Pick-A-Part Truck Engines

RaniDart70 said
whewwww ...before you said that i was going to say WHAT! an afternoon!!!.......should be an hour tops.

but sounds like you need to get some tools .....dang too bad i wasnt closer that would be easy in a pick apart yard bcoz they usually have the lift thingers on wheels and you can get them to bring out the forklift once its out.

i wouldn't waste time on exhaust bolts on a junkyard pull .......take a hack saw, slice the exhaust pipe about 5- 6 inches down from the flange. takes 5 minutes to saw through both pipes plus you get the flanges that way and take your own lift chain .....so they have something to grab with the forklift...makes it faster for them LOL

usually i spray paint a small piece of lift chain so they know its mine and wont try to rob it after they put the engine down in your truck.

yank that baby quick....if you push the forklift guy along after its out they usually get you loaded up faster in front of the slower ppl ....i do it all the time LOL

That's good to note. Yeah, lack of tools is my downfall at the moment. I've got some miscellaneous tools at home but nothing special. I don't know too many people to teach me how to work on cars so I end up trying to figure it out on my own (something I've never been good at, always been an observer) and usually fail and get a little discouraged. It causes me to be a very slow and cautious worker because I don't have the confidence to work on what I'm doing. Finishing the brakes on my car is already worrying me a little. :wack: