what do you guys do?

[68c10owner]

Originally Posted by boatpuller

wait till you are an old man with a bad back......like me.
sometime's i wish it had a 351 in it.that was ford's better idea.i think about ford's every time i'm screwing around with the distributor.that's the only time. the thought goes away in a hurry. i'm 6'4 220 lbs and have a lowered truck, i can get back there, but i don't like it.

I`m a young man with a bad back. I was in a motorcycle accident 6 years ago and my lower back is messed up. Not to mention I`m 6', 270. Being hunched over is bad on my back and my gut cuts off my ability to breath bent over like that. It`s pathetic how out of shape I am for being 33.

[boatpuller]

Originally Posted by turbotank

Not all fords are in the back. If I remember my old f100 with a 390 had it in the back.Mopar has this problem too,I have a 318 in my roadrunner,and it is in the back,not as bad as the suburban though,cause of the height. Everytime I used to mess with my buddies 74 dodge with 360,I sat on the fender,and just made due,cause,you just weren't getting anything done standing on the side,specially if you had to wrench something!!

yeah, i think the 390's had front distributor's.iv'e had a couple of them that were in the front.it probably was an old y-block.they had a 292,and 312 and one or two other y's that had rear distributor's.i don't know about the newer ford stuff.i can't identify half the crap on new engine's.

[Restrorob]

I have a lowered truck with reverse opening hood, I can reach anything at 6' tall !!!

[willett]

i stand on the bumper
5"11 34"

[turbotank]

No,it was a 390,my memory just sucks!! It'll be bad when I get old!! Ha!!!



I can tell you that it is a little bit of a pain in my roadrunner,cause of the long hoods like they used to have. Any chevelle owner can back me up on this!!!Today,there is no hood,but you still can't get to it,cause there is 10 lbs in a 5 lb bag!!!

[gafiredog]

Originally Posted by Thumpin455

I have a 2 x 10 about 5 ft long with two 5 gallon buckets nailed to it. It was in the house when I moved in, they were using it for drywall. Works awesome for my lifted as well as the stock height trucks. It also makes a handy bench for block sanding, bench racing, and doing a bit of welding while sitting.

I used to climb into the engine bay, or let the air out of the tires. I am only 5'8" and by the time I go to bed I am 5'7" so its tough to reach spark plugs and whatnot from the ground. Its also why most of my vehicles are lowered.

Since we are giving weights and measures I am around 260 but with a 38" waist. Yeah I am top heavy and I cant reach most of my back. I dont fit in tight places.

i know the feeling, At 5'6" and 220 with a 36" waist. and at my age i don't flex as easy as 20 years ago. i climb up in the engine bay & go at it, as long as i can stand it.

[Thumpin455]

Originally Posted by AceX

I climb into the engine bay and start working.

I'm 6' 130lbs, so its a little easier for me than just about anyone...

I lost my football in the sewer, could you reach it?

[knightlife]

I literally crawl into my engine bay... If I can find the pics, I will post them up... You could prolly fit three ppl under there! (in mine that is)

[Restrorob]

Originally Posted by thumpin455

i lost my football in the sewer, could you reach it?

roflmao !!!

[dammitmitchell]

i have an 8 in lift so i have to take steps i made to "walk up" to the motor =-) but when i do! i just sit on the battery and relax across whatever im working on..
or ill scootch my feet down into the fenderwell below the battery and plop my butt where ever is convinient in there
i got a not so good back also so yeah it sucks but wiggelign aorund helps a lil..
and uuusssuuuaallly i pull my battery first thing so i can have the extra space to work and clean out my battery tray while im inthere.. jsut in case

[D13]

With an L6 you just get in, sit on the inner fender, and put your feet on the ground!
at 6'1 and 250 I have to watch my head on the hood. At 48 it hurts to get back out....

[killthewabbit]

Stock height 2wd means I can reach almost everything at 6'5" and 240. If I do a whole cap/rotor/plugs/wires change, I'm usually a little sore the next day though. It's murder doing it on my Chevelle since that's basically at knee height. On short cars like that I usually try to lay down on the fender/core support and superman it.

[Hoods69BadBowTie]

I am right around 6' and 225lbs. I usually stand on something or the bumper and get the stuff in front. For the back I usually get into the engine compartment drivers side and bang my melon a couple times and get the work done. So easy on my Firebird and Trans Am just reach around and get everything done quickly.

[mitch1965]

For my '85 K20, I use a ladder to reach the front stuff, and lay on a moving pad with thick cardboard under it for getting in deep. I used this setup when swapping my intake and distributor a month ago. It really helped out.I still needed to sit in the hot tub later to ease out the kinks, but mainly to celebrate getting the job done. 43yrs old and 255lbs.

[S10Fan]

6'2" 225, 250-6 cyl, easy.



"Originally Posted by AceX
I climb into the engine bay and start working.

I'm 6' 130lbs, so its a little easier for me than just about anyone..."

Dude! Please buy some food with a little of your truck money!!!

J/K LOL.

[pilotj]

I had my brother in law weld me one of these up out of angle iron. It slips right over the top of the tire. Now I don't have to worry about my little ladder
kicking out from underneath me. http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0019961521303a.shtml

[D-Day]

I do the same as AceX. I'm 5' 10" 130lbs. I also have support mechanics for hard to reach places...