im about ready to pull my motor out. i did pretty good on getting everything else disconnected (about 8-10 hours of work) and i dont know exactly how or where to hook the chains to the block to pull it out. the service manual didn't really help.

all thats left is the 5 tranny bolts and however many bolts there are that secure the bolt the frame. i did a search and it said there is a hook on the UIM, which i found. and one near the alternator. i found one tiny *** one to the left which i wouldnt know how to hook a chain to..... and one to the right of the alternator, on the side of the block which is kinda shaped.

any help would be appreciated. thanks.

 

use the one that is on the UIM near the firewall and the one near the oil filter that is a big hook/piece of metal that attaches directly to the block....this picture might help.

 

is it the big plate that the p/s pump, pull, and AC were attached to? from the picture it seems kinda far from the oil filter and closer to oil filler neck

thanks

 

it is the only hook in this picture....i i guess my memory serves me wrong. it is not near the oil filler neck. must be all that brake cleaner

 

Either use the factory hangers (passenger side, rear of engine, at UIM, and drivers side between altenator and power steering, attached to WP I believe, or use the latter, mentioned above, and a location where the bellhousing bolts to on the passenger side, top, but use the location with the most metal around it, not the thin wall bolt hole. It's been awhile since I've been there, but if you look at it, it is easy to tell.
The trick is to get the engine balanced while on the hoist/chain, so you may have to "Play' around a little to get it right.
The factory hangers are plenty strong enough to pull the engine, although you may bend the one by the alternator a little, it will be no problem. Good luck!

Frank

 

cash money, you go to wsu?

 

im still a little confused, but I THINK i got it...
i think im just a litttle nervous

yeah i go to WSU-Pullman, im in vancouver for the summer

 

once again, because im scared...

i unbolted the 6 bolts on the clutch spinning the flywheel with a screw driver through that little door...

now that should have seperated the tranny from the engine, correct? im jackin with the cherry picker and i see it seperating but dont completely see day light..... and i got scrared..

thanks

 

to answer my own quesition, yes it does. its seperated but the flywheel isn't completely clearing the bellhousing, when i jack it to a certain point, the car starts coming with it, any tips?

 

You need to put a floor jack under the tranny and lift it up a little while hoisting the engine up at the same time, at least until you clear the motor mount bolts.
Then gently pry the bellhousing from the motor with a large screw driver.
Also, whats probably happening here is you don't have the engine properly balanced on the chain, so you're putting to mutch stress on one or more of the alignment dowels, and possibly the tranny input shaft, that's why it's not coming apart.

Frank

PS, if you're jacking and the car comes off the ground, you're lifting to hard, something is bound up.

 

ding ding ding, that got it right out. thanks for all the help. im damn proud of my self. i did the whole overhaul myself and this was the only help i asked for.

i haven't really been on the forums for the past few months and i was curious what happened to post counts, mine when from 1000+ to like 5xx whatever it is now