Is it absolutely necessary to remove the hood? I have a drive on lift that would allow the hoist under the car from the side - what do you think? Also, I have a cracked dip stick tube. will any sb chevy distick tube work or is there some special Corvette-only part I need to get. :confused: :smash:

 

When I had my '89, I pulled the engine from the side with the hood on...

:smash:

 

you can pull the engine with the hood on. i dont really know why you want to , but you can. the dipticks should be the same as any small block chevy.

 

It takes 3 minutes to lift the hood off and makes the job a thousand times easier.

 

Pull the hood and tuck it away............ :flag

Frank

 

:withstupid:

I dunno about 3 minutes... but if you have a helper and a place to put it, I would definitely suggest you lose the hood. Getting to things like the radiator, etc are much less painful and you have more room to move the engine around.

:thumbs:

 

Sure you can!

 

I left the hood on when i pulled my motor.

 

Check out some of my posts with regards to the 406. It shows pictures etc. I opted to leave the hood on. Corky took his off to get it painted and had a hell of a time getting it lined back up, but he most likely had to remove the hinges etc. I figure it was one less thing to have to play with, nott o mention you can close it when you not quite done with everything to keep dirt etc to a min.

You choice. :cheers: At any rate, good luck.

Here are the pics









[Modified by ski_dwn_it, 2:03 PM 5/1/2003]

 

disconnect both battery terminals, drain all oil and coolent, use quality jack stands and wheel chocks, put the parking break on, keep a fire extinguisher handy , make very sure the car cant be knocked off the jack stands,THINK THU EVERY MOVE,DON,T ALLOW YOUR HANDS INTO PLACES THAT WILL GET CRUSHED IF SOMETHING SLIPS OR BREAKS,

DON,T FORGET TO BRING DOZENS OF THOSE TIE ON LINEN TAGS TO LABEL EVERY CONNECTOR AS YOU REMOVE IT AS TO WHERE IT CONNECTS, a marker that gas and oil won,t make the ink run, AND A DIGITAL CAMERA TO TAKE DOZENS OF PICTURES AS YOU DO THE WIRE REMOVAL TO MAKE THE RE-INSTALL EASIER
BTW theres no way to write all the necessary info on the tag so just write a large number and then write all your info on a large pad with that number on the top of the page and the same number on the back of any photo if you can later when the pictures are developed or down loaded to your computer and printed out
remember to support the transmission, after you pull the engine , just letting it drop could cost you big$$$
keep a 5 gallon bucket around to theow ALL the bolts in but take the time to lable zip lock bags for each group of bolts also ,(bags like )(intake bolts)(header bolts)(accesories)(water pump)(motor mount)(bellhouseing) (head bolts)CAN HELP A GREAT DEAL IN GETTING THE CORRECT BOLTS BACK IN THE CORRECT SPOTS
clean all bolts befor reuse with a mix of diesel/carb cleaner and a wire brush and look for worn or corroaded parts needing replavement
YOU DON,T NEED to pull the hood to pull the engine, but if you do,lightly dust the hood mount locations with white paint,this allows you to exactly replace the hood alighnment correctly by showing exactly how they were previously installed (RECOVER AFTER THE HOODS REPLACED WITH BLACK paint AGAIN)
take lots of notes and pictures, lable every connection
its far easier with two people!
adding an engine leveler and swivel to your engine crane makes things far easier




adding a swivel like this between the leveler and crane GREATLY AIDS THE ENGINES REMOVAL, DON,T GET CHEAP, GET THE 2700lb or 3400lb rated one not the 1200lb size (REMEMBER YOULL BE UNDER THAT ENGINE SOMETIMES)

youll need two of these rated at similar load strength[/b]




[Modified by grumpyvette, 7:51 PM 5/1/2003]