Progess Continues/Any tips on pulling the engine?
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Progess Continues/Any tips on pulling the engine?
Well after 2 weekends worth of work we finally got all the front pieces off to get the engine out (see photos), couldnt believe how many bolts held it together. Now we're finally getting ready to pull the engine/transmission, anyone have any tips/advice?
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If it was mee I'd pull fan,distibutor cap and carb. After hood of course. Why did you pull the front sheet metal ? On my 54 I just pulled radiator and the top of core support. Lucky the Y only has 1 exhaust pipe. lots of luck Kurt G. Y-blocks rule.
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P.S. mark the location of plug wires. The motor in my 54 was given to me because an elderly gentalmens grandson tuned it up, and it never ran again. Can you guess how far off firing order was. Kurt G.
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The reason we didnt eas because of this, im not sure what you call it, its a black panel that holds the radiator/fenders to the frame but sticks up well above into the hood. In order to get it off we had to tear everything else apart, turned out to be a bigger job that we thought but will make it easier to do the body work.
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Well I'd even go further. You can remove the whole front end.... fenders/grill/etc (after removing the hood) and all and it makes it MUCH easier (I did this last fall when I pulled the engine out of a 1960 F-100)
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What ever devices that are going to be used in the actual lift need to be tested.
Attach chaine cables or whatever, attach lifting thingy.
Put a strain on it (With nobody over, under, around it.) and let it sit for a few minutes, repeat again with the engine just off the mounts.
When your sure its going to hold, pull engine and get it on stand as soon as you can. DON"T leave it hanging.
It's a Safety Thing.
Attach chaine cables or whatever, attach lifting thingy.
Put a strain on it (With nobody over, under, around it.) and let it sit for a few minutes, repeat again with the engine just off the mounts.
When your sure its going to hold, pull engine and get it on stand as soon as you can. DON"T leave it hanging.
It's a Safety Thing.
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Originally Posted by 4tl8ford
What ever devices that are going to be used in the actual lift need to be tested.
Attach chaine cables or whatever, attach lifting thingy.
Put a strain on it (With nobody over, under, around it.) and let it sit for a few minutes, repeat again with the engine just off the mounts.
When your sure its going to hold, pull engine and get it on stand as soon as you can. DON"T leave it hanging.
It's a Safety Thing.
Attach chaine cables or whatever, attach lifting thingy.
Put a strain on it (With nobody over, under, around it.) and let it sit for a few minutes, repeat again with the engine just off the mounts.
When your sure its going to hold, pull engine and get it on stand as soon as you can. DON"T leave it hanging.
It's a Safety Thing.
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we have a 2 ton engine hoist with an 8 ton hyd cylinder so i think we're good, this setup had no issues getting a 352 V8 w trans out of our old 65 F100 and the 8 ton cyl is brand new. Could use some advice as to where to attach the engine hoist to though
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There should be some places on the manifold to hook up. When I used to pull big diesel boat motors, we welded up a nice cradle that fit on the oil sump rail, and used the scariest hoist you have ever seen, but you could pick up buildings with it.
If you could do that with some chains and some heavy steel, that's a solid way to do it.
Those are all the pointers I can give you. All I'm really used to lifting are Porsche engines. And if that's a 1600 Special, it's a 200 pound engine. If you have exhaust lifters, that's a one man lift job there.
If you could do that with some chains and some heavy steel, that's a solid way to do it.
Those are all the pointers I can give you. All I'm really used to lifting are Porsche engines. And if that's a 1600 Special, it's a 200 pound engine. If you have exhaust lifters, that's a one man lift job there.
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Racist comment, but- Asian Drivers for ya?
Just kidding.
But the sad truth behind that is the thought process of these Chinese companies.
Somebody died? No problem! Hire someone for less!
We broke a forklift? Bah. We can pay for one in a day.
Just kidding.
But the sad truth behind that is the thought process of these Chinese companies.
Somebody died? No problem! Hire someone for less!
We broke a forklift? Bah. We can pay for one in a day.