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In the next couple weeks I plan to pull the engine up in Ky at my parents' (nice garage). Been a while since I've pulled anything. Have yet to ever pull an engine out of these trucks so was looking for anything to help have this process planned out mentally.
-hood
-baggies/sharpie/pics
-Starter
-Dust shield
-Flexplate bolts (bolts only right? Threaded into converter?)
-Injector harness, dist., oil pressure sender, coolant temp sensor, Iat, alt, coil, ground straps,cps (missing anything?)
-pull rad/upper support and hoses
-jack under trans pan
-bellhousing bolts
Any quirks to get the motor mount bolts out? Pull it up some. Fought with these in other vehicles before. Take bolts out, chains hooked up, slack taken out and yank forward some?
Can I leave the downpipes in place and everything clear, just remove headers?
I may be missing some things, but as I said, it's been a while and first time on these trucks.
Appreciate any help and guidance. Thanks.
take the rad, condensor, trans cooler, stack completely out. Remove the upper support & front bumper. Then just pull it straight out the opening. Also, put a couple of bolt/pin back into the tranny holes after the engine is out. Lay a strong piece of wood acroos the frame rails and let the bolts/pins rest on that to support the trans. It's not a good idea to leave it just hanging there. It's much easier to access header/exhaust bolt trough the wheel wells. Just pop the inner fender liners out, and everything is right there.
PS, don't forget the ground straps & trans tube are both bolted to the back of the heads. You're going to need to take those bolts out
Last edited by Hugh Jassole; 03-26-2010 at 01:02 PM.