Any suggestion on the best way to drop the crank shaft out of the 5.4 thru the bottom without removing the motor?

Thanks,


Bill.

 

well no there is no way to. you need to pull it all out.

 

Well, I have the bottom end opened up and the crankshaft exposed. Looks like there is a front engine cover that needs to be removed and the trans would have to be moved back in order to remove the starter ring. After that, this thing can't come out?

Just would rather not have to pull the entire motor.

Thanks,

Bill.

 

well the tranny would need to be removed you must unbolt the flexplate. then you need to remove the timing chain.

 

Thanks ford390gashog,

Yeah, the timing chain is what concerns me. I understand there are no timing marks to set up the cam timing to the crankshaft and it requires special tools?

Going to pick up a manual tonite, just no sure how much information it will contain. Some of the off the shelf manuals lack critical info.

One other note, on each side of the main journals, there is what appears to be a dowel pin of sorts. What the heck are they for?

Bill.