ONE WAY TO PULL AN ENGINE
Greg Weast posted this on Dale Clinton's Model A message board, and was kind enough to allow me to repost it here. I, like others, prefer pulling the engine and transmission together but this works too. If you want to leave them attached disconnect at the radius rod ball and at the torque tube (yellow arrows in the photo). Remember the engine / transmission combination weighs 475lbs so be prepared for it. Now here's Greg:
Hi folks!.. I had 2 goals these last 4 days.. work on the A full time... Only got in about 8 hours! RATS.. The other goal was to get the engine out of the Yellow Beast and start tearing it down.. Got that done!...
Anyway.. The first time I did this I had no clue what I was doing and a post like this would have helped.. So here are a couple of pictures that show a few of the steps...
After getting everything unhooked and ready to pull, I hooked up the hoist before removing the engine mount bolts.. 4 in the rear and 2 in the front..
Then the next thing I did was to support the transmission at the radius ball.. You have to lower this sucker to remove the bottom 2 bolts on the flywheel housing..
Now I started to put some pressure on the engine and got it to start moving.. carefull, you do not want to bend anything on the way out! Notice it is just now starting to come away from the bell housing...
Here it is almost ready to put on the engine stand...
And here is is ready to start pulling apart... I found some really interesting stuff, but more about that tomorrow..
Lot's of questions tomorrow or later... It was a very good day!
Greg Weast
crmusic@netcnct.net
Here's some comments by Bob Rentz:
A couple of comments. You don't have to disconnect the radius ball support completely, just loosen the two screws as far as they will go, then separate the flywheel housing from the clutch housing as far as it will go by pulling the engine forward that amount. Then loosen the two screws more and they should be completely out. Installation is just the reverse. This keeps the front axle somewhat integral with the transmission to prevent it from dropping too far.
It is possible to use only one chain and eye to lift the engine by hoist. The better balance position is the number three spark plug hole. Using only one allows tilting the engine as necessary particularly when trying to align the flywheel bearing with the transmission shaft. I usually use a piece of angle iron that has a series of holes fit the hoist hook along the upper leg of the angle iron, and two holes drilled in the lower leg that are spaced to line up with the second and fourth plug holes. Two old spark plug bases that have been cleaned out in the center will fit the plug holes and two bolts are fitted thru the angle iron and plug housings to attach to the head. This still allows the tilting as needed.
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A couple of comments. You don't have to disconnect the radius ball support completely, just loosen the two screws as far as they will go, then separate the flywheel housing from the clutch housing as far as it will go by pulling the engine forward that amount. Then loosen the two screws more and they should be completely out. Installation is just the reverse. This keeps the front axle somewhat integral with the transmission to prevent it from dropping too far. It is possible to use only one chain and eye to lift the engine by hoist. The better balance position is the number three spark plug hole. Using only one allows tilting the engine as necessary particularly when trying to align the flywheel bearing with the transmission shaft. I usually use a piece of angle iron that has a series of holes fit the hoist hook along the upper leg of the angle iron, and two holes drilled in the lower leg that are spaced to line up with the second and fourth plug holes. Two old spark plug bases that have been cleaned out in the center will fit the plug holes and two bolts are fitted thru the angle iron and plug housings to attach to the head. This still allows the tilting as needed. |
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