Pulling engine ?

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shallto

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Anyone pull engine with headers still on.

 

Jkstang78

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Yes I have and I have also put it back in with them on. The motor pull brackets mount right around the headers. I do't know if you still have those on your car. But that is what they are ment for.










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Foxfan88

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you can do it easily but why leave them on. its easy as pie to pull them off. you have to unbolt the h-pipe from the collecter anyways. having the headers off make more room to move around.

 

4G-KDMP

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yes... 3 times and no problems.

 

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Canadian Bacon

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I pulled mine last week wth equal length headers, piece of cake. I have poly mounts and a hoist though. Good luck and do every seal you can.

 

cenok is family

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Canadian Bacon said:

I pulled mine last week wth equal length headers, piece of cake. I have poly mounts and a hoist though. Good luck and do every seal you can.

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i pulled the motor out of my brother's wrecked car the other week which had equal length shorties on it as well. no problems what so ever other than i was in a gravel lot so rolling the cherry picker out with the motor attached was impossible. wow was that an SOB. i had to swing the motor towards the front of the car then lower it down and sit it on (what was left of) the radiator support, then pull the cherry picker back, lift the motor again and do the whole process over again until i had it to where i could back a truck up to it.

 

ShortThrow50

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you mean like this lol. I couldnt imagine tryin to remove those rusty ass headers with them still in the engine bay. I just did this about 2 weeks ago

 

Mustang78

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wow, i've never done it with the fan on and the shifter base still on there...you are talented

~Mark~

 

cenok is family

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Mustang78 said:

wow, i've never done it with the fan on and the shifter base still on there...you are talented

~Mark~

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yeah me neither....i'm thinking maybe he put them back one once out of the car? Maybe? i dunno...

 

ShortThrow50

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lol. No i pulled it with that crap still on. Came out with out anything getting hung up. I did however buy one of those levelers for my engine lift.

 

joeyd0730

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Apr 18, 2007

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did you have to jack the front od the car up to get it out complete like that?

 

mustanggt5pt0

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Apr 18, 2007

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You basically had the whole engine still together! I'm impressed. I took off all the acessory drive and the headers. Shifter I left on, no problems with that.

Edit : is that tomb raider in the background?

 

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FastFord58

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I pull all of my engines with trans/headers/shifter base still installed. They go back in that way too. All you need is an adjustable engine cradle to go along with your engine hoist.

 

ShortThrow50

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Yeah guys I didnt want to f around pulling crap apart to get the engine out so i did indeed jack the car up to begin the pull then when i had it partially out, I lowered the jack and then it just slid right out. Yepper, thats tomb raider in the back. She wasnt much help though

 

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we have pulled three out within the last couple of months, yes a 5.0/t-5 with radiator still connected can come out with the car on the ground, smooth as pie