1984 F150 302 C6(auto) 4X4 - I'm preparing to pull the engine on this vehicle. I worked a few years as a marine mechanic, so I have experience pulling motors from boats. However, I know about as much about transmissions as a man with no arms knows about playing a guitar.

Everything that needs to be torn off the engine in order to lift it has been removed. The last thing is disconnecting the transmission.

First - the kickdown lever. It appears to be attached to the carb via a "top-hat" fastener. To disconnect this thing - I assume I can just pry the fastener off and pull the link out? Wasn't sure if there's something special about this connection that I cannot see.

Second - Disconnecting the trans. I had to get underneath the vehicle to remove the starter. While I was down there I scoped out the trans-to-engine connection. Where are the torque converter-to-engine block bolts? Can they be better reached from the top of the engine, right below the firewall? It appears this will be tricky no matter how I look at it.

One last thing - I have not found anywhere on the engine where I can attach the lifting chains. The (haynes) book jsut says "attach the sling to the engine lifting brackets" but, looking in the places where you would think the brackets would be - I don't see them. Wasn't sure if I just have to go buy some and bolt them into the heads or something. They were always obvious on the other motors I have pulled. Maybe I am just missing them - the engine compartment on this vehicle is extremely busy (thanks EPA!)

Any advice or tips would be appreciated...

 

I just bolt the chain to the heads and the torque converter bolts you get from under the truck and they should be nuts and the kick down you should remove the fastener and then the cable

 

Take the inspection cover off the flywheel area. You are going to be taking the torque convertor off the flywheel(flexplate is the official name), and the flexplate will stay with the engine. Just turn the engine around by hand and take the nuts off.

After you get the engine out, then you can take the flexplate off the back of the crankshaft.

Make sure you jack the tranny up with the engine, and then support the tranny. Pretty much pull the whole thing up till it hits the floorboard, then support the tranny. This will let the engine come forward and up at a angle to clear the motor mount brackets.

As far a lifting points, just find a bolt hole on the rear passenger side of the engine(behind the head if you have room), and put a bolt through the chain into the hole. Do the same on the front driver's side head.

When you get ready to put it al back together, do not forget to pull the torque convertor out of the tranny, and put a new seal in. The torque convertor is going to hang on the seal as soon as you get the engine out, and the seal will certainly leak if you don't put in a new one right before you install the engine. When you put the torque convertor back on, push and turn and push and turn to get it engaged and all the way back in all the detents and pump drive.

 

Thanks for the advice guys - this clears up a lot of what the haynes manual omits...