Engine Removal Guide?
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From: Covenrty, Connecticut
I just removed and installed the 351 engine on my grandsons 96 F-250 last week end. You do not need to remove the upper intake to remove the engine. It is much easier to leave it and all of the smog piping in place. You will need a special tool to disconnect the two gas lines from the engine. There is no way to pull them apart without the tool. NAPA has them.
Good Luck!!
Good Luck!!
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From: Bonita Springs FL
Depends on the year. Sometime around 1993 or 1994 Ford went from the simple design that you can get apart if you remove the plastic without any hassle to the complicated design that you need the special tool for - and you'll curse up and down for an hour before you get it apart.
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Use your digital camera and take LOTS of pics of the engine bay, vacuum hoses, electrical conn. before you start.............makes all the questions and wasted time trying to figure out where stuff went, go away.
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I was more suggesting that you cut the "X" in the card board so you can push the bolts into the card board... keeps them together and in the same pattern they came off in. But to each his own...
I also use a sharpie and perminent marker but I use a numbering system. IE: I use 2 "1's" to mark where a wire goes together. the next one 2 "2's" and on and on... this way by the time i get done I know i have XYZ number of wires to reconnect and can use a check off or count down to get them all hooked back up...
I also use a sharpie and perminent marker but I use a numbering system. IE: I use 2 "1's" to mark where a wire goes together. the next one 2 "2's" and on and on... this way by the time i get done I know i have XYZ number of wires to reconnect and can use a check off or count down to get them all hooked back up...
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All great ideas but if we're me i'd pull the engine and trans together i have better luke doin that. I would also go onto ebay and find a ford factory service manual, it'll answar any and all questions with nothing left out or hidden or lack of info!
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Well I do want a transmission, but you are right in that I am not getting it now. What I have not settled on is keep the auto or switch to manual. And I haven't even yet started thinking about that. I will when I need to.
Well the pick a part place was having trouble getting me an engine so I went to a 'they-pick-u-pay' place. Pretty much offers the same quality vehicles but they do all the work. It's a little more expensive but today I ordered an engine from them. They guarantee it will run, it may puff some smoke, but guaranteed to run with a 30 day warranty for $350. But all the tips that you guys mentioned are great, I am going to use the ones I can when I remove the current engine from my truck and put in the new one.
On a side note...for the engine replacement project I do need to convert to Mass Air so I bought the conversion kit. So I spent around $1800 today. Feels good to spend some money.
P.S. God dammit I hate those fuel line connectors, I have the hard ones to get off.
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From: Olympia
Pulling a transmission with the engine can be a much more tedious process then unbolting the 6-8 bolts. You would be surprised..
And yes, those gas lines bring the suck. I took mine off and put regular hose clamps on. I'm much more satisfied with them lol. Moreso, broke them off but still.. You can do it with a screwdriver, its just a lot more tedious then with the tool. I do it all the time on anything I need to pull them off of. "Quick disconnect lines" my ***!
And yes, those gas lines bring the suck. I took mine off and put regular hose clamps on. I'm much more satisfied with them lol. Moreso, broke them off but still.. You can do it with a screwdriver, its just a lot more tedious then with the tool. I do it all the time on anything I need to pull them off of. "Quick disconnect lines" my ***!
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From: Des Moines, Iowa
I just unbolted my fuel rails and let them stay with the rolling chasis... do you really need to mess with the fuel lines??? When I pulled my 351w (can also apply to a 302...) I took off the upper intake, bolted down my home made plate to the intake (see pic). and unbolted the fuel rails and poped them off... they are still sitting under the hood of the truck... I go out once in a while to turn the truck key on to flush some fresh gas through the open lines...
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Well I think you proved you don't need to take the fuel lines off and you can just unbolt the fuel rails. I should be able to get the fuel lines apart, I used to do it just about every year when I needed a smog check. I would have to bypass all the components of my supercharger to pass smog.
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