[T3] Anybody located close to Delaware??

[Bobsnotch at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/30/2011 11:33:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Bobsnotch at aol.com writes:

BillyMac  


Since you have a 62, life is a lot easier.  There's 4 nuts that need to be  
removed (they hold the engine to the  trans and have a 17mm wrench size). 
There's  2 bolts that are holding  the rear mount in place 13mm wrench 
size. And 
you have  what's left  of the wiring harness, and the throttle cable left 
to 
remove. The   clamp on the throttle clamp uses an 8mm wrench, as does the 
wires on   the generator. You don't have to remove the heater cables like 
the 
later  (65 and  on) cars do, but the heater pipes might have a clamp on 
them  
where they connect  to the heat exchangers. There's also 2 clamps on  the 
bellows (cooling air boot).  These should be held in place with a  phillips 
screw 
(1 from the top, and 1 from  the bottom on each  clamp). These screws don't 
need to be removed  completely, but almost  off is close enough. That's it. 
Use a big sturdy  floor jack to  support the engine, have the car up on 
jack 
stands, as you'll need   some room to get the engine out of the bay 
(minimum 
18 inches plus the  height of  the jack in the lowered position from the 
ground to the  very bottom of the rear  apron). Some here use plywood to 
slide the  
engine out with, others just remove  it on the jack. I have a cart  that 
fits over my jack, and supports it that way,  as it allows me to  free up 
the 
jack, and roll the engine out of the way. Other  than the  remains of the 
wiring (not sure how much is left), it should only  take  an hour or so to 
remove 
the engine. I've done it in under a  half hour by myself.  If I was closer, 
I'd help you out, but I'm  north of Detroit, which is quite a  ways away 
from 
you. :O   



Oh, I forgot, you need to remove the engine oil dip stick, and loosen the  
clamp for the oil fill/dip stick tube, and separate the boot from the lower  
tube.  

Bob 65 Notch  S with sunroof and IRS (Krusty)
71 Notch (Krunchy)
64 T-34 Ghia  (Wolfie)
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