Hot Rods 1 man engine swap on slopes drwy 63 Impala

The time incorrect , but ,here comes the fuzz

 

^^^ Man, I'm staying in Arkansaw.

 

When I was 17 I blew up the engine in my Chevelle. I didn’t have an engine hoist so I pulled it out once piece at a time. True story.

 

^ I pulled a 283 out of a '60 Impala using a piece of chain and an eight foot 4x4...all in the dirt.

 

Are we still talking about this?

 

I willed a Red Ram hemi out of a Dodge station wagon...

 

My students got a good laugh reading through this.

 

One of the sorriest cars I had was an MGA when I was still a kid. Pulled the engine and trans out together from the ceiling of parents clean garage. Some inner bodywork up in the front by radiator was in the way with the engine/trans hanging. A 2 pound hammer saved the day.

 

Hey guys so I am going to stick with the engine I got in it for now. If it blows up then screw it I’ll either do it on the driveway or on the street . I’ll have a 2 month window to get it done before I get a ticket. Thanks for all the help. I’ll be starting a new thread .

 

OK, I'll be "that guy" and ask why do you do that?

 

Hmmm ,
We @ Least me have No ideal what the Op has for tools , whats in the garage,
We already know seem's not that much experience Just with the issues the Op had with carburetor & still possibly with the carburetor.

Let's ONLY focus on
Removing the Engine , & Drive way .
What the Op
Is dealing with in that drive way that looks to be 6 to 12 inches from front to rear Not being flat , and about 5 foot to block side walk .. Even with a cherry picker the Bottom legs would have to be extended to their max if adjustable
The top arm Maxed out , a compleat engine Over center , so More likley picker is going to want to pick up @ rear. Car front end more likely needs to be raised 1-2 inch's for legs to go under car in Not a low lung wheel set up ,
So One to two 2x6 under front tires ,
Then Op need's to get under car to
Disconnect a few things , while trying to not Let car Roll backward , Wheel chocks up front tires , then trining to jack up rear or even from sides trying to keep Jack from pulling off or jack pull its self under So to get wheels on rear to some kind of shoring up 12- 16 inch's ,, & not on Jack stands ... So now car unable to move ,
Now back to front & engine , Op seem to be a older person ? Even Not so,
Engine Loose , Hope full the Hood was removed , One person is going to have a hard time wants engine is getting close to coming off mounts transmission blocked up , & engine start's out of engine bay , Anchored & pulling Picker Low , wenching picker low using wall studs as Anchor in house walls or garage door facing Anchor , balancing, picker rolling towards car ,
Keeping from tilting over , & most
Cherry picker's are Junk with lot's of movement ,,, YES CAN BE DONE WITH CAUTION , but not that easy ,
"" Thinking ahead required"" !
Not even going to write about
Re installing ...

Do a experiment ,
Take just one of those Students
Set up same "Scenario /Situation"
Film with Go Pro ect , The One student with No Help, Nor Guidance with
Basic Hand Tool's No Electric or air
Cheap H -F cherry picker , floor jack
Hand Come along wench..
& post Do***entary video.

I do not know of if Op has asked for help Nor wants Help , Or if any one in the San Diego area has private message the OP offering help ???
& L. A is roughly 100 miles away

 

Already got close enough with students. And already posted the pic.
Pea gravel and dirt, truck on an angle. Cheap chinesium hoist. No Jack stands. No jacks. Cheap AZ impact that anyone here shouldn’t have an issue acquiring.
Hoist don’t tip, student moved it with leverage from a 2x4 in the gravel.
It’s not rocket surgery.
By themselves withou any instruction? Not the same. Even the OP has access to instructions here plus procedures from a shop manual isn’t difficult to acquire.
The OPs question was legit. Can one man do it.
Sure. Many of us have. A novice? Just means it takes longer.
Jack up the rear? Why. No need to.

