It is best to remove and install as a pair but since it's a 3 speed
and the tranny itself if light , either way will do . drain both
units before removal ! .
Just toss the tranny in a box , it's light .
I made up a simple wooden box to hold my old 216 engine , the foot
was a sheet of plywood about 2" wider that the sides were all the
way 'round and the sides came uop and supported the engine on the oil
pan's lip , where the screws go in .
If you use a good thick sheet of Marine grade plywood you can add
some heavy casters and make it moveable around your shop .
When you have this beast on the engine stand , never forget it is
very heavy and long so it'll tip over and crush your foot before you
can say " OH CRAP ! " ~ respect it as it can and will break your leg
if it gets the chance .
Lots and lots of well illuminated pictures before you take it apart
and detailing the little things , throtle linkages , how the front
mount goes to-gether and so on , use several disposable cameras and
REMEBER TO ADD LIGHT as most pictures turn out useless due to the
shadows etc. obscuring the details you're going to desperately need 5
years from now . what _you_ can see is _NOT_ what the camera sees ! .
-Nate
Jeremy wrote:
> Hi everyone. I've gotten all the sheet metal off my '55, and I'm
about
> ready to pull the engine and transmission out. There are a few
things I
> haven't been able to gather from the books and websites I've read
about
> this and I was hoping some people could help me out. Here goes:
>
> What's the transmission weigh? It's a manual 3 speed. I plan to put
the
> engine on a stand with wheels so I can push it around to keep it
out of
> the way while I work on it and the rest of the truck. I'd like to
figure
> out something to do with the transmission. I could build a little
cart
> with casters for it, but if it's light enough, I could just move it
> around as needed. Anyone have tips for storing it? It'll be a long
time
> before it goes back in the truck.
>
> If I need to temporarily set the engine down between when I pull it
and
> when I get it on the stand, are there any gotchas I should know
about
> that will help keep me from damaging it? I seem to remember reading
> somewhere that some engines can be set on their oil pans and some
may
> bend/crush them, but don't remember anything about this particular
one.
>
> Are there any steps I should take before separating the
> engine/transmission/bell housing/etc? This'll be a first for me (as
is
> just about everything on this truck). On another forum, someone
> mentioned making marks somewhere on those parts to make sure things
go
> back together right, but since I plan to rebuild the engine and
> recondition, replace, and/or thoroughly clean everything else, I'm
not
> sure how much good that sort of thing would do me.
>
> Last, should I pull the engine and transmission together or
> individually? I've gotten conflicting advice on this from different
> sources. I'm tempted to trust the shop manual, which says to do them
> together, but I figure why not get more input. I don't have a
> transmission jack, so I'd have to use a floor jack.
>
> That's all I can think of. If there's anything else I may have
> overlooked, I'd love to know.
> thanks,
> Jeremy
>
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