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Does this mean the 421 is getting installed?.................finally?
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1977 Black Trans Am 180 HP Auto, essentially base model T/A. I'm the original owner, purchased May 7, 1977. Shut it off Shut it off Buddy, I just shut your Prius down... |
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Pretty much.
Haven’t done much on the Le Mans since I yanked out the 389/ST-300 because I always seem to get sidetracked with my air-cooled projects.
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1964 Tempest Coupe LS3/4L70E/3.42 1964 Le Mans Convertible 421 HO/TH350/2.56 2002 WS6 Convertible LS1/4L60E/3.23 |
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Glad to hear! Hoping you’d get somewhere with it soon, before they tote you (and me...) to the old folks home!!
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1977 Black Trans Am 180 HP Auto, essentially base model T/A. I'm the original owner, purchased May 7, 1977. Shut it off Shut it off Buddy, I just shut your Prius down... |
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Skip Fix 1978 Trans Am original owner 10.99 @ 124 pump gas 455 E heads, NO Bird ever! 1981 Black SE Trans Am stockish 6X 400ci, turbo 301 on a stand 1965 GTO 4 barrel 3 speed project 2004 GTO Pulse Red stock motor computer tune 13.43@103.4 1964 Impala SS 409/470ci 600 HP stroker project 1979 Camaro IAII Edelbrock head 500" 695 HP 10.33@132 3595lbs |
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The reason I did the engine and tranny together was that I had to. I did the work in my driveway and there's no way that I was going to get the transmission in from underneath after. I put the front wheels up on the drive up ramps for clearance.
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I have a Cherry Picker that I have owned for about 15 years.
It has the longer boom and heavier duty Hydraulic Ram. I have pulled out only Pontiac Engines with it and believe the number of times with it, (removal and reinstall =1) is about 10 or 11. I did modify the legs in the front for a wider opening as my engine stand has a equal width front cross bar, (same as the rear cross bar side to side width). The Ram has worked perfectly for me during that entire time. It was not a Chinese built unit. If I move to a bigger piece of properly & garage I will have a roll around Chain Fall Engine puller and sell the Cherry Picker. Main reason is to lift Heavy "Bottom" Tool Boxes into my truck without emptying them out. I could also load my engines onto the "Easy Run" clone "Run Stand" I am building right now. Tom V.
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"Engineers do stuff for reasons" Tom Vaught Despite small distractions, there are those who will go Forward, Learning, Sharing Knowledge, Doing what they can to help others move forward. |
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I had an air leak into the original ram; couldn't find an O-ring that would seal it. (Metric???) It would pump up and "lift" but the ram got squishy, and it took a thousand pumps to lift anything. I could make it leak less air into the hydraulic system, but I never got it genuinely sealed. Forced by lack of choice to buy a Chinese 8-ton (air-over-hydraulic) ram; it now pumps up with the push of a lever on a blow-gun body. As best I can tell, the original ram was also 8-ton, but without the compressed-air-powered pump--just a hand pump. Quote:
The properly-long boom makes ALL the difference! Quote:
About two months ago, I bought a (too-small) gantry and 3/4-ton manual chain hoist off of Craigslist. Went to eBay and got a 3/4-ton trolley to hang the chain hoist from, so it can roll side-to-side on the I-beam. Previous owner just wrapped a chain on the I-beam and hung the chain host from that--at least, that's what he claimed. I'm in this about $400 now. The downside to this rig is that it's at least three feet too short. It is (just barely) wide enough to drive a pickup truck (with mirrors in place) between the uprights, but it's useless for pulling an engine--the chain hoist hangs so low, it'd never get high enough to get the oil pan over the radiator. I don't know how the previous owner got enough height, 'cause the difference between using a chain wrapped around the I-beam, and using a real trolley, would be about six inches. I think this is the real reason it was for sale. Plans are to cut the 2" OD square tube uprights, buy 8 or 10 feet of 2" ID tubing, slip the 2" OD tubing over the 2" ID tubing, overlap for strength, weld or bolt to suit, and add a bunch of altitude. Probably won't happen this fall. Maybe. Last edited by Schurkey; 09-14-2021 at 06:16 PM. |
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Doing it yourself pull the trans PERIOD, when attempting engine and trans takes a couple of people other wise huge pain in the ass. Pull trans-Hood and radiator and will come right out all by yourself with out risking damaging anything.
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