is there a write up on this? i tried a search but didnt come up with anything.

 

I too would be interested in this if someone would help out

 

especially with all the people blowing rods out of the blocks. This would be a good write up

 

i pulled mine ou of the top with the trans connected, i had to take the front nose off so I could get the picker in far enough and I made up a lift plate to bolt to the valley pan. I also just took it out through the bottom with jacks and jackstands. Its a little more nerve racking but 3 times faster to pull it out the bottom. the bottom of the K member was 30 inches off the ground and I have the back up slightly

 

No kidding, seams like alot of people are granading their blocks Why not save the cash on the swap by doing it yourself and this way you can put the money else where This would be a good chunk on a new/used 9"

 

im buying a 402 ls2 and dont want to pay someone to install it. i just need to know what to disconnect so i can pull the motor out.

 

Same here I MIGHT be buying a 408 short block, but it never hurts learn either

 

Just look around, it's really not that bad to get it out of the top. Take all accessories off, i pulled my balancer to help. Intake has to come off, coil packs all wiring of course. Pull the tranny before pulling it up or it's a little more of a pain. I had the motor out in a day working by myself, leaving the trans in the car. Without the trans it'd have been a little better.

William

 

what did you have to disconnect besides the cooling, power wire and ground, brake boost line, crank sensor

 

A friend and I put my 408 back in from the top this last weekend. The heads and dampener were both on and the AC was still intact. It was tight but we did it.

 

why do it that way, jack the car upp as high as you can, put something under the wheels, and put it down as it sits on it, loose up the k member a little bit, jack the car up agen, take the things that you putted under the wheels, let the car down, take the k member bolts out and jack the body upp agen, and the engine/k meber stays on the flow,

i i could express my self better in english i would uset more accourit word, but i hope you get the hange of it

 

From the bottom might be easier but i didn't have the means to get it up that high in the air so i took the motor outa the top. Also i know you can do it with the balancer on i just took it off to make it a little easier. I really dont know what all I had to take off, i just unbolted everything i could see that i thought would get in the way and pulled it out. Kinda explained itself as i went. Just make sure to get all the ground wires off the block or you'll get hung up. Also take the little plastic "cover" pieces for the transmission that are bolted to the block. I forgot one and it got hung up and broken into a few pieces.

Other than that however, like i said it's pretty simple over all. I'd never done it before in an Fbody and it went VERY smoothly. Only real issue was the picker I used to pull the motor didn't have a long enough arm to reach from the front so i had to initially pick the motor up from the passenger side (removed the wheel) and then spun the picker around the front when it had room.

GL man,
William

 

Wasn't my thread but helped me out, thanks guys