Engine Installation - Motor only or entire driveline???

[bucket]

I've done engine/trans/t-case pullouts many many times in the past. As long as you've got enough room to get the angle of the dangle right, it's the way to go.

I'm just sayin' that I wouldn't trust the weight of the tranny and x-fer case hanging off the back of the motor. That's just me.

It's plenty strong enough to handle it. There's many GM medium duty trucks that have frame mounts on the bellhousing adapter, then the trans hangs off of that with no rear mount at all. It's actually far more likely that a hoist attachment point will fail.

 

[78C10BigTen]

All my transplants have been either just engine or just trans. As theyve failed at separate times of each other. And im usually by myself doing them but also ive got a 2wd. Also a side note ive never had a leveler on the hoist, id chain it with an angle. Lift just high enough to clear core support and start dropping in slowly as i went back twords firewall. Hardest part i had doing this was aligning the motor to trans dole pins in a clock/counter clock manner but rockin and pushin usually got it there. Just my experiences. poor with no tools also so....

 

[yevgenievich]

Angle it correctly and should be ok.
Not a square or 4x4 but similar

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[78C10BigTen]

Angle it correctly and should be ok.
Not a square or 4x4 but similar

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In that case i woulda seperated or pulled the nose.

 

[yevgenievich]

In that case i woulda seperated or pulled the nose.

Working in an apartment complex public parking lot has its limitations

 

[78C10BigTen]

Working in an apartment complex public parking lot has its limitations

Thats where ive done all my engine / trans swaps. In my apartments parking lot.

 

[RoryH19]

When swaping my k5 drivetrain I pulled the core support and hood. Left the fenders in place.
Unbolted the t-case and pulled the 350/350 together. Installed the Ls 6.0/4L65e as one. Then installed the NP241c t-case by itself. Used a standard engine hoist/cherry picker.

No issues.

 

[Craig 85]

I had my core support out to powder coat, but you can see how much room is there. As long as your hoist has the capacity, it should slide right in complete.

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[militaryjeep]

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions, I think I am going to give it a try with the whole unit in one crack.
I will make sure to take photos and start a new thread of the whole project once I make more traction on it.