motor swap help ?
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motor swap help ? im gonna be changing my motor over next week ive got a cherry picker and most of the tools .....like thurs-sat ....i was wondering if anyone in the area can give me a hand?? ive never attemtped something like this before so anyone would be a help...id make sure to keep the beer and the pizza stocked for those who help lol.....just let me know plss i need it .....im in marlborough...bout 15 mins from wocster if u need directions jhust ask...thanx
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From: East Side Performance! mASShole
Originally Posted by badpewter-z
nope comes right out the top no problem. you end up just turning the motr sideways a little as it comes up and out . its tight but it does come right out
ps, lifting the car off the motor is deffinetly the hard way. lol
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Originally Posted by Noyzee
what are you doing to it?
thursday threw saturday?
thursday 5pm threw thursday 10 pm and it would be out.
its a ride for me to do, probably an hour or more
thursday threw saturday?
thursday 5pm threw thursday 10 pm and it would be out.
its a ride for me to do, probably an hour or more
im swapping the motor ...ive already got most of it off...just need to get itout
well if u can come down and help it be very much apreciated...ill have plenty of 
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Originally Posted by anthonyz281999
im swapping the motor ...ive already got most of it off...just need to get itout well if u can come down and help it be very much apreciated...ill have plenty of lol
well if u can come down and help it be very much apreciated...ill have plenty of lolnext week is hard also, im painting under my hood, and wednesday is the big race.
give me a adress so i can map quest it, see what i can do.
any pics of what you have so far?
I used the picker to pick the car up the first time (no lift). I still think it is easier out the bottom. Just put the motor back in for the second time through the bottom. Didn't take hardly any time, plus you can leave erverything on it 
Top is easier. Takes us about 3-4hr's to do it. By the time it comes out it is almost completely dissasembled. People talk about 2-2.5hrs out the bottom but they still have to dissasemble the setup after.
Originally Posted by anthonyz281999
ive been hearing that it would be best to pull the tranny with the motor ? would this make it eaiser ?
I'll get flamed for this, but I still say out the bottom. You've guys have done it numerous times out the top, I'm sure you have it down to a science.
Out the bottom is 6 bolts, steering column, two brake lines, upper strut mounts and hoses/fuel lines. Pull the harness out with the car and everything. No reaching under the cowl to disconnect sensors on the back of the motor, unbolting headers, removing radiators, intake, HOOD etc. Once the motor is out everything is right in front of you making dissasembly/reassemby a breeze???
For the novice, out the bottom is the way to go.
then you can keep the motor with the tranny.
Last Saturday I put in pushrods, intake, accessories, flywheel, clutch, tranny, headers, harness, got in on the crossmember, lowered the car onto the K-member, bolted it up, struts, hoses, belt, tranny crossmember, steering column, wiring, brakelines in about 6-7hrs with minimum help. Literally worked by myself except for the occasional, "can you give me a hand."
I have never pulled it out the top though, I did begin to do it that way the first time. Just seemed as though I was always working around something, sitting on the rad support etc. Not to mention scratching my fenders to hell leaning over them (with blankets). I could be wrong, I've been wrong before, but I've done it twice now through the bottom.
OK I'm done
Out the bottom is 6 bolts, steering column, two brake lines, upper strut mounts and hoses/fuel lines. Pull the harness out with the car and everything. No reaching under the cowl to disconnect sensors on the back of the motor, unbolting headers, removing radiators, intake, HOOD etc. Once the motor is out everything is right in front of you making dissasembly/reassemby a breeze???
For the novice, out the bottom is the way to go.
then you can keep the motor with the tranny.Last Saturday I put in pushrods, intake, accessories, flywheel, clutch, tranny, headers, harness, got in on the crossmember, lowered the car onto the K-member, bolted it up, struts, hoses, belt, tranny crossmember, steering column, wiring, brakelines in about 6-7hrs with minimum help. Literally worked by myself except for the occasional, "can you give me a hand."
I have never pulled it out the top though, I did begin to do it that way the first time. Just seemed as though I was always working around something, sitting on the rad support etc. Not to mention scratching my fenders to hell leaning over them (with blankets). I could be wrong, I've been wrong before, but I've done it twice now through the bottom.
OK I'm done
if i had a lift and other certain tools i would proably say brin git out through the botom but where the car is going to be on the ground id say bringin it out thought the top is the best way. and i hope you kept everything organized when ya took it apart. i forgot to the first time i did a swap and it bit me in the *** when i went to put everything back. hell i still dont know where my 14 mm socket ended up lol
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well got it out the top...pulled the trans with it ...now just need a few more parts for the short block so i can get it back togteher...but i did break a wire coming out..the CP sensor.. i think...it plugs into the side of the block...can i just splice it back to where it came out from? or did i really mess up ?
