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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Sherwood Oregon
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Engine Removal
I have pulled several motors, but always with the trans. attached. What is the proper method for pulling the motor leaving the transmission in the truck? It is a TH400. Thanks
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Re: Engine Removal
Unbolt the flywheel from the torque conveter, disconnect the kickdown linkage from the carb, take the bell housing bolts out, support the front of the tranny (with a jack, or 2x4 from one side of the frame to the other if possible), get the weight of the motor off the mounts slightly, pull the motor forward til she's free of the tranny, then hoist her on outta there.
Getting it out will be the easy part. It's when you try to stab it back in that can be kinda fun sometimes. Then again, sometimes they just fall right back into place. But that's always someone else's, not mine.
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Re: Engine Removal
To make it easier going back in, cut the head off a couple of bolts (rounds off ends) and screw them into top of block to use as guides for trans.
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Re: Engine Removal
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I've never heard that one before, sounds like it would work well.
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Lebo, Kansas (middle of nowhere
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Re: Engine Removal
I have made a flat bar with two bolts that feed through it (nuts welded onto the bar, where the holes are drilled in it) to allow for two pieces of relatively long 3/8" redi-bolt to be threaded through. These bolts go up against the tranny oil pan flange and help hold the tranny in place, when the bar is C-clamped to the truck frame. This way I can lift or lower the tranny as needed, adjust from one side to the other and align the tranny with the engines dowel pins as I lift it out and set it back into the engine bay. I have double-nutted nuts to the redi-bolt, on the outer end to allow for turning with a wrench. This bracket allows the truck to move around, be jacked up, or lowered down without a stupid chain or an ill positioned floor jack sitting underneath the truck. I have one that fits all of my trucks. This does not dent the tranny pan either.
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Re: Engine Removal
Got any pictures of this creation you would like to share?
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Location: Sherwood Oregon
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Re: Engine Removal
Is it just as easy to pull the trans at the same time?
Yes please, pics of that thing would be great |
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Re: Engine Removal
And if I do leave the trans in, as I pull it out will fluid spill out of anywhere?
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Re: Engine Removal
I find it easier to pull the engine alone personally.
No, you won't lose any tranny fluid unless you pull the converter out of the tranny. |
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Re: Engine Removal
OK ill give it a shot, thanks for your advice!
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Re: Engine Removal
yep
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Re: Engine Removal
Try these pics for the tranny support. I have a longer bar that I use for my later model truck since it's frame is different than the older ones. Believe it or not the bar is more than strong enough to support the tranny front end and there is no leakage from the whole process. You can leave the driveline in and the rea tranny mount undisturbed. I went to my local metal supplier and purchased the bar, drilled two holes welded the nuts to both sides of the bar for support and use small C-clamps to hold it to the frame.
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Re: Engine Removal
Wow thats creative. Good idea!
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