Here's a link with pix if anyone wants to see what this nasty thing looked like while pulling it. Definitely alot of work to do on the engine compartment to make it look good and ends up I will be pulling the radiator after all as I am buying one of Dewitt's aluminum radiators. The tranny stayed in the car and I will be trailering this thing to multiple places in the next month or so to have new exhaust pipes built for the Sanderson headers... roll bars... and update the transmission with aftermarket parts for the drag strip.

Darn if this isn't getting expensive... :cheers:
http://home.houston.rr.com/bgrice/enginepull.html

 

What did you use the winch for?????

I pulled the motor & trans out of mine a couple of months ago from the side like you did. I just removed the front drivers side wheel & tire and lifted it all out over the front. I did have my radiator and support removed though.

 

vette69...

The winch was bought for multiple purposes. I work on cars in general when I feel like it and the first thing I had to do today was get the front wheels off the drive up ramps the car has been sitting on. Doing this on my own without any help I wasn't going to attempt to shove the car back while hanging out the driver's door and hit the brakes in time to not have the door ripped off by the side of the garage. I mounted the winch on a plate in the back of the garage and simply pushed the front wheel with my foot while letting out a little slack and had it off without any worries at all. The next problem I had was that the engine stand legs would not go under the car, so I winched the front tires up on 2x6's. Then after I pulled the engine I needed the car out of my way, so I winched it out into my steep 30 degree driveway. And I simply winched it back in after I had my garage cleaned and the engine on the stand.

Other purposes will be mounting it on a car trailer when I take the car to the drag strip. I refuse to drive anything that will be on the strip that day. And if I do break something on the car I can mount the winch back in the garage and pull it back in. There is absolutely no possible way for even a group of people to push a car up the steep grade of my driveway and I wouldn't want anyone pushing on a flex rear-end of a '74 Vette anyway.

 

Cool stuff. You're just about to pass me up on your progress. .....if only my engine had arrived yet.... I really like that wench idea. How much was the wench?
Today, I mounted my Crane ignition box. Man it was cold this morning (you northern guys be quiet :)). I ended up putting it in place where the old washer fluid bottle went. Mine never had one and I ended up deciding against mounting it on the radiator support because I wasn't sure if it would interfere with opening the hood or not. Only thing is that the rev limit controls will be block by the rad. overflow tank. I'll just have to make sure to get it right the first time.

 

tshort....

I'm sure the northerners would be humored if we said we were freezing our butts off with 20 degrees temps last night. I hate cold weather. I lived outside of Steamboat Springs, Colo for a year with my '73 Vette and when they wouldn't transfer me to the South I give them my own Pink Slip and moved back to Houston.

This transformation is still aways off as I only work on the vette on weekends. And I was not going to finish buying everything for the new engine until I had this one out. The winch was $342 by the way through Summit. I probably should have gone for the 4500 series, but this one has 3500# dead weight pull & a 4100# stall. A 90% risk factor says I will never have to winch this car with the rear end locked up.

For some humor... I never could break two bolts off of the exhaust manifold on the driver's side, so I pulled the engine with one head on & one off. I hate Sears-Roebuck royally, but I bought their impact set for removing bolts that are rounded off. I spent almost an hour going about it gradually with thread loosening liquids & an Ingersall-Rand Impact attempting to break them loose with the 9/16" contraption they came up with. It never slipped once... the bolt would just not come loose. So I put my 1/2" drive two foot extension on the socket and went after it. I broke both heads off those bolts. That is one amazing set of sockets as they dig in deeper & deeper into the head the more torque you apply.

Just initially looking at the motor I pulled... I did it some good. This car was on one of the Great Lakes in Canada for it's lifetime. After I get this car up & running again I will take the old engine down and send the block & heads out for a baking out & magnafluxing. I'd like to have a fresh original engine on the stands just in case I decide to sell out on vettes and go to a Viper or who knows what.

 

Hey now, we don't need to hear that kind of talk. :lol: Speaking of, I just saw a viper today on the road and the rear end of those things is sooooo sexy. But about an hour later I on Westheimer I saw a silver '69 vette with a black ragtop that looked awesome. I love the Viper but they still can't touch the Vette. :cool: