Pulling engine by myself, done (pics)
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Re: Pulling engine by myself, done (pics) </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by 99RamAirTA:
<strong>Hey visceral, do you think you coulda pulled the motor with the heads still intact. I recently did a head cam swap and it was a real pain in the *** to torque all the bolts down inside the engine bay. If I could next time I do any motor work like that I would prefer to just pull the motor.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I pulled my motor with my heads still on. Didn't remove the hood either.
Jim
<strong>Hey visceral, do you think you coulda pulled the motor with the heads still intact. I recently did a head cam swap and it was a real pain in the *** to torque all the bolts down inside the engine bay. If I could next time I do any motor work like that I would prefer to just pull the motor.</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I pulled my motor with my heads still on. Didn't remove the hood either.
Jim
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Re: Pulling engine by myself, done (pics) </font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Visceral:
<strong>Dean: I obviously do need a butt-plug <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> FOR MY TRANNY. Where in the world can I get one?
\chrisn</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">To be honest, I've never seen one for sale anywhere, but I remember my uncle (who's a mechanic) had several that he got from cutting the front u-joint off some old used driveshafts.
He'd shove 'em into the trannies and use large rubber bands to hold them in place as he worked with the trannies. He called them "butt plugs". <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
<strong>Dean: I obviously do need a butt-plug <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="gr_eek2.gif" /> FOR MY TRANNY. Where in the world can I get one?
\chrisn</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">To be honest, I've never seen one for sale anywhere, but I remember my uncle (who's a mechanic) had several that he got from cutting the front u-joint off some old used driveshafts.
He'd shove 'em into the trannies and use large rubber bands to hold them in place as he worked with the trannies. He called them "butt plugs". <img border="0" title="" alt="[Wink]" src="gr_images/icons/wink.gif" />
