ok but does the rebuilt engine comes with a main pulley?

 

My reman came with a main pulley on it.

 

oh ok then i'll wait before removing it.

thanks a lot

puma

 

I popped off my flywheel in about 15 minutes. I used a wood splitting wedge, metal, and rubber hammers. First thing I did was put the main bolt back on the shaft to protect myself from the flywheel. Next I inserted the wedge in quarters around the wheel, example at 12:00, 12:15, 12:30, 12:45 and back. I tapped the wedge in until it was tight and gave a little pressure between the black and flywheel. Enought pressure that I had to hit the wedge with the hammer one time to loosen it. Once the wedge is tight. Go around the flywheel and hit the outsides with the rubber hammer kinda hard. I just went in a circle. Once you have completed the circle hit the ecentric shaft with the metal hammer. Not very hard but not real soft - just a decent hit. Do this 3-5 times. Rotate to the 12:15 position and repeat. By the time I got to 12:45 position the wheel flew off on my first hit of the e-shaft. Hope this helps.

Chris

 

Just out of curosity guys (newbie here) what holds the flywheel on so tight? is it just age and exposure to high temps? From the spec manuals that I have seen (including Bruce Turrentine's video) I belive its just the fly wheel nut that holds the assembly on. Again, may be a simple question, but I have not attempted it before - thanks guys.

 

I believe the torque for the flywheel bolt is around 390 lbs, that's what holding it on tight.

 

Im sorry but i don't get it. Why in Gods green Earth would you want to leave the hod on for this job? It's 4 fregging bolts that aren't even tight! But youtied your hood to the ceiling?


Sorry that was all I saw wrong with all of this.

The motor comes right out with the tranny. Yer good.

 

I am lazy

 

Got it. Seems like it would have been easier to take it off though.

 

Never having had to take the hood off before, it seemed to a daunting job for several reasons.

1)Probably need two people to do it - one to hold the hood and the other to unscrew the bolts.

2)Need a place to put the hood so that it doesn't get scratched up.

3)Reattaching the hood requires alignment and once again, two people.

To avoid all three of the above, I simply tied it to the ceiling to get more of an opening. Ingenious, if you ask me.

 

1) yes you need two guys.
2) you just put a blanket on your roof and there you have your safe place to put it.
3)The stock hood requires absoulutely no alignment whatsoever. It goes right back where it came off.

and knowing is half the battle.

 

I will say that your car is one of my top 5 favorites though.

 

i followed mr stock's philosophy and tied the hood to the rafter. it took about 1 minute to find a bungee and secure it to the rafter. and it was amazing how as i pulled the engine/tranny with a cherry picker it followed the curvature of the hood just enough so i always had a couple inches of clearance.
luck is the other half of the battle.
and i like the shade of blue on your car FD3boost.