[Gmecm] SAturn engine swap

[David Allen]

  Jeff, I like your Different Racing website! Found your Chinese turbo story
particularly amusing. I can definately relate to that! I debated on wether
to buy a Turbonetics unit or a knock-off and am glad I chose the real McCoy.
Turbonetics knows their stuff and got me exactly the right turbo for the
application.
  Once you've done a certain job several times it goes quicker. I certainly
see what you are claiming is possible on the engine R&I.
  Years ago (highschool age) a friend and I pulled the 440-T4 automatic
transaxle out of a FWD Buick Lesabre.  We dropped it out below, letting the
engine hang by 2x4 boards and chain.  It was a very dangerous exercise and
we broke some parts in the process. I would never recommend this approach on
such a heavy transmission.  It is easier to pull the drivetrain as an assy
from above on these cars.
  These cars have a large heavy 6 cyl engine and 4 speed auto trans. The
board sagged and nothing lined back up.  We had to jack the engine around
and shim up the board to get it back into position.  After the trans was
reconnected with 2 bolts, the 2x4 broke.  The whole drivetrain fell into the
engine cradle and very nearly knocked the car off the stands. It cracked one
"ear" of the trans bellhousing and bent the driveplate.  The car ran but
with a vibration in the engine.
  After that fiasco, we borrowed an engine lift and pulled the assembly "the
right way" to replace the bent driveplate.  Live and learn!
David


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Silva" <low_sl2 at yahoo.com>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 3:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Gmecm] SAturn engine swap


> Like I said before.  I've done this over a dozen times.  It can be
> done.  You just use a load tilter.  It's easy.
>
> Jeff Silva
> DifferentRacing.com
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> --- Andrew Gibson <andrewsharyn at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Little tilt huh? Then why need the load tilter? I would like to see
> > any virgin engine get pulled out of a fwd car in less than 1 hour
> > without breaking anything in the process. Now offence Jeff but what
> > you are describing time wise is just not possible. Maybe you could
> > tilt the motor enough to get it out the top. But that is still a lot
> > of work. I'll stick to dropping them out the bottom.
> >
> >   Oh, by the way I live in Utah. And I need to pull the motor out of
> > my donor truck this weekend before it snows again. I would like to
> > see pictures of how much tilt it take to get these out the top
> > though.
> >
> >   Just for the record, Cinder blocks stacked in a pyramid with the
> > open end up and 2x4 on top to keep the pinchweld from digging into
> > the mortar are far more stable than any jackstand out there.
> > Something about a wider base....
> >
> >
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