 

No not Rocket science maybe for some,
I see 3 in pic ,,,maybe one did or all Three.
I did one similar also this in & abandon Homestead with several abandon vehicles oked by widower by myself I think I was 15 -16 can not remember for sure because I've been driving since I was 8-9 and big trucks at 13 before the legal age,
Perks of living in the country,
Took a complete tall deck 427 out of
A c60 or c70
With a 12-16 foot 4x6 or 6x8 rough cut
Beam / tie , can not remember rope or chain , stacking what ever I could find lying around making a see saw cantilever , busted my A$$ few times smashed fingers dropped engine several times but I was determined to get that engine, took a few days to get engine out , wants on ground , more Red neck thinking to load up in to a hatch back vega 2x4 or 4x4 across B pillars,
Made a 6 or 8 foot ramp using 2x4 or 4x4 with rims wheels & tire to suport under ,Rope or chain motor oil antifreeze to make wood slick pulling & pushing , its been so long ago it was like
5 or so hours just to get loaded ,
@ one time I feel I was a strong country boy.
Me I have been lucky doing things by my self ,,& hurt my self , I know three times I've knocked myself out
Afew times close to loosing 4 finger per hand ,I time pulled a rear over leaf springs
Had the studs of rear on leaf springs on one side , was taken a break , I was on other side hand resting on rear tube ,
Some how rear dropped off other side
Rear sling shotted up where pinch weld
Some how my fingers bent in a way hit subrail kept from cutting them off , smashed them up pretty good thoe .
One time I had a 10,000 rpm bb stapes to a concreat floor , MFI 16 port nozzles
Plus another 8 , Fired it up Idling
1,500 rpm brought it up to temp
with short zoomies not the long Fc ones
Blipped throttle around 45deg's ripped & broke the strap's from floor and flipped the engine over the injector pined to floor still running . Should of used another 2 or 4 ,
So I just just prefer to do things on my own so if something happens it's all on me,

& Jacking up rear of car on that slanted
Drive way , I think beater choice
Choking front tires
And cribbing up rear tires , Locking car into place & level.
Better angle straight off dowel pins
& input shaft straight out of pressure plate and clutch , also should be high enough bottom bell bolt , I can not remember if you can get to all from top on those years , also easer to remove
Exhaust manifold from block or head pipe from bottom of exhaust manifold .

 

Really , how do you learn anything if you don't do anything ? if you screw up you can just say wow " that was stupid " I pulled my first motor when I was 13 using a wrecker. My dad let me do things he really shouldn't have , but I still have both eyes and all my fingers.

 

After reading all the posts about using sketchy methods to pull engines I still don’t know why repairs to the existing motor aren’t considered first.

Things can get sideways fast with engines on hoists in the best situation, let alone on jackstands /plywood on a slope. There is always going to be some mess when pulling engines and those driveway pavers will never look the same - think “patina”.

If this is a swap to some other engine style move the driver cars to the driveway or at least the electric appliance car outside for awhile and the other half for the project car. Swaps always take more time than planned. After all, you are in SoCal and parking outside in the winter is not much inconvenience.

 

I start new a new thread if I have a different issue. So for now I won’t be doing a 1 man engine swap. But I will refer back to this if and when I do take on this mission.

 

I'm just wondering why people are freaking out at how "complicated" a 60s SBC is. Literally one of the best engines to cut your teeth on. I saw on another thread you found it was in better shape than the shop claimed. Question I have is what era cars were around the shop? If they're used to 2023 Toyotas they aren't going to be able to diagnose something like your car.

Back to the engine. If you do screw up the engine oh well. There's multiple reasons sbcs wind up in so many engine swaps. One of those is the availability and price. If the current engine fubars hit marketplace and buy a used 350 for $200.

As for the garage queen Chevy in the garage. Why not rent a storage unit for a month and store it in there? Still stored inside on top of being covered by the storage facilities insurance plan. Then you end up with a garage bay to work in. Gotta say I'm ******** with @anthony myrick on this one. When I started wrenching I had even goofier questions and was even afraid to pull a distributor. And I got insanely little help. Now I do full restos and everything I drive I built. Even the late model stuff. Trick is to properly find the box so you can fully think outside of it

 

I saw these 2 brothers pull a 221 out of an old Fairlane using a piece of fence pipe, a chain and 2 step ladders. This was around 1968 or so.

My house, we used an oak tree limb and a Yale chain fall. On a dirt driveway. We were swinging in an engine with long headers... dug holes in the dirt for clearance.

Even the neighbors came over to borrow the facilities to do their swaps.