zigg
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For those interested, I finally got the dead 7.3 out of my '93 crewcab. I only wanted the flexplate off it to put on the 6.9 that I'm putting back in there. It was running just before I started to yank it, but makin' a helluva noise, and missing on at least one...
We managed to lift the whole engine up/over the grill etc, although one guy had to stand on the rear wheels of the hoist to prevent it from going over while the other 2 of us pushed the truck out from underneath. I've no idea how we're going to get the new engine in there...
You can see the dead engine in the back of my '86 and the flexplate sitting on the grill.
Here's a couple of interested pics(probably a bit large for you guys on dialup, but I don't know how to make them smaller...)
..Flexplate recovery..
Here might be a clue to what's wrong with the dead engine...
..Bent pushrods..
I have the old 7.3 home, but didn't get time to pull the heads and try figure out what killed it, or if it is fixable. I'll take more pics as I rip into it this week, and see if I can find out what happened to it...
Zigg
We managed to lift the whole engine up/over the grill etc, although one guy had to stand on the rear wheels of the hoist to prevent it from going over while the other 2 of us pushed the truck out from underneath. I've no idea how we're going to get the new engine in there...
You can see the dead engine in the back of my '86 and the flexplate sitting on the grill.
Here's a couple of interested pics(probably a bit large for you guys on dialup, but I don't know how to make them smaller...)
..Flexplate recovery..
Here might be a clue to what's wrong with the dead engine...
..Bent pushrods..
I have the old 7.3 home, but didn't get time to pull the heads and try figure out what killed it, or if it is fixable. I'll take more pics as I rip into it this week, and see if I can find out what happened to it...
Zigg