Engine removal

[mercurycat]

HI, I have a 1989 Lebaron GTC TII and I have to pull the motor and trans. Is it better to pull it from the bottom or through the top?
Thanks
Ken

[lotashelbys]

I usually pull mine out through the top. That way you dont have to pull the K-frame. You want to use an engine leveler though.

[mercurycat]

So it will fit through the top with the trans attached? I have the car on the lift now and it looked clear to come out the bottom.
Thanks for all your help
Ken

[noclue4u]

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Originally Posted by lotashelbys I usually pull mine out through the top. That way you dont have to pull the K-frame. You want to use an engine leveler though.

i didnt no u had to pull the frame? i musta don mine rong coz i tuk the motr and tranny out da bottem an didnt pull the kframe how com that werked? and wen i tryd to pull out the top it didn't werk coz the frame was in the wey over the tranny and waz the break stuff

[Moparbishi]

ok....... first off a leveler is a must if pulling from the top. 20 $ from pep boys.
it is really easy to drop from the bottom if your on a lift. just put something underneath it like a 4 wheel dolly or something. it really helps to remove the k frame but it is not a must. just makes it a little eisier.
removeing the k fram is easy. remove the 4 bolts and the 6 top strut mounts(or the 4 bottom strut mounts). (wheels of course) and the bolt through the steering coupler.

out the top its easy. hook the hoist up, put the wieght on the hoist and remove all the mounts. then disconnect everything. one note is make the leveler really high on the tranny side. then as you lift the motor drop the tranny. when it come out of the car it will be almost vertical.

[noclue4u]

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Originally Posted by Moparbishi ok....... first off a leveler is a must if pulling from the top. 20 $ from pep boys. it is really easy to drop from the bottom if your on a lift. just put something underneath it like a 4 wheel dolly or something. it really helps to remove the k frame but it is not a must. just makes it a little eisier. removeing the k fram is easy. remove the 4 bolts and the 6 top strut mounts(or the 4 bottom strut mounts). (wheels of course) and the bolt through the steering coupler. out the top its easy. hook the hoist up, put the wieght on the hoist and remove all the mounts. then disconnect everything. one note is make the leveler really high on the tranny side. then as you lift the motor drop the tranny. when it come out of the car it will be almost vertical.

ya but i got stick and pulln out the top w. or wo. the trans was a beech so i put it out the bottem and it was ez no chery piker, no kframe removed i just uzed a floor jack an dropt it on the floor thne jackt up the car and pulled out the moter and tranny it went perty good
thne to put in i put it in by pushin the moter and tranny under the car then lowerd the car and used some pry bars and my jack to get them lined up w. the mounts

[moparfwdsleeper]

^Dont attempt this process, stick with Jackson's guide... less likely to screw yourself or something else up

[noclue4u]

but i aint got a garage, chery picker, or air tools so wen i gotta getr dun, thats what i did and it werked good

[xtrempickup]

cherry picker, chain, take the hood off and get it all apart first then chain it and hoist it out

[moparfwdsleeper]

dont need air tools, hand tools work for me, i dont have a garage... back yard grass you can rent cherry pickers, I do have this

[noclue4u]

but i aint got $ for rental and getting moter and trans out the top seemz way 2 hard and tryin out the top and with a stick tranny geten the motor off the tranny leeving the trany in the car sems way to hard and aint enuf room

[mercurycat]

I did not notice a k frame but I did not take a good look. The car is up on the lift right now, so I could drop the motor and trans onto a cart or I can pull it out the top as I have all that is nessary to do that. You must forgive me as I am used to working on old mercury Cougars and they are rear wheel drive. I would like to pull the driveline as I need to do the clutch and maybe the sincrows and as I stated before, the bottem end is gone.
What ever is the best way, I can do it.
Thanks for all your help
Ken

[xtrempickup]

takes a lot longer, ive done it both ways , out the takes minutes comparatively

[mercurycat]

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Originally Posted by xtrempickup takes a lot longer, ive done it both ways , out the takes minutes comparatively

Sorry, I am missing something, which way is better?
Thanks
Ken

[moparfwdsleeper]

i take it from the top with or without transmission, even install it from the top