best way to remove an engine
stepho
06-13-2006, 08:53 PM
Ok so I'm getting ready to pull my engine and I'm sizing things up trying to figure out the best way. From the bottom or out the top?
If I drop it out the bottom I have to take off the whole front suspension right? Whats the chance of causing something to become unaligned doing that?
Also I stumbled across this article: http://www.valvoline.com/carcare/articleviewer.asp?pg=pht20020701ch
Which says a tool has been made to remove an LT1 from the top.
I'm really torn between which way would be better. Of everything I have read, half the people are for taking it out the top and half the bottom.
What do you guys think?
From what I have read it seems to me like it would be easier to take it out the top with a happy hooker, and there would be less chance for me to mess anything up.
If I drop it out the bottom I have to take off the whole front suspension right? Whats the chance of causing something to become unaligned doing that?
Also I stumbled across this article: http://www.valvoline.com/carcare/articleviewer.asp?pg=pht20020701ch
Which says a tool has been made to remove an LT1 from the top.
I'm really torn between which way would be better. Of everything I have read, half the people are for taking it out the top and half the bottom.
What do you guys think?
From what I have read it seems to me like it would be easier to take it out the top with a happy hooker, and there would be less chance for me to mess anything up.
FormulaLT1
06-13-2006, 09:08 PM
I have always done threw the top but I hear from people that have done both, that threw the bottom is easier.
wrightz28
06-14-2006, 09:34 AM
My personal choice? 500 megaton warhead :thumbsup:
Seriously, it seems to be a heck of alot easier going out the bottom given half the damn thing is under the dashboard.
Seriously, it seems to be a heck of alot easier going out the bottom given half the damn thing is under the dashboard.
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