Tips on pulling my motor?
The best thing you can do is to use a sling of chain across the intake plenum, with no intake manifold, and a locking bolt on two of the links, around the hook of the engine hoist, to keep it from sliding on the chain.
If you get the boom down on 1/2 ton and put it way down in there, where the intake manifold would normally occupy, you won't have to remove your hood to take it out, if you're leaving the transmission in.
If you do decide to leave the transmission in, disconnect the tailshaft mount from the transmission. The eyelet bolt won't come out. It hits the crossmember when you try and slide it out, so go for the vertical bolts that go into the tailshaft, from the mount. so it can move backwards and allow the converter to clear the flexplate on the crank, when it comes out with the engine. You shouldn't need to disconnect the shift linkage. It will move enough to allow the engine to come loose and out.
The best thing you can do is to use a sling of chain across the intake plenum, with no intake manifold, and a locking bolt on two of the links, around the hook of the engine hoist, to keep it from sliding on the chain.
If you get the boom down on 1/2 ton and put it way down in there, where the intake manifold would normally occupy, you won't have to remove your hood to take it out, if you're leaving the transmission in.
If you do decide to leave the transmission in, disconnect the tailshaft mount from the transmission. The eyelet bolt won't come out. It hits the crossmember when you try and slide it out, so go for the vertical bolts that go into the tailshaft, from the mount. so it can move backwards and allow the converter to clear the flexplate on the crank, when it comes out with the engine. You shouldn't need to disconnect the shift linkage. It will move enough to allow the engine to come loose and out.