Anyone pull a motor???

[Mr. Luos]

From the bottom????

[Andydg]

Nope...I've helped pull one from the top though.

[-The Stig-]

Oh you backwards man you...

I suspect it's easier to disassemble the whole front crossmember from the chassis than to try to shoehorn the motor outta it's little cubby hole.

Something to remember if I ever pull mine.

[-Josh-]

Oh yeah, we do that all the time where i work

[eps]

Now how do you get the engine out from under with the lift in the way?

[Sticky]

GM did not build 4th gen F-bodies with the do-it-yourselfer in mind.

[mason_RsX]

Originally Posted by Sticky

GM did not build 4th gen F-bodies with the do-it-yourselfer in mind.

curse you sticky that was my insightful comment!

yeah I saw on HP TV they were working on a mid 90's Camaro and they said GM designed these engines for the car to be lifted over it rather than the engine pulled....

[-Josh-]

Originally Posted by eps

Now how do you get the engine out from under with the lift in the way?

I dont know what kind of lifts you guys use, i'm guessing four posts? But we use 2 post lifts with 4 arms that you put under the frame of the car. Very supportive, and much easier to use than 4 posts. We haven't had any LS1 engines that need pulling out, because well...that's just unheard of, an LS1 needing pulled out for failure reasons. But we've had to pull many Northstars out, and that's the ideal way to do it.

[clawhammer]

Mr2 engines come out the bottom. What I did, is basically had the car on a lift, setup the hoist, dropped the engine on a crate, disconnected the hoist, and lifted the car up using the hoist.

[Mr. Luos]

Originally Posted by Z28Josh

We haven't had any LS1 engines that need pulling out, because well...that's just unheard of, an LS1 needing pulled out for failure reasons.

Mine didn't fail.

We used the hoist to get the car up high enough. Rear tires are on ramps.
Once the car is up high enough, put jackstands under it, and let the hoist down. Pull the hoist outta the way. Sounds kinda dangerous, but many have done it.

This is how I left it....since returned the hoist to its owner though.



This is an odd pic.....

[-Josh-]

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

Mine didn't fail.

Keep us updated on the 406 install please, i wanna see that sucker in there...maybe even a video or short clips..

[Mr. Luos]

402. Close enough though.

You know I will keep ya up-to-date.
Still a while away from being running again, but as soon as it is...I will have a video clip.

[drftk1d]

a little ot, but how wide are you wheels (and what tire width)?

[Mr. Luos]

Normally 275/40/17's.
Those are 245/45/17's. Burnout tires. They were just on the front since the DR's were on the rears when I swapped them out. Cheaper to just leave them on those rims for now. No sense in putting the wider ones back on quite yet....not like the car is going anywhere.

[-Josh-]

Originally Posted by Mr. Luos

402. Close enough though.

You know I will keep ya up-to-date.
Still a while away from being running again, but as soon as it is...I will have a video clip.

Ah, how bout an instructional video!?

That would be so cool, AF's instructional video on R&R of an engine from an FBody. I know the removal part has already been done but i'm sure you could improvise somehow.