

There is indeed an advantage to taking the engine out. You can... Clean and repaint, change EVERY gasket, install your new pan (and oil pump while you're in there), do your cam swap.... etc etc etc. Then just drop it back in place and move on with your life.

jrichker · Mar 11, 2015

I have done it both ways and while you can change the pan gasket with the engine still in the car, it is a lot more difficult to do it correctly that way.
That leads back to pulling the engine, especially if you have other work to do besides the pan gasket.

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