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Re: Good practice at pulling engines

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Subject: Re: Good practice at pulling engines
From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 18:40:53 -0700
>The last time we pulled a B engine, we used a tip from an old timer LBC guy,
>we jacked up the rear of the car when we pulled the engine/transmission
>combo.  This helped a lot with having to tilt the engine to work it out of
>the bay.  We also used the same trick when we re-installed it.  I don't know
>how this would work if you were just removing the engine, but I believe for
>the E/T it works well.
>
>                                                        Don Walton in NC
>                                                        73 B  74B  77B


Good suggestion. And if you jack it up high enough, you can just pull the 
overdrive and drop the engine back on its mounts. I did this 3 or 4 times 
a few summers ago (don't ask).

'66 B



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