Got the 383 in, and from the top!!!
Got the 383 in, and from the top!!! I finally got the 383 in, and it was a PITA to pull the old 350 out. Took the most time to get the tranny unhooked from the block, so when I put it back in, the tranny and motor went in together. Got it back in, and only took about half an hour.
Last edited by explicit.muscle; Feb 24, 2009 at 08:27 PM.
Nah you don't need a lift 
I usually grab it by taking a section of seat belt and tying it to the core support, on each side of the plastic radiator support. It works good. In those pics the fascia still happened to be off the car from painting the engine bay so I got it from the frame horns with a chain.
I usually grab it by taking a section of seat belt and tying it to the core support, on each side of the plastic radiator support. It works good. In those pics the fascia still happened to be off the car from painting the engine bay so I got it from the frame horns with a chain.
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Trust me, it's way faster through the bottom. You can have the whole thing out the bottom and stripped down before you can remove half the things you need to remove to pull it out the top.
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you have to pull the entire front end off your car to do it like that. the top you have to unhook all the same amount of stuff. but through the bottom you have to mess with your brake lines also. sorry ive been through this with a million people and im prolly one of a few people who think pulling from the top is way easier.
Ive done many through top, helped with dropping it and i will do it through the top. Works for me.
Yeah. It's been beat to death. You don't need a lift to go out the bottom. You don't even need a cherry picker, you can use two floor jacks and big jack stands. Anyone who want's to argue that pulling the motor out the top of a 4th gen is easier than dropping it out the bottom...
There is no need to get an alignment. The k-member has locating dowels that will keep the k-member in the exact same position when bolted to the body every time. I don't know who started that, "you'll need an alignment" thing.
