Thread: tricky engine pull
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10-23-2006 10:07 AM #1
tricky engine pull
ok so i'm gonna pull my 351 out of my 69 econoline to give it a rebuild.... and i've never done this on a van before, anyone with some experience got some tips? i can tell it wont come out the hood..... do i drop it out the bottom like a volkswagon?just because your car is faster, doesn't mean i cant outdrive you... give me a curvy mountain road and i'll beat you any day
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10-23-2006 10:53 AM #2
hmm.... its a pretty tight squeeze in there.... its wide open with the grill and hood off... but how do i get my hoist in there... theres about 2 inches of clearance between the top of the motor and the upper front end section/firewall that doesn't come offjust because your car is faster, doesn't mean i cant outdrive you... give me a curvy mountain road and i'll beat you any day
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10-23-2006 11:30 AM #3
oh ok i see... cool thanks!
well denny i went ahead and tried your method.... looked like it was damn sure gonna work... til i put it into action.... the sides of the engine bay are too narrow to slide the 351 through its too wide.... by further observation it looks like i'm going to have to life the engine up thru the top of the passenger compartment which is no problem space wise.... i can access the whole engine and half of my toploader from there.... its just a matter of lifting that heavy thing outLast edited by thesals; 10-23-2006 at 12:15 PM.
just because your car is faster, doesn't mean i cant outdrive you... give me a curvy mountain road and i'll beat you any day
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10-23-2006 01:08 PM #4
Originally Posted by thesals
If you do this will help, but I am not sure what it will look like when you are done.
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10-23-2006 02:31 PM #5
magic blue finger??? i tried looking it up on google and all i found were plastic things that keep women happyjust because your car is faster, doesn't mean i cant outdrive you... give me a curvy mountain road and i'll beat you any day
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10-23-2006 02:34 PM #6
Originally Posted by thesals
What in the world??
O.K,do you own a sawz-all or a porta-power???
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10-23-2006 02:38 PM #7
A way to do it with the regular cherry picker, is to jack the front of the van up about 1 1/2 feet. The regular arm then slides in there, but its still a major pain in the ass.
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10-23-2006 03:43 PM #8
I pulled the 318 from my '69 Dodge van through the cargo doors. Took the seats and the whole "doghouse" out, and got a long armed cherry picker, short chained the lift, and just picked it out. Maybe not quite that easy, but, you get the idea, I'm sure.
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10-23-2006 04:12 PM #9
yes i own a sawzall quite a few of them... but no i dont have a porta power.... and i already have the doghouse off and the seats out and my tranny pulled... i got the heads off the motor to drop the weight quite a bit.... i guess i could just use the cherry picker thru the passenger door to pick the motor upand slide some plywood over the hole and stick a piano dolly under the block.... these vans are a pain in the bum... and it doesn't help when the van was converted to a 351w with powersteering and a 4 speed toploaderjust because your car is faster, doesn't mean i cant outdrive you... give me a curvy mountain road and i'll beat you any day
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10-23-2006 04:21 PM #10
Originally Posted by thesals
Hey,I was just messing with you on the saw-zall and porta-power bit.
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10-23-2006 08:37 PM #11
Originally Posted by DennyWjust because your car is faster, doesn't mean i cant outdrive you... give me a curvy mountain road and i'll beat you any day
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10-30-2006 01:50 PM #12
I only pulled one engine out of one of these vans. I took out the passenger front seat and pulled the engine out of the cargo door. Quick and easy!
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10-30-2006 02:07 PM #13
Last van I did I took the intake, exhaust manifolds off then I had room to remove it. if it doesn't fit then how about taking the heads off too.
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10-31-2006 03:28 PM #14
sorry forgot to finish this thread... i ended up pulling it right through the door.... i realized if i pulled the pin out on the door it would open up far enough to let the motor come right through...... now i'm wondering if theres enough space to squeeze headers on that motor without modifying the doghousejust because your car is faster, doesn't mean i cant outdrive you... give me a curvy mountain road and i'll beat you any day
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