How do you pull the engine???
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04sleeper
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I just helped a friend swap motors a couple of weeks ago. It's easier to pull the motor with the tranny on it than to try and get the tranny off while it's still in the car.
Make sure the engine hoist has a load leveler on it. You'll have to tilt the motor as you lift it. It also helps to have the car up on jack stands for more clearance for the tranny.
Make sure the engine hoist has a load leveler on it. You'll have to tilt the motor as you lift it. It also helps to have the car up on jack stands for more clearance for the tranny.
I would think you would bang up the whole area of your engine compartment if you left the transmission on. I pulled the motor and trans outta my notch atteched but that is because I had the core support out. I would separate the two. If it is a stick, I would at least take the trans off the bell housing.
JChalfan
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1FatPony said:
I've pulled plenty of engines with the trans attached. If you need to get them both out, pull them together. If you don't need to remove the trans, just pull the engine.
Yes you can pull the engine without the intake manifold on. Stock 5.0's usually came with little plates designed to pull the engine, one on each side, bolted to the stock exhaust headers. They work pretty well to pull the motor. Of course I just remembered your heads are off, so those won't help you much...
You can use pretty much any bolt holes, put a bolt through a chain on each side of the motor, and yank it out.
Before you try to remove the engine, you'll have to take out your radiator so you don't damage it in the process. If you have AC, move your AC compressor aside and hook it somewhere with a coat hanger or something. Don't disconnect the lines, or you will let all the freon out.
If you are pulling just the engine, you will have to unbold the engine from the bellhousing, and unbold the motor mounts. Put a floor jack under the front of the trans with just a little pressure to support it. Hook your engine hoist to the engine, lift it up a little bit, and wiggle the engine forward until the input shaft of the tranny comes out of the clutch. I'm asuming you have a 5-speed?
If you are pulling the engine with the trans attached, it's a little more complicated. Remove the driveshaft from the trans, and insert a plug in the tailshaft to keep fluid from spilling everywhere. If you don't have a plug, use a plastic baggy and a couple rubber bands, and do that 3 or 4 times over each other. You probably also have to remove the H-pipe.
You will have to have the car off the ground a little bit to allow room for the transmission to pivot down and be pulled out through the engine compartment. Hook the engine hoist to the engine after unbolting the motor mounts, and lift the engine slightly. Get under the car. Unbolt the trans from the trans crossmember. Support the trans with a jack, and unbolt the trans crossmember from the car. At this point you can take the trans off the jack. With the tranny hanging down, get a buddy over and start lifting the motor with a friend guiding the trans until you can get them out of the car.
Oh yeah I skipped the step about removing the shifter from inside the car, and make sure you remove the speedo cable that goes into the tranny, and any electrical connectors.
All that being said, if you don't need to remove the trans, I wouldn't. Just pull the engine.
Jeff
I jsut pulled it out without the tranny attatched ant it was pretty easy. The only small problems I had were that I realized I needed to take off the starter and I had the tranny in first which seemed to hold the engine back. but other than that it came out pretty easily. Now I need to paint/clean up the engine compartment and wait for my new engine
JChalfan
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1FatPony said:I jsut pulled it out without the tranny attatched ant it was pretty easy. The only small problems I had were that I realized I needed to take off the starter and I had the tranny in first which seemed to hold the engine back. but other than that it came out pretty easily. Now I need to paint/clean up the engine compartment and wait for my new engine
Congrats dude, it sounds like it's all working out pretty good after all. $1k for the car plus about $1k for an engine and you'll end up with a good running stang for around $2k.
Jeff
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