Pullin this motor is kicking my BUTT
 

Geeze I envy you guys that think this is easy. I have been working on this thing for about 5 hours now 3 yesterday 2 or so today and MAN! there are some small spots my meat hooks don't fit into (6'4" 340 odd pounds with hands that aren't small) Although the instructions left here by Sean Cathcart have been a BIG help.

Anyways, I just wanted to wine, bitch and complain to somebody and unfortunately You guys are the recipients. For now I'm gonna go bust some more knuckles get that motor loose and go pick up my buddy's cherry picker to do the extraction.

Eh, pulling an engine isn't hard, it's just time consuming. Good luck on the rest of the pull. :)

Reading the Manual and not jumping from one spot to another (before the task at hand Is done) will speed everything up. I think Aaron Cake and I took about 45 minutes to remove my Engine and have It set up on a work bench? :D

damn that must be nice :D

yeah definitely, it shouldnt take that long. but the more you do, the faster youll get.

Also, I've ditched all non-needed luxaries which contributed to the overhual.

Ditto: The more times you do it the better and faster you'll get.

you thought hat was hard? Wait till you try to put it in yourself!!! toke me a good 2 hours to do it........twice! I pulled it out with my buddy and it didn't take me more than 1 hour.

Of course, after which it took 6+ hours to disassemble...damn spun bearings. :)

Yeah, it is a bit of a PITA your first time. But hell I can get my motor out and dissaselmbled and back together in no time, these are really easy to work on.

Yea I see what you guys are saying, Baby is a GXL which means she has EVERYTHING except for a turbo hooked onto that engine. Things are going a little quicker now that I got that stupid A/C P/S POS bracket off the engine. well, the studs are still sticking in it but the nuts are off. unfortunately I dont have anyone helping me except for my GF which unfortunately means I pretty much don't have anyone helping me. :P

Anyways I'm off to go get the engine hoist, and with a little luck have this puppy plucked by the end of today. Unfortunately I won't be able to get the replacement engine in today since I'm still waiting on some parts and have to get new oil cooler lines made up.

took me like 3 hours of jacking up car and undoing lsat few bolts then the NA engine came out easily.

Took me 5 hours to install the TII engine because I had to pull it back out after getting it half way in due to the entry angle begin off.

It's all about lining up before you put it in.

Make sure the tranny is sticking down a bit and you will have a quick install.

sorry to jack this thread....but what kind of Air Tools would make it easier to remove the motor if any? impact wrench? anything else?

And sifting through the grinded up Torrington Bearing assembly. ;) Oh, what joy that was...3 chiesels, a blow torch and a massive Hammer. :confused:

Taking it out the first time was fun. Wasn't too hard but then again, I had no emissions/AC/PS to deal with.

Taking it out the second time is not fun. I'm getting lazy and need to work on my car to get it ready for Sevenstock. :(