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hmooblis
09-17-2003, 09:15 PM
i've searched

do you need to take the motor out of the car?

do you need to rip the whole block apart?

if no, after taking off the heads can i start from there?

how hard is it?

240Dave
09-17-2003, 09:34 PM
Pull the engine, remove the oil pan and drop the crank, rods, pistons out the bottom. Never done it, dono how hard it is...

kandyflip445
09-18-2003, 03:44 AM
If you try taking out the pistons from the top you risk scoring the cyl. with the connecting rods. After you drop the crank, wrap the connecting rod in a shop towel or something else like that to prevent from messing up the cyl. surface.