Engine removal question
i just got finished staring at my car for about an hour wondering how bad it would be to take it out of the bottom, i want to put in a new k-member, TC, and paint the engine bay, is there a link to the write up?
Like this. I took it out the top. Believe me, out the bottom it much easier
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That was my buddy. Plenty of room in there. He was hooking up the grounds on the drivers side head cause I left the harness in the car. I wouyld recommend removing the harness with the engine. We unhooked the brake lines from the ABS module. Only took about an hour to get the engine in and bolted up enough to put the car back on jack stands. We had the whole thing done in about 2 hours
Well, I would like to know the 'or....' part. I'm trying to figure out why folks think it's so bad out the top. Is it just that you'd rather disassemble the engine out of the car rather than pulling the headers, accessories, heads, etc. with the block in the car?
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Originally Posted by BigE
Well, I would like to know the 'or....' part. I'm trying to figure out why folks think it's so bad out the top. Is it just that you'd rather disassemble the engine out of the car rather than pulling the headers, accessories, heads, etc. with the block in the car?
I don't think brake bleeding is hard. I've done it countless times. Another one of my cars has had incessant brake problems (old rice) so I'm reluctant to mess with brakes. However, I've bled the brakes on a friend of mine's 01 SS after a line lock install. Despite the amount of fluid that drained out during the install, bleeding was surprisingly easy/quick.
I'm not doubting the utility of the bottom removal method. I just wondered what were folks' specific complaints about the out the top method. I agree that out the bottom seems to be the better choice. I was just looking for the reasons why the top was so bad; I don't necessarily agree with those reasons.
I'm not doubting the utility of the bottom removal method. I just wondered what were folks' specific complaints about the out the top method. I agree that out the bottom seems to be the better choice. I was just looking for the reasons why the top was so bad; I don't necessarily agree with those reasons.
I just installed the complete front assembly from the under side by myself. but I removed the old engine from the top and as a shortblock with the trans attached. I prefer going in from the bottom because (like mentioned above) you can work on the engine much easier outside of the car including attaching all of the sensors.
Pulling a engine from the top is relatively easy but requires you to remove all of the accessories, headers and intake for clearance purposes.
Pulling a engine from the top is relatively easy but requires you to remove all of the accessories, headers and intake for clearance purposes.
Get your hands behind the intake to unhook the Cam sensor, vacuum lines, etc... Then try to take the coil packs off, the intake off, the headers, all the accessories, the radiators, bla bla bla. I just did it and it SUCKED.
When you actually get into it, you'll change your mind half way through. It was effortless out the bottom.
When you actually get into it, you'll change your mind half way through. It was effortless out the bottom.
I've done it both ways and out the bottom is by far the best way. I even left the entire exhaust system on my engine when I did it (my exhaust ends just before the axle.) Just be sure to unhook all the necessary hoses and wires; it's good to have somebody else watch closely while you carefuly raise the car. The copper braided ground wire on the driver side of the engine is easy to miss. Remove the PCM and unhook the two wire harness plugs inside the passenger side kick pannel. Here's my complete write-up:
http://www.freewebs.com/pimpmaro/
Click on "Technical Articles" then "Engine and Kmember Removal." Thanks to pimpmaro for editing and hosting it.
http://www.freewebs.com/pimpmaro/
Click on "Technical Articles" then "Engine and Kmember Removal." Thanks to pimpmaro for editing and hosting it.
Originally Posted by conan
If your going to lift the car with a engine crane i would the strut towers. some one correct me if I'm wrong but that crossmember under the air lid doesn't seem that strong. Do you have acsess to a car lift?
