If memory serves you are correct about the cross member. Try putting a couple of blocks under the trans to take some of the strain off of the rear mount and then pull the entire cross member. The ideal set up would be to use a hydraulic jack you can leave under their until time to pull the motor.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of robert moore Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 2:48 PM To: Blind Handyman Subject: [BlindHandyMan] almost ready to pull the engine Well this project has not been very quick but then again I don't even know what I am going to do with the engine so I am not in any hurry. Only reason I am even pulling it is because it is an old Jimmy that I am cannibalizing for my s dime and I have always wanted to at least be able to say that I pulled an engine myself with little or no help. Well all that is left to do as far as I can tell is to drain the oil and tranny fluid, drop the tranny support, remove the motor mount bolts and disconnect the shift linkage. So the only help I will need is plucking it out with a cherry picker. Since I don't need the heat or the light I will go out tonight and work on some of that. Probably the last thing I will do is remove the tranny support because I don't know when I will get the cherry picker and a friend out here to finish up and I would just asoon it not hang there too long unless any of you guys that know how this stuff works thinks it would not matter. Just one last question. Since it is not going any where until after I pull the motor, would it be safe to get under there and un bolt the tranny support so that I won't have to bother with that on the day we pull the engine? It looks like the support is sitting on top of the frame or at least some type of steel rail any way. PS So, why do I use the words engine and notor interchangably? Well no reason at all I suppose thecnically an engine uses fuel and a motor is electric. Not really sure. Robert To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions >From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the following address for more information: http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws- users.com For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 120441648) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=120441648&m=2a2e a5d3a794&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=120441648&m=2a2e a5d3a794&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=120441648&m=2a2e a5d3a794&c=f ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS
