Killing Myself

Well that's what it felt like Sunday when we pulled the 460 motor out of Project Responder. It was about 95 with 100% humidity. It may as well have been 150 degrees as hot as it felt. It took a couple of hours even after preparing all week for the chore by removing all of the accessories and connections to the engine. As hot and humid as it was, I thought I was going to pass out or have a stroke. It was an incredible amount of work, even with all of the preparation. We were very fortunate in that no major damage was done to the truck in the process. We had to remove one of the Grover Stuttertone air horns to keep it from getting disfigured by the engine hoist. The only casualty was the Federal Q-Siren which got a very, very small dent in the front of the grille, but it will be very easy to remove the grille and repair the damage.

We did have to cut the oil lines to the remote oil filter and we had to remove the line from the B&M transmission cooler. To keep the tranny fluid from fully draining, we were able to use one of Mocap's vinyl plastic caps to seal up the cooler which worked like a charm.

This was the worst case scenario and I hope I do not ever have to remove the engine from this truck again. It was not fun and I'm not looking forward to putting it back in. I am looking forward to having it done and over with. Anyone want to volunteer to do this instead?