Scgreen620 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Has any one here removed an l20 b alone ? And is it difficult ? Last thing ... Is there a easy way to pull or a order to pull an engine out? I'm thinking of buying a rebuilt one but I'm going to do it alone ... Advice ? Thanks Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Remove trans crossmember/mount so trans leans down. You can stab the top bellhousing bolts this way. It's easier to just pull the whole setup as one though. Quote Link to comment
scooter Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 If itsa 620 you can bend the firewall seam over then its not horrifying to get the bellhousing bolts on top from the top. Take the rad and fan off, motor mounts and yard it out! I did l16 to l20b swap including the oil pans and exhaust in one day by myself. Git er dunnnnn!!! I pulled it out and put it back in with the tranny in place. Ooh, if you drop the passenger side idler arm which is two bolts it makes life alot easier too. Faster to do that then finding a pickle fork. Quote Link to comment
freetheoranges Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 Has any one here removed an l20 b alone ? And is it difficult ? Last thing ... Is there a easy way to pull or a order to pull an engine out? Thanks You fool! Ah.. ha.. ha.. I would also like to know. As one unit plus pre described posts to discuss loosening the trans mount but also to the extent of removing it completely oooooooooooooooooor at a certain point of hoist and leverage or before even removing? Support with ...castor wheels??................ jack stand? L20b as well. Much foul. Much distress for mah' poor darlin' of a vehicle. much much weep. Much stumble... L20b: DON'T WAKE ME! [pressing (B) brake pedal, key in ignition] (..sounds of a screaming electronic work horse..) [pressing accl. pedal repeatedly and in periodic intervals] [[(POP!!!!)]] FTO: STFU DRIVE ! ::bow:: thanks. Trololol Quote Link to comment
uberkevin Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 I pulled the l20b outta my truck two days ago. Alone. Took me about an hour an a half. I've got a 521 however. I took the tranny off the block, after I had gotten the block up an over the center stirring bar. I used a jack to keep the tranny from falling.. then I pull the motor forward to dislodge it from the tranny. Worked good... Quote Link to comment
uberkevin Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 And then. Left up. Seems like all the other ways I've done it the motor an tranny need to be at a pretty extreme slant. I never liked doing it this way. Quote Link to comment
uberkevin Posted July 27, 2014 Report Share Posted July 27, 2014 This is an old photo of me pulling my l16 out.. The tranny is still bolted to the block.. As I keep going up I also go back doing it this way I always had to lift the tranny over the front of the truck cuz of the tilt. It's not to hard. Quote Link to comment
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