Pulling a motor all by yourself a little at a time!

well it is finally done , I made it back in this morning at 4am, slept till 7 got up and made my mind up today it is done!

So finally i was able to get the engine out and now i can finish cleaning the frame and get it painted and welded before taking on the task of making motor mounts and setting this puppy up for the new vroom Vroom.

here is a link to severl pictures of the issue at hand and hte new toy going in.

Bill

http://picasaweb.google.com/wryanjr/NewVroomVroom

I pull motors by myself all the time and sometimes its easier that way with no one getting in the way,you are going to need a bigger motor for that car as that little small block will kill its self trying to move that big pig. A 455 would be a better motor and would not do too bad on gas with a good gear due to much more torque,I had a 72 olds 98 that came from the mountains of Colorado with a 3 something gear and it would get 16 at 70 which I thought was not too bad for a big barge with mountain gears and a big block. Jeff

I pull mine by myself. that way nobody but me smashes my fingers

junkyardjeff wrote:I pull motors by myself all the time and sometimes its easier that way with no one getting in the way,you are going to need a bigger motor for that car as that little small block will kill its self trying to move that big pig. A 455 would be a better motor and would not do too bad on gas with a good gear due to much more torque,I had a 72 olds 98 that came from the mountains of Colorado with a 3 something gear and it would get 16 at 70 which I thought was not too bad for a big barge with mountain gears and a big block. Jeff

A 455 was my first choice, but people think they are solid gold. not sure why just a damn oldsmoble...

I am in the process of selecting a new cam , lifters, heads. dont ask why i think it had to do me being a moron. heheeh never able to leave well enough alone.

Bill

You would think with gas being expensive a good donor car would show up at a reasonable price,I am getting 460 fords cheap as I picked up a decent 77 f150 beater with a good 460/C-6 and other goodies for 500 dollars. It has 2.75 gears and was told it got decent mileage on the highway,the person I bought it from was complaining about gas being too high at 1.50. Jeff