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Pulling motor. Which bolts to lift with?

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Skud

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Like the title says..

I have one of the bellhousing bolts in backwards for the rear and one of the alternator mount bolts for the front.. Will these hold? The bellhousing I can see, but the alternator ones are only 10mm bolts..


Riley
 

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you use the bolts that hold the carb down on older cars and they are very small also. i think you will be fine with what you have
 

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I used one of the bell housing bolts and i believe it was the alternator as well. Obviously stay away from the head bolts, damn aluminum heads. Make sure you are using at least grade 8 bolts when you are lifting that baby out, don't use grade 5.
 

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Well, I'm using one of the bellhousing bolts and one of the alternator bolts.. Don't know the grade.. I'll have to look..

Riley
 

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i used bolts on the heads and it worked great all 3 times.. i'm using a load leveler tho (4 pts.)
 

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Skud said:
Like the title says..

I have one of the bellhousing bolts in backwards for the rear and one of the alternator mount bolts for the front.. Will these hold? The bellhousing I can see, but the alternator ones are only 10mm bolts..


Riley
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thats what I used and it worked fine.
forum155pl said:
i used bolts on the heads and it worked great all 3 times.. i'm using a load leveler tho (4 pts.)
Click to expand...

I used one of the ones on the rear of the driver side head first and broke that one off. I think it was the one that the dpf? sensor bracket bolts onto. ya whoops. welded back on with a stud now.
 

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Engine is out!!

Now, what does everyone use to support it with while it's on the ground? Don't want that thing falling over..

Riley
 

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use a tire without a rim
 

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use a rimless tire

or go to pep boys and buy an engine stand for $50
 

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Haha, what a coincidence..

On the way home I had an epiphany and thought about using a tire.. So I stopped by a tire shop and they gave me one for free..

Riley
 
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