remove and replace the k member / engine cradle.
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remove and replace the k member / engine cradle.
anybody rnr'd the front k member or cradle after hitting a rock on the road?
can this be done by supporting the oilpan and trans pan with wood blocks and then unbolting engine mounts et al and dropping k member / cradle out the bottom?
I did search and found one thread from way back but no threads logging the experience.
comments appreciated.
VT.
can this be done by supporting the oilpan and trans pan with wood blocks and then unbolting engine mounts et al and dropping k member / cradle out the bottom?
I did search and found one thread from way back but no threads logging the experience.
comments appreciated.
VT.
Melting Slicks
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From: New Port Richey FL
anybody rnr'd the front k member or cradle after hitting a rock on the road?
can this be done by supporting the oilpan and trans pan with wood blocks and then unbolting engine mounts et al and dropping k member / cradle out the bottom?
I did search and found one thread from way back but no threads logging the experience.
comments appreciated.
VT.
can this be done by supporting the oilpan and trans pan with wood blocks and then unbolting engine mounts et al and dropping k member / cradle out the bottom?
I did search and found one thread from way back but no threads logging the experience.
comments appreciated.
VT.
If your doing it on a lift use a thick board or plywood with some R-Board between wood and oil pan to spread the load, whatever you support it with make you trust it.
Racer
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From: South NewJersey
Ditto...I replaced mine with one from a newer model..thought about it for a while ...then just pulled the engine ..I left the trans , I ratchet strapped the trans up hooking it on The braces by the hood latches... wasn't as bad as I thought it would be...
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looks like I am doing a engine cradle swap on my 1987. Has anybody out there done this in their garage without Engine pull?. If so, what was used to support the engine and transmission. What blocks? That's what I'm thinking. I have a supply of six by sixes I can cut up.
Melting Slicks
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looks like I am doing a engine cradle swap on my 1987. Has anybody out there done this in their garage without Engine pull?. If so, what was used to support the engine and transmission. What blocks? That's what I'm thinking. I have a supply of six by sixes I can cut up.
I think the hoist was used to get space under the car and I was concerned with possibly damaging the pan.
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yes i am bumping my own thread.
its finally time for me to swap the k member on my 87 and then sell it off.
question for anyone who knows....im at my local vette shop and they have a boneyard...what year of k member will swap over with my 87 exactly?
84-87?
its finally time for me to swap the k member on my 87 and then sell it off.
question for anyone who knows....im at my local vette shop and they have a boneyard...what year of k member will swap over with my 87 exactly?
84-87?
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thanks. found an 86 for 250$ from my local boneyard up here in yyc.
hard to believe this 87 has been sitting lame for 2 years!
will be nice to get it fixed and out the door.
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incase anyone finds this, i documented the procedure here:
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...oked-rock.html
https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...oked-rock.html