Do Work Son!

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Allright, this is for all the do it your selfers either fortunate enough to have a lift in their RV port or garage, or ballin on a budget like me, doin it the hard way. Do you pull / install the motor on the ground, or lift it.

91LS1T56

i used an engine hoist and two jack stands.i unbolted the whole engine craddle and front suspension like 9 -12 bolts.i let the whole assembley sit on the engine hoist legs ands used the hoist to pick up the car set the car on the jack stands and wheel out the engine.

blk/slvr02ss

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Drop it out from the bottom.

SSdreamz

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my buddy and i did mine and his out of his garage with no lift. pulled the engine from the bottem. had a wooden dolley to move the k member,engine and tranny around once the car was lifted off. just used an engine hoist and had a strap hooked to the radiator support to lift the car from the k member.

white02ws6

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I've done it from the top on my car twice, and a few friends cars too. Its really not all that hard, just very time consuming. Decided to do it from the bottom next time.

EnfuegoZ28

Drop it out of the bottom F T W! I haven't done it, but it sounds easier to drop the engine out of the bottom.

jstero99

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I have done it both ways. There both easy but out the bottom is definitly easier you just have to get an alignment when your done.

JRocket

Anybody know where the step by step thread for dropping it out the bottom might be? I think it was a red Camaro in the thread,maybe?

JRocket

Found it,nevermind.

ZTwentyAteU

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i always drop them out the bottom.

I can usually drop the whole k member in an hour. My record is 45 minutes, but that time I pulled it with the driveshaft and y pipe attached, just pulled the y and driveshaft out of the back of the tranny. Y pipe came out easy (hooker). I would not reccommend doing that, I was thrashing to get it out to meet a deadline.

I wouldnt screw with yanking it out the top.

Z28/2002

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I pulled mine out the top with the T56 still attached. Took about an hour

smok'nZ

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i work 50+ hours a week dont have the time or patience for it anymore its just money

davered00ss

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I have pulled them from the top, never done it from below.

waldershrek

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I wouldn't want to do it on the ground. If you have access to a lift it will save you a lot of trouble.

ReedBooth

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I've done both, if you don't have access through the bottom, pull the heads and yank it from the top.

ZMONSTER!

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my buddy and I pulled his motor through the top, super easy. Cant imagine it being any easier any other way unless you happen to have a lift, but even then it couldnt be that much easier.

PontiacFan

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Where? Post the link, ...
Search sux, ...

turbo86

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I got lucky, a friend of the family had a lift. I can't imagine doing it out the top, as you have to remove more stuff from the car.

There is a tool called the happy hooker (not kidding), that goes where the intake sits, so that you can pull it out the top easier, but you have to remove the headers and radiator.

out the bottom is the easiest

rip 1blk ss

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i have taken one out the top with the hood on in under 3hrs. with 3 guys that know what they are doing!