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Nov 30, 2002 | 09:51 AM

rjcline

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Pulling motor

I am pulling a 400 to rebuild out of a junk truck. It has an automatic and I can't get the motor to turn to remove the flex plate bolts. Can I pull it anyway and just pull the torque converter out? I have no use for the tranny in the junk truck.
Thanks so much for your help!!!!

ps to moderator...sorry about double post ...in HUGE time crunch!

Nov 30, 2002 | 09:56 AM

theonlybull

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if you have no use for the tranny, i don't see why you couldn't just pull it out..

Nov 30, 2002 | 10:08 AM

rjcline

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just to be clear...when i pull the motor will the torque convertor come out or do i need to cut loose the tranny from frame/transfer case?

Thansk very much for quick answer

Nov 30, 2002 | 01:17 PM

ST_Wilson

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Pulling motor

Torque converter should be bolted to the flexplate, the input shat to the transmission should slip right out but you'll need to be able to slip the motor forward(I think about 6 inches but its been a long time)to clear the input shaft. The engine should come clear as long as you get all the bell housing bolts out. I definitely recommend taking the 5 minutes to pull the radiator out to give more wiggle room as you may need to do lots of wiggling to get completely free of the input shaft before raising the motor.

Nov 30, 2002 | 02:58 PM

rjcline

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Thanks guys, had radiator loose already so it should be cool...my motor dude had to run so we will do it tomorrow...he has a tractor with a bucket that we use to pull motors...damn deer season anyway !!