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Pulling an Engine
So who can give me a good link to a guide to pull the 3.8L engine/a4 tranny out of my 1998 Camaro?? :)
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don't have a guide right handy, but thru the bottom is easiest. -
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thanks, but i need a guide for a v6 and it needs to be from the top, i know the difficulty but thanks thoComment
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your not gonna take the engine/transmission out through the top unless you want to take your hood off and dissemble the front end
then all you would need to do is unbolt the trans mount, engine mounts, and all of the wiring crap, and the exhaustComment
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why do you have to have it out the top?
It can be done and has been done many times, you have to remove the heads, intakes, and such along with the fans and radiator to do it. Some leave the radiator and carefully do itComment
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why through the top?Team NoVa
2000 Firebird- Intake, Pacesetters, !cat, full 2.5 to flowcrapster, 1.9 rockers, LS6 springs and Intense modded retainers, WS6 speedlines, T/A bumpers and hatch, 5 spd swapped, SOON TO BE nitrous'd and cammed.Comment
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speaking of pulling engines, there was a write up i saw somewhere with a white LS1 car that used a lift, anyone have a link to that?Team NoVa
2000 Firebird- Intake, Pacesetters, !cat, full 2.5 to flowcrapster, 1.9 rockers, LS6 springs and Intense modded retainers, WS6 speedlines, T/A bumpers and hatch, 5 spd swapped, SOON TO BE nitrous'd and cammed.Comment
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z28 or 3800.. doesnt matter thats what I used to take my trans and motor out.
as far as taking the motor and trans out the top, you have to take the top intake off, headers, heads, damn near everything up front...
trust me when i say its EASIER to take the motor from the bottom... even the GM manual says to do it that way...
you can also use the search feature on the boards.. its a great tool, but you will only find a COUPLE people on here that have taken it from the top... but wtf right? we dont know what we are talking about
ArcherMISC: 01 parts. Some interior, T top kit, seats etc.
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thats what i was thinking...i just wanna go ahead and take this time to appologize for being a crappy newb at somepoint...Originally posted by Archer View PostTeam NoVa
2000 Firebird- Intake, Pacesetters, !cat, full 2.5 to flowcrapster, 1.9 rockers, LS6 springs and Intense modded retainers, WS6 speedlines, T/A bumpers and hatch, 5 spd swapped, SOON TO BE nitrous'd and cammed.Comment
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no reason.. many have used the method I posted, hell thats how I got my engine and trans out. I asked, someone posted the link, I used the search feature on numerous sites... and by far that was the BEST explained method out there unless I had access to a lift or a fork lift... doing it through the bottom took me MAYBE 2 hours, and that was taking numerous amounts of breaks..Originally posted by flamingchicken View Post
Im not one to ***** at someone, but you dont pop in ask for advise and act like the people that are trying to help are full of it.
as far as a guide on taking it from the top, I have yet to find one, and I have had many sites about taking the engine and trans out for appx a year now. If there is one out there, I have yet to find it.
6 bolts, trans mount bracket ( 4 bolts) remove drive shaft, and raise the car.. well disco break lines, sway bar, and anything else attached to the k member.
besides if your car has AC, the compressor is a PITA to take out. with the compressor there, its damn near impossible (possible) to take the pass side motor mount out without (almost) killing yourself. GM says from the bottom for a reason. why make things harder.
and it doesnt matter if its a 3.4, 3.8, LT1, or an LS1... they all use the same method.
ArcherMISC: 01 parts. Some interior, T top kit, seats etc.
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someone really needs to sticky an engine removal...maybe someone who is about to do one...me.Team NoVa
2000 Firebird- Intake, Pacesetters, !cat, full 2.5 to flowcrapster, 1.9 rockers, LS6 springs and Intense modded retainers, WS6 speedlines, T/A bumpers and hatch, 5 spd swapped, SOON TO BE nitrous'd and cammed.Comment
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there are already so many guides on how to do it. There was already a perfectly fine guide posted alreadyOriginally posted by flamingchicken View Post
Abbott long tubes,homemade true duals,slp ram air,whisper lid,eibach springs,kyb shocks,BMR subframe connectors, BMR LCA reloc brackets,BMR LCAs. T-top/manual convertedComment
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werd. i just meant one for this site, with a V6 car.Team NoVa
2000 Firebird- Intake, Pacesetters, !cat, full 2.5 to flowcrapster, 1.9 rockers, LS6 springs and Intense modded retainers, WS6 speedlines, T/A bumpers and hatch, 5 spd swapped, SOON TO BE nitrous'd and cammed.Comment
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also, i would NOT pull the transmission out through the top while it is still connected to the engine, it is seriously like 21 bolts (counting from my head) to remove the trans from the bottom
the way the fbodies are designed, the engine/trans are so far set back, it makes ot nearly impossible to remove both from the topComment
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