blackhawk400

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I've never done it either way, but I plan on doing it out the bottom in a friends 1car garage soon. What are the 6x6's or 4x4's for?

I figured I just need some tall jack stands for the rear axle, and a cherry picker to lift the front up high.

/hijack

RyanSws6

iTrader: (72)

I just did mine out the bottom. Used a HD dolly and just rolled it under the car I did it ALL alone. 2 Truck stands, big jack and the dolly.

A_Cool_Name

easiest to just take it out through the top..........unbolt hood and accessories and it comes out.....i've done this on ls1 and lt1 cars many times......

94 s dime

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eh its huge..



my dad owns the shop, i work for him and usually work on my own stuff on the weekend and throughout the night.. i got it lucky but i do know what its like not to have a lift

maxgee

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From what I'm seeing here, most have taken it out the bottom which is what I'm thinking of doing, but the ones who go thru the top say it's easier that way. I thought the bottom was easier on ls1 fbodies.

BayAreaSS

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I pulled mine from the top a few months ago in my garge. I removed the front bumper and a few accesories and she came out pretty smooth.

White.Lightning

iTrader: (53)

I read write ups on this a while back. I guess besides wiring, the main components to come undone are the trans crossmember, driveshaft, upper strut mounts, and kmember bolts????

Am I missing anything major?

dschmittie1

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I can't find any pics that I already have online of how I used the hoist to pick up the car. But I have a wooden cart that I set the motor and trans on with all the suspension and picked up the car by the rad support. Worked very well. I have done SSdreamz's motor like that and mine twice. I also did a friends motor at my work using a lift. That was nice I had the motor on the floor in 1 hour. But at home on the floor with the cherry picker I can have it out in around 3 hours

A_Cool_Name

don't need to remove bumper.....not needed for strictly pulling motor............ just hood, radiator, and accessories........only thing you have to unbolt from transmission are the bell housing bolts going into block, the top ones are a pain in the *** but you get used to it

Steve Gunn

I left my hood and bumper on going out the top. After I got it past the motor mounts, I repositioned the balance point forward on the first 4 valley cover bolt holes and got the motor to a 30-45 degree angle so I could walk it back while jacking to clear the hood and radiator support. I used the hook of the cherry picker directly on a generic lifting plate with the 3 hook holes in it, No chains. I had to key two of the holes slightly with a dremel to fit the valley cover hole pattern. I pulled the trans and left the bellhousing.

gjohnson

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Either way it's doable. I like taking it out the top so I don't tweak my alignment.

Blacklightning744

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i got one out through the bottum, 2 jacks and a hell of a lot of 2x4s lol

camaroz28lt1at

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Im about to drop my motor out the bottom this weekend using the cherry picker method. Any pics on where to attatch the chain/straps to the car?? Dont wanna tweak anything...

A_Cool_Name

take it out the top, a lot less work...........don't have to worry about holding your car up with a cherry picker

BayAreaSS

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I know you don't need to but i don't need the cherry picker messing up my from bumper either.

A_Cool_Name

true would depend on the picker

dschmittie1

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Honestly I think it would be more work to remove the engine from the top than dropping it out the bottum.

It really is very simple to drop it out the bottum. Plus you have more put back together already when you put the motor back in the car.

Gary Z

Out the bottom in my driveway.

A_Cool_Name

accessories are taken off if a motor comes out...........if you come through bottom way more work is required than from top, ex. power steering lines + linkage, brake lines maybe, you'd have to remove the transmission (to do it safely anyways) probably some other stuff i'm not recalling......only reason I might go through bottom is I had a two post lift in the garage.......otherwise safer and less work/time to go top

dschmittie1

iTrader: (64)

Really very easy to come out the bottum. Take out the DS, torque arm, and Y pipe. Disconnect all electrical connectors. Unbolt AC ompressor from motor. un hook 2 from brake lines from ABS block. disconnect steering shaft.

Then it is a matterof the 4 bolts on Trans crossmember and 6 bolts on the k member.

Hood stays on Radiator stays in the car. Very simple. Headers and all accesories can stay on the motor. Like I said before if I do it at work on a lift I can have the motor out of the car in 1 hour. At home on the floor with a cherry picker I can have it out of the car in under 3 hours.