well, today is a small milestone in my new wrenching abilities.
yeah, I know for most of you this is no big deal but for me it's a first so I'm pretty happy about it.
Today I just pulled my first motor.
My friend came over with his engine hoist and within 45 minutes or so of him pulling into the driveway we had the hoist unloaded, engine pulled, and on the stand!
The best part is nothing got broken, no fenders were hit, and nobody, especialy me, got hurt!
I had already pretty much had everything ready to go, all lines, hoses, motor mount bolts, etc from the motor removed or disconnected, tranny unbolted except for the two top bolts, and the two fuel lines to the fuel pump still needed to get pulled off.
When he got here we decided to just remove the fuel pump from the motor, put my floor jack under the tranny to support it (with a 2x4 to spread the load), hooked up the hoist and lifted her out and got it on the stand.
Man, it went so smooth and easy I can't believe it.
I had the car up on jackstands and had planned on lowering it but it turns out we didn't need to and since we had to pull the motor from the side anyway, having it up on stands made it easier since the legs of the hoist could slide under the front wheel.
I already had most of the parts off the motor anyway but now all the rest of the parts are off. the only thing left is the block with all the internals of course (i'm not rebuilding it, just cleaning and repainting it) and the heads still on it. everything else is off.
well, like I already said, for most, or at least a lot of you guys this is no big deal at all because you have done it countless times but for me it made for a pretty exciting day.
yeah, I know for most of you this is no big deal but for me it's a first so I'm pretty happy about it.
Today I just pulled my first motor.
My friend came over with his engine hoist and within 45 minutes or so of him pulling into the driveway we had the hoist unloaded, engine pulled, and on the stand!
The best part is nothing got broken, no fenders were hit, and nobody, especialy me, got hurt!
I had already pretty much had everything ready to go, all lines, hoses, motor mount bolts, etc from the motor removed or disconnected, tranny unbolted except for the two top bolts, and the two fuel lines to the fuel pump still needed to get pulled off.
When he got here we decided to just remove the fuel pump from the motor, put my floor jack under the tranny to support it (with a 2x4 to spread the load), hooked up the hoist and lifted her out and got it on the stand.
Man, it went so smooth and easy I can't believe it.
I had the car up on jackstands and had planned on lowering it but it turns out we didn't need to and since we had to pull the motor from the side anyway, having it up on stands made it easier since the legs of the hoist could slide under the front wheel.
I already had most of the parts off the motor anyway but now all the rest of the parts are off. the only thing left is the block with all the internals of course (i'm not rebuilding it, just cleaning and repainting it) and the heads still on it. everything else is off.
well, like I already said, for most, or at least a lot of you guys this is no big deal at all because you have done it countless times but for me it made for a pretty exciting day.
otfl Now get it back in by yourself,and I'll hire You!! 
