Removing Engine

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So Ive Been Cruising Along On This Site For A While Now And Have Seen Alot Of Pics Of Your Trucks When Your Removing Your Engines And Have Noticed That Alot Of You Remove Your Front Clip Or At Least Your Core Support And The Grille And Stuff. Was Just Wondering Why? Ive Pulled Mine Twice Now And Just Pulled Off The Hood.

 

[KFC_Or_Bust]

Re: Removing Engine

It's so much easier to do it with at least the inner fenders removed, it's fun cutting your arms up and all to get to everything but personally, when I put the engine back in the Braphoon the whole front end is coming off, pulling it with just the hood off sucked balls.

 

[artisticent]

Re: Removing Engine

Iv removed it all also. Its a little more work to remove and reinstall all these parts but it makes the job 100 times easier and cleaner. Also if anything happened to damage a panel during the R&R it would be more work to fix that. Also im removing the engine and tranny attached so its nicer to do it flat.
Nathan

 

[Norm]

Re: Removing Engine

When my engine went in I had the core support taken off. I don't have a hoist so I had to use a block/tackle method. If you have a hoist you can put the front end up in the air on jackstands so you can get a good angle with the engine tranny. If you just taking out the engine you don't really need to take off the rad cradle, but there sure is alot more room to work with when it's not there.