I think everyone knows the best part of Thanksgiving is pulling the turkey out of the oven...

 

 

Need to get the flywheel surfaced, and the clutch is more burned up than the marshmallows on a sweet potato casserole.

 

I'd like the record to state, that pulling an engine by yourself kinda blows. Spending a 1/2 hour messing with pulling it only to realize you didn't unbolt the dogbone from the transmission to the firewall and have been fighting an immovable object... that really blows.

Nice caramelization on that one!

Yeah the dogbone got me the second time I pulled the transmission out of my sedan. Only took me about 3 minutes to realize it though.

 

Is that an old ranger in the background?

Longbed 2wd F100 Custom with a 302 mated to a C6 with a 9" rear end. None of my handiwork though...

Did you ever figure out where the coolant was disappearing to, just curious? Jeff

Did you ever figure out where the coolant was disappearing to, just curious? Jeff

 

The water pump was leaking of course, and the HGs were in fact on their way out. I just helped them along a little bit by not properly burping the system and getting the car hot one last time.

 

On the plus side, I'll have a pretty close to new engine after this is all said and done.

 

On a side note, I also fixed the parking brake, clunking axle, and the wonky rear wheel; for a grand total of $45. Cable was cut for the brake, axle was shot, and the strut was all bent to hell. Action u pull came through on that one.

Wanna do another one when you've finished yours, for $$ of course? Think my HG's are going on my white one too?? Coolant is disappearing and can find no external leaks!! Jeff

Sure, this hasn't been bad so far. I'll let you know when I get a break.

good to see ya got it out.. hope ya got it in the shop ok.

LOL. And I was this close |-| to calling you to borrow the hoist this weekend.. The ea82t is coming out in the next few weeks.

And the other turkey was it tasty?

 

I always wonder if it is not a lot easier to take the gearbox out. Less fluid, certainly less connectors?

LOL. And I was this close |-| to calling you to borrow the hoist this weekend.. The ea82t is coming out in the next few weeks.

 

If everything plays out ok with timing, I should stab the engine back in this week and you can borrow the hoist. I'm sure Tony would be ok with you borrowing the engine stand too.

 

And the other turkey was it tasty?

 

I always wonder if it is not a lot easier to take the gearbox out. Less fluid, certainly less connectors?

 

Not to do headgaskets... Maybe for the clutch though.

yeah i was gonna say the engine stand is available too..