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chevyboy55 · 06-02-2006, 08:29 PM

My son & I are going to pull the engine & tranny(350/th350) to ready for paint.
Does anyone know what the combo weighs? I don't have a hoist & was going to do it the Gomer Pyle way & put a 4"'x4" over the rafters & use a come along. I have a 1 1/2 ton come along.

Gordo · 06-02-2006, 09:02 PM

I would guesstimate, 600 lbs give or take 50 lbs.

krue · 06-02-2006, 09:03 PM

Should handle it no problem (as long as your rafters aren't 10' apart

).

dirtball · 06-02-2006, 11:06 PM

I'm pretty sure that an all iron SBC weighs in the 600lb range without accessories. Not sure on the trans. and torque converter...100lbs? Are you thinking about laying a 4x4 over the bottom sections(2x4) of trusses or are you dealing with some real 2x12 or TJI's? If it is the truss method, I don't think I would do it. Just my $.02
Brett

Longhorn Man · 06-03-2006, 12:09 AM

A TH350 with fluid and converter would probably be closer to 150 I'm thinking.
I would seperate them in the truck, tranny out the bottom, and engine out the top on it's own.
With a come-a-long, you can't move at all, you need to go one of 2 directions... up and down, that's it. When pulling with a tranny attached, you'll never get it done like that.

Drop the tranny out, then pull the engine out second. This way, you can push the truck out from under the engine and drop the engine down onto what ever you'll be putting it on/in.

06-02-2006, 08:29 PM	#1
chevyboy55 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Kelso,Wa Posts: 3,637	Pulling engine & tranny My son & I are going to pull the engine & tranny(350/th350) to ready for paint. Does anyone know what the combo weighs? I don't have a hoist & was going to do it the Gomer Pyle way & put a 4"'x4" over the rafters & use a come along. I have a 1 1/2 ton come along.

06-02-2006, 09:02 PM	#2
Gordo Registered User Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Killingworth, CT. USA Posts: 3,378	Re: Pulling engine & tranny I would guesstimate, 600 lbs give or take 50 lbs. __________________ 1971 C10 swb stepside 350/700R4/3.73posi (retired as of 4/22/03) 1998 S10 short bed 2002 S10 Blazer 1942 Oldsmobile 1958 Massey Harris Pony 1951 Wife Killingworth, Connecticut May those who love us, love us, any of those who do not love us, may God turn their hearts. And if God is unable to turn their hearts, may he turn their ankles so we may know them by their limping. A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.

06-02-2006, 09:03 PM	#3
krue Designated A-hole! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: South Mississippi Posts: 36,448	Re: Pulling engine & tranny Should handle it no problem (as long as your rafters aren't 10' apart ). __________________ "If it ain't broke, fix it 'til it is!" Being stupid ain't illegal. We're Still Debt Free Except for the House!!! www.daveramsey.com 70 GMC SWB Stepside project "Green Booger" soon to be 6.0l/4l80e 93 S-10 "Poppaw's Truck"

06-02-2006, 11:06 PM	#4
dirtball Registered User Join Date: May 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 412	Re: Pulling engine & tranny I'm pretty sure that an all iron SBC weighs in the 600lb range without accessories. Not sure on the trans. and torque converter...100lbs? Are you thinking about laying a 4x4 over the bottom sections(2x4) of trusses or are you dealing with some real 2x12 or TJI's? If it is the truss method, I don't think I would do it. Just my $.02 Brett Last edited by dirtball; 06-02-2006 at 11:11 PM.

06-03-2006, 12:09 AM	#5
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	Re: Pulling engine & tranny A TH350 with fluid and converter would probably be closer to 150 I'm thinking. I would seperate them in the truck, tranny out the bottom, and engine out the top on it's own. With a come-a-long, you can't move at all, you need to go one of 2 directions... up and down, that's it. When pulling with a tranny attached, you'll never get it done like that. Drop the tranny out, then pull the engine out second. This way, you can push the truck out from under the engine and drop the engine down onto what ever you'll be putting it on/in.



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