ok so i spent the last 7 hours working on the project

turns out i need to go buy an engine houst, i had a very good plan not to need one but the bottom end wont come off, so im gonna go pick one up tommorrow once the stores open.

I removed all 31 bolts inside the oil pan that i thought held the crank on and i was wrong, ive taken out ever bolt holding the lower section of the block on, still wont come off.....

so im going to throw the head back on, and the pulley tensioner so i can just pick the motor out of the car and drop her on the ground so i can pry the dam thing apart.

then i should be off to the machine shop i hope....


there isnt alot holding the motor in, just a torque brace, motor mount and the tranny.


Wish i had the extra cash to do the clutch now to..... damit all

 

oh yea and i did secure a digital camera for the reinstall, i am gonig to do a howto of installing a complete 2.0l LSJ engine into the SS, I would have done removal but its almost out.

now goodnight lol

 

nice, i bet everyone will learn something from that how to.

 

Yeah man, thats awesome, just sucks that the great howto will come because of your broken car... But hey, you're having fun right?

 

Just grab a couple friends and a fence post and some chain. Our engine don't weigh ****! Just pluck it out by hand! Hell me a 3 friends had to do this for a small block in a Camaro when our buddies hoist died mid-swap and a 350 is a HELL of alot heavier then the ECO is.

Well either way best of luck to you bro!

 

Just a heads up, the engine comes out from under the car not up out of the engine bay. The time to pull your engine is alot longer than you think. I had a mechanic friend help me and the process was almost 7 hours.

 

So its impossible to pull it out from the top? That means you gotta drop the whole cradle out? Well that blows!

 

The cradle is not to bad on our cars. The pain is there is a whole lot of stuff to disconnect, but he has likley done most of it already.
Now I will say that we took the tranny out at the same time and perhaps by not doing that it will come out on top easier. Of course I would suggest he wait to finish the project until he can do the clutch\flywheel or it is all coming apart again shortly after he puts it back together.

 

i will say my engine is coming out of the top, i have myself a autobody guy and a usmc diesel macanic helping me and its dam near out the top

 

The engines in the 4th gen f-bodies are supposed to come out the bottom too , Ive pulled 6 out the top and found the wrong way to be easier than the right way if you dont have a hoist

 

If anyone has Microsoft Office and can open a .mdi file, I have GM's guide on how to remove the engine.

http://files.filefront.com/engineMDI.../fileinfo.html

 

pretty informative thanks!

 

all you have to do is unbolt the block from the tranny and remove the motor mount on the passenger side, my engine is hanging im having clearance issues i need about 1/4 an inch to pull it out, the flywheel is sticking in the bellhosuins, if you scoot the tranny back and inch and do what i did it comes out easy as ****

 

Thanks for the update. How long did this all take you to get it out?

 

total i have about 15 hours in it, but most of that is doing pointless **** that could have been easily avoided and talking to random people showing up.


On another note,

just orderd a spec 2+ valentine 1 AEM Wideband 2 pod pillar bringing the grand total to $5300.00

 

Hopefully a few more servers will go down in your area

 

i work world wide man, i fill fly anywhere they need me its on them of course

 

If ur tranny is still on that is the reason ur crank isnt coming out...your flywheel is directly bolted onto your crank shaft. Remove the trans and the flywheel and it should come off assuming u removed the connecting rods and timing chain stuff as well

Dan