The Great Pumpkin - '71 Duster

Just a quick update. Spent a few hours out in the garage today, started pulling the engine out of the Duster. Made some good headway, basically just have to undo the motor mounts and lift it out.

Ran into a few snags along the way but nothing major. Converter bolts were a little rounded off and really tight, smashed my knuckle bad breaking one loose. Couple of the lower bell bolts were kind of a ***** to get out too. Had to take the oil filter adapter off on the passenger side to get to that one and man, was it on there good. I think it was good to take the adapter off though, looked like it could have been in the way during pulling. The rest of the bell bolts came out pretty easily. Headers make it tough to get to those though, had to snake extensions through all kinds of obstructions.

Glad I am taking this thing out, seems like there is a thin film of oil on everything. The trans is a mess, there's oil all inside the bell, probably the rear main seal