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prateroad 10-22-2025 12:48 PM

72 C20 engine and turbo 400 mated install
 
Never done it before but how easy or hard to install these bolted together? TIA

72c20customcamper 10-22-2025 12:55 PM

Re: 72 C20 engine and turbo 400 mated install
 
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Not hard at all when you take the front clip off:lol:

70STOVEBOLT 10-23-2025 01:12 PM

Re: 72 C20 engine and turbo 400 mated install
 
You would want to remove the front clip, or at least the radiator and core support, unless you have one of those adjustable bars that will allow you to tilt the assembly to fit it over the core support and under the cab. Not easy to do with a chain.

67 twins 10-23-2025 01:27 PM

Re: 72 C20 engine and turbo 400 mated install
 
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Originally Posted by 70STOVEBOLT (Post 9407893)
You would want to remove the front clip, or at least the radiator and core support, unless you have one of those adjustable bars that will allow you to tilt the assembly to fit it over the core support and under the cab. Not easy to do with a chain.

I think it is probably easier (or at least as easy) to remove the whole clip as it is to remove the core support from the clip. Removing the clip also makes it so much easier to get to everything.

70STOVEBOLT 10-24-2025 02:42 PM

Re: 72 C20 engine and turbo 400 mated install
 
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Originally Posted by 67 twins (Post 9407898)
I think it is probably easier (or at least as easy) to remove the whole clip as it is to remove the core support from the clip. Removing the clip also makes it so much easier to get to everything.

Probably so, but would require a hoist of some type or some helpers.

57taskforce 10-24-2025 11:18 PM

Re: 72 C20 engine and turbo 400 mated install
 
3 people can remove the clip, hood and all pretty easily. It isn’t THAT heavy.

67 twins 10-25-2025 04:12 AM

Re: 72 C20 engine and turbo 400 mated install
 
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Originally Posted by 57taskforce (Post 9408089)
3 people can remove the clip, hood and all pretty easily. It isn’t THAT heavy.

It can be done with two people. A third person tends to get in the way more than help in my opinion.

prateroad 10-25-2025 07:17 AM

Re: 72 C20 engine and turbo 400 mated install
 
I'll just put them in separate, figured that's easyist.


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