Re: Get to pull the engine...

Posted by davpal on November 02, 2006 at 20:35:33 from (216.93.94.86):

In Reply to: Get to pull the engine... posted by MH on November 02, 2006 at 06:08:07:

I know that view pretty well. I have an 88 F-350 4x4 with the 460 in it. I am going to have to do the same job very soon. I have been putting it off too. Mine had meticulous care all its life but for some reason when it hit about 100,000 miles it really started to use oil. It went from using none to using a lot. I think it has broken rings in it. The lift point for the rear is usually a heavy steel bracket like your front one that is bolted to where the exhaust manifolds bolt on. Unfortunately your manifold bolts will probably break off in the head if you try to take them off. I acutally have a engine pulling chain that has flat ends of steel on the ends that I bolt into an accessory hole in the back of the head. They usually have an assortment of 7/16 holes drilled into the backside of each head. That is your best place. Mine earned its keep this week pulling 10,000 pound gravity wagons through the mud harvesting soybeans. I plan on keeping it around a long time. I like the simple interior. Everything works, non power windows or locks, single blinker stalk, dimmer switch on the floor, five speed, Its stripped of options and I love it. You couldn't give me a new vehicle right now if I won it on the price is right. I have had a lot of expensive problems with new vehicles and I am fed up with the cheap electronics and crap they are putting on them. I have literally reached an impass on new vehicles and do not even know what I would even buy anymore. If you get one you need to plan on trading it in every 2 years or you are going to start having problems. Good luck with the project. It is going to be a chore!

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