I'm a girl, for starters and this is my first. The truck is a 93 ford f250 extended cab with a 351. I have a garage and engine hoist, tools and a book to sorta guide me.Now I need advice and tips. Ya know, the little things that won't render my arms useless by amputation. And just to make it go easy and painlessly. If you can come over and do it for free that's great too. lol
dont go fast/do it by the book/batt out of truck first and then work on one side at a time/drain freeze and remove rad and hoses/go from there
. First drain all fluid from rad and remove lower rad hose too. Next raise truck and make VERY sure it's safely raised. Now go underneath and starting at the back remove torque converter shield and bolts 4, bolts from exhaust pipes, motor mounts, starter, lower bell housing bolts. From the top rest of bell housing bolts, hoses, linkages, wire connections etc. Remove rad, shroud and rad hoses. Chain engine securely and haul out. Busy on the weekend.and I'm too old now. good luck
I've done a couple of motor swaps, but only in Japanese cars where the engine comes out through the bottom. I bet the Ford engine has to come out through the top. Not sure if you lift out the engine and transmission together, check your book about that. Start by removing everything that attaches the engine to the car. Don't cut wires, find the plugs. Label anything that can plug in to more than one place (anything that uses the same types of plugs). Removing engine accessories often makes clearance issues better. If the engine comes out through the top, remove the hood for clearance. Remove the radiator and all coolant hoses (remember these will spill.) Drain the oil before you start lifting anything. Disconnect the exhaust at the flanges, you'll probably need a penetrating oil to crack those nuts loose. PB Blaster works better than WD-40 but the fumes give me a headache. Once you're absolutely certain every wire, hose, driveshaft, and etc. connecting the engine to the rest of the truck is removed and out of the way, check again. Hook up your hoist, raise the weight off the motor mounts and disconnect those. Then raise the engine very slowly, checking for clearance every quarter-inch of the way. You will probably need an assistant, and a couple of pry bars to shift the engine around as it comes up. I use a four-foot section of 2x4 lumber .
