PSD in a van = PITA!!!

[BigRigTech]

We finally got around to pulling the 7.3 from my old 97 E350 this morning....What a PITA.....I had already spent 4hrs prepping it for removal....And when it came time to yank it out I spent 2 more hrs taking more crap off..... ....Sitting pretty in my garage now but I would loose my marbles if I had to work on vans for a living. ....The van looked like it got hit buy a semi when we were done... ...I brought home an engine bag from a cummins 5.9 recon swap I did at work a while back, fit over the 7.3 like a glove.

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[94f450sd]

next time use a sawzall!! they work great for getting diesels out of vans.i pulled an idi out of van last year.i just cut everything around the motor out with a sawzall.worked great,motor popped right out.

 

[Double-S-Diesel]

first van engine I pulled was an ambulance, got it out no problem.
last one was the 2nd time in the box van,. we just ripped the cab off.

 

[BigRigTech]

This was a regular 1-ton van, not a cube.....Pure poison it was........I took the cab off my 87 cube with my buddy's skid steer with a piece of chain around the doghouse.....Came off pretty easy as it was ROTTEN.....Wish I had that 6.9 (221KM) back now for a spare, ended up getting my IDI about a month later....duoh!