Tips for pulling motor on RCSB

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Nov 27, 2005 | 12:20 PM

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you know you don't have to take the hood off, put it in the "service position". unbolt the bolt that hold the spring to the mount on the hood and pic up the hood and put the bolts through the hole at the bottom of the braket and bolt the springs to that. found that in my 04 gm service manual save alot of time.

can u do this on a 2000?

Nov 27, 2005 | 12:20 PM

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i attach to the heads and just use a couple of bolts that i just took out to pull the motor. a couple of bell housing bolts work ok.

Nov 27, 2005 | 12:32 PM

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can u do this on a 2000?

Yes.

Nov 27, 2005 | 12:34 PM

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question...Where are most of u attaching ur chains to, i thought u were supposed to use the heads? Another question what kind of bolts do i need to get, grade 8? 5?..aren't they metric, i don't have any of those laying around?

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I attached the chains to the heads where the Exhaust manifolds bolt up to. I used old stock exhaust manifold bolts.

Nov 27, 2005 | 02:20 PM

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i attach to the heads and just use a couple of bolts that i just took out to pull the motor. a couple of bell housing bolts work ok.

Ditto. I went at the end of the heads.

Nov 27, 2005 | 02:55 PM

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I Use The Little Biger Hole By The Maifolds With A Trans Bolt Work Good Also

Nov 27, 2005 | 05:33 PM

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ok how about starter tip like how to move it around up in there with out disconnecting it i found out you have to remove the oil dip stick tube. but still a pain to move around an get to