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Man those tranny lines look awesome,I'm doing that to my car soon,I'm pulling the engine out and putting a new bad boy in it and I'm gonna replace my lines while I'm there, my stabilizer arm broke a mount years ago and it started rubbing against one of the lines unbeknownst to me and rubbed a hole in it so i had to splice it with a hose but while the engine is out I'm putting new lines in.
Honestly, it's too easy to remove the intake at this point, with the injector harness and emissions vent tube threaded out. To me it's actually easier to thread out the vent tube when you remove the intake with the engine still installed. Plus I tend to break the plastic intake boobies too.
What are the Fly wheel torque specs? And what are the transmission bell housing torque specs, and how would an average Joe find out?
She's a good helper
Last engine I pulled I removed the front grill and radiator pulled Trans with engine it was a lot easier to separate and install on the ground
WTF – from my wife when she walked in while I was watching this: "Ohhh, nice butt. No wonder he has a young wife"
Would you ever take the front clip off to make it easier? Especially I'm not in a hurry. I want this to be as easy as possible rather than worry about time.
So much easier with a load leveler to tilt the motor…
if you ever go to the trouble to remove intake and use the holley square bore engine plate bolted to valley make the back of the engine easy to get to like oil sending unit ,see if wires are pinched and top bolts can be installed from the top much easier and don't have to jack up the cherry picker near as high which is safer
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tape a can on it, can all ways tell when some one has never done something.
Back in the 60's and 70's we used to pop engines in and out pretty quick. When I watch what you have to do on these late models, it makes me shudder. My hat is off to you sir.
It amazes me that the pickup, a vehicle as big as a bus, appears much more difficult to put the engine in compared to my 73 Nova. Amazing…
What the… It ain't a fwd impala! 🙂
Try some vibratite gel in the pump I got sick a lotctite always clogging up
Great job Eric glad to see Hannam there she was great help it would been lot harder without her, Hats off to you Hannah.
I bought a gmc 2500 off a friend since he was going to scrap it due to a bad engine. Your videos are my best tool in the engine swap. Got everything disconnected and going to pull it tomorrow. Just commenting to say I appreciate you posting these!
Take 10min and pull the intake
I'd definitely vote for removing the radiator. Once drained and with hoses removed shouldn't be too hard and gives you a lot more room for maneuvering. …and you could probably set a stool in there to set on while disconnecting and connecting wires and stuff. Or stand on the frame, etc.
You mean you have a real business to run? I am surprised you have the time to make any videos…
Love your show
Yes take of intake manifold .use a plate to put it in .so much easier . Everything eiser .u make me nervous lol u did Great . have done dozens.
Whos thumbs dowing this? the guys working his ass off..
There was a point there where if one of those bolts holding the chains broke, that little girl is toast.
Far, far more hassle than replacing the inline Atlas 4.2 in my Trailblazer. No way a truck bay should be that tight. It was so much better back in the 50s-70s when a small block came out & back in so easy you could do it alone.
Not sure why Im even watching this series. I don't own a chevy, nobody in my immediate family owns a chevy. Yet I can't turn it off. Great stuff as always, super informative with just the right amount of entertainment.
I dont have as much faith as you. I would've yanked the pan and looked at the rods and mains. Maybe fired it up on the stand. Your call though.👍
I might have missed it, but did you do a compression check on the replacement engine before installing it ??
Don't you love how there is one bolt hole on the bell housing passenger side second one from the top that does not take a bolt I guess it's so that tranny could bolt to the older motors I remember the first time doing one I actually pulled it back apart to find out there was no hole on the engine block pretty annoying
good to see eric is still limber enough to kneel on the radiator support and guide the motor in . my gut gets in the way these days
lol . years ago i did this all by myself . 3 lengths of 4×4 as a tripod . endless chain . lots of blood spilled ! lol. with 3 people not much has changed
Man you do it the hard way
good job and great helper
Eric : oh yeah, one more. Type in "rebuilt GM 5.3 engines" in google and 10,000 people surface that say they have great engines. Do yo uhave a fav source for GM rebuilts? Some actually upgrade the oil pump , others cam's etc. I hate buying motors from people i know nothing about.
Eric: i am just about at a point where my 2011 5.3 silverado will need a rebuilt engine swap. May do this in my shop, but time may prevent it. What should i expect to pay in labor if i can find a compent shop to do the work? I am located in Kansas City. thanks. great vid series BTW!
Good videos man
I would probably take the radiator out to give more room
How much would the bill be for a motor replacement on a truck like this mine needs one
Other than that good job👍
Hey, wish you could taken the old engine apart step by step recording everything bro 😊👍
Just watching this older video. I'm wondering if Mr O ever had second thoughts about not removing the radiator. In retrospect it looks like the job is alot easier without the radiator in place.
Cardboard is the best thing for working on the ground. Learned this long ago working on cars outside in Wisconsin winters. Corrugated cardboard is a good thermal insulator, keeps bits of gravel out of your back, and doesn’t take up height like a creeper does.
These days I seek out TV boxes. They’re large and often glossy which makes sliding around on your back and cleaning up liquids very easy.
Had to change my transmission lines on my dodge truck what a pain in the bleep did not have a lift so that made it more difficult finally got it but old now and up and down for maneuvers were difficult but got it in the end just pipe and compression fittings!!!!
Again an awesome video your helper is real smart and helpful best to you enjoyed it
You mean they have an alternative to cardboard for creeper?? Had no idea but I’ll keep cardboard 😉😂😂😂
A sliver of advice to anyone who cant get the tranny lined up because bolts wont line up. Hook your chain to the front and back of the head that you need to swing to line up , with help jack both engine and tranny until you get close then with a small c clamp draw engine and tranny together one side at a time until the gap is minimal as far as you can reach mostly in the dowel pin area , watch er come together ….bolt er up after worked 4 me 👍
I always put a dab of anti seize onthe torque converter pilot area, just to add in centering everything
If I was to replace a 4.8 with a 5.3 in a 99 Silverado what would be a fair price to charge?
…a little surprised that the timing chain, water pump and spark plugs weren't changed as long as it was out. Hopefully it would have gone 40k+ with only oil changes and gas.
great series of videos SMA
for anyone doing this job on a Chevy – i have two things i would suggest, a manual cable winch on the end of the crane so when you lower or raise the engine does not also go in or out, and a hoist load centering device to allow you to tip the engine when you want without having to move the chain.
The assistant was a goof idea also, pretty hard to do alone.