motor gets pulled today!
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Newark DE
motor gets pulled today!
today should get interesting........
just got a call from my buddy who is lending me use of his engine hoist that he's avalable and will be over later this morning with the hoist.
He and I will be pulling the motor out of my '78 project car.
this is my first engine pull so it should definitely be an interesting day!
Everything is pretty much all ready to go. The only thing left to do before actually pulling it is to clamp off the two soft lines to the fuel pump and pull them off the pump and remove the last two bellhousing bolts on the topside of the motor (he told me to wait on those last two bolts until we were ready to actually pull it)
so, by early afternoon I should have the motor out and on a stand.
once that's done I can reay start moving along on this project. Another friend and fellow vette club member said I could borrow his pressure washer so that will be handy to start getting the frame and motor cleaned up in preperation of repainting.
all the parts already revoved have mostly been primed and painted. onnly a few more to go and only a few others that will still need to be glass bead blasted and repainted.
i'm hoping in two weeks or so i'll have the frame/front suspension/engine bay and the motor all cleaned up and painted and ready to get the motor dropped back in. Once that is done the car can get over to a paint shop for a new paint job.
If all goes well I'm really hoping that in 6 weeks or so the car can be done.
just got a call from my buddy who is lending me use of his engine hoist that he's avalable and will be over later this morning with the hoist.
He and I will be pulling the motor out of my '78 project car.
this is my first engine pull so it should definitely be an interesting day!
Everything is pretty much all ready to go. The only thing left to do before actually pulling it is to clamp off the two soft lines to the fuel pump and pull them off the pump and remove the last two bellhousing bolts on the topside of the motor (he told me to wait on those last two bolts until we were ready to actually pull it)
so, by early afternoon I should have the motor out and on a stand.
once that's done I can reay start moving along on this project. Another friend and fellow vette club member said I could borrow his pressure washer so that will be handy to start getting the frame and motor cleaned up in preperation of repainting.
all the parts already revoved have mostly been primed and painted. onnly a few more to go and only a few others that will still need to be glass bead blasted and repainted.
i'm hoping in two weeks or so i'll have the frame/front suspension/engine bay and the motor all cleaned up and painted and ready to get the motor dropped back in. Once that is done the car can get over to a paint shop for a new paint job.
If all goes well I'm really hoping that in 6 weeks or so the car can be done.
Race Director
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From: Arlington Va Current ride 04 vert, previous vettes: 69 vert, 77 resto mod
good luck and remenber this NEVER put a body part in between that engine and the ground when its getting pulled,hoisted or moved. take pictures and show us.....i had to take my left front wheel off so i could move the engine hoist around
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Le Mans Master
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From: Newark DE
well, she is out!!
trip came over with his hoist, we undid the fuel pump, put the floor jack w/ a 2x4 under the tranny to support it, undid the last two bellhousing bolts, and started hoisting her up.
stopped and checked everything on the way up to make sure everything was clearing and not going to catch on anything but all was good.
got her out and on the stand within about 45 minutes of him pulling into the driveway, it went that fast!
I had the car up on jackstands and had planned to put her back down on her wheels so we had enough room to bring the motor over the fenders but didn't need to. We ended up leaving the car up on the stands and we had plenty of room to swing the motor out.
we pulled it from the side and because the car was up on jackstands already it was easy to let the legs of the hoist roll under the car as needed for positioning.
Man, I cannot believe how smooth and easy it was!
i'll get pics up in a little while - right now i need to run out and pick up a few things from the Autoparts store.
trip came over with his hoist, we undid the fuel pump, put the floor jack w/ a 2x4 under the tranny to support it, undid the last two bellhousing bolts, and started hoisting her up.
stopped and checked everything on the way up to make sure everything was clearing and not going to catch on anything but all was good.
got her out and on the stand within about 45 minutes of him pulling into the driveway, it went that fast!
I had the car up on jackstands and had planned to put her back down on her wheels so we had enough room to bring the motor over the fenders but didn't need to. We ended up leaving the car up on the stands and we had plenty of room to swing the motor out.
we pulled it from the side and because the car was up on jackstands already it was easy to let the legs of the hoist roll under the car as needed for positioning.
Man, I cannot believe how smooth and easy it was!
i'll get pics up in a little while - right now i need to run out and pick up a few things from the Autoparts store.
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Le Mans Master
Joined: Apr 2004
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From: Newark DE
ok, for those people remotely interested, here are the pics:
Removal
engine out
note: on the removal pics, I'm the dorky looking one actually running the hoist. Trip needs to learn to take better pics when i'm not looking so goofy, although for me they are rare times......
Removal
engine out
note: on the removal pics, I'm the dorky looking one actually running the hoist. Trip needs to learn to take better pics when i'm not looking so goofy, although for me they are rare times......
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Le Mans Master
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From: Newark DE
Maine, yet, it went nice and quick and very smooth
GQ, thanks
pcfred, nope no rebuild, it just needed a VERY good clean up so the frame forward of the firewall, front suspension, rest of the engine bay will all get cleaned up and repainted and the motor will get cleaned and repainted, and all the parts that were removed such as all the mounting bolts for the parts, brackets, intake, exhaust manifold, hoses, radiator, core support, hood hardware & hinges, valve covers, fanblade, pulleys, etc are all being repainted. Most parts have already been glass bead blasted to clean them and remove the old paint, rust, etc and the remaining parts that came off today are getting glass beaded tomorrow.
i'm hoping than two weekends from now everything will be done and ready for the motor to get reinstalled in the car. That's if all goes with the plan, if not, it will be 3 weeks, but i'm shooting for two weeks.
GQ, thanks
pcfred, nope no rebuild, it just needed a VERY good clean up so the frame forward of the firewall, front suspension, rest of the engine bay will all get cleaned up and repainted and the motor will get cleaned and repainted, and all the parts that were removed such as all the mounting bolts for the parts, brackets, intake, exhaust manifold, hoses, radiator, core support, hood hardware & hinges, valve covers, fanblade, pulleys, etc are all being repainted. Most parts have already been glass bead blasted to clean them and remove the old paint, rust, etc and the remaining parts that came off today are getting glass beaded tomorrow.
i'm hoping than two weekends from now everything will be done and ready for the motor to get reinstalled in the car. That's if all goes with the plan, if not, it will be 3 weeks, but i'm shooting for two weeks.
Drifting
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From: New Baden Illinois
Originally Posted by BarryK
i'll get pics up in a little while - right now i need to run out and pick up a few things from the Autoparts store.
Also, I would find it irresistable to have the engine out of the car and not put some go fast parts in it.
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Le Mans Master
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From: Newark DE
Originally Posted by dgruenke
Plan on making quite a few trips there.
Also, I would find it irresistable to have the engine out of the car and not put some go fast parts in it.
Also, I would find it irresistable to have the engine out of the car and not put some go fast parts in it.
luckily it's only a few miles from my house.
the car is a stock '78 L82 with less than 9,500 original miles and I have full documentation back thu the first owner (i'm the 3rd).
i'm keeping the car 100% stock. i'll let any future owner worry about adding go-fast parts on it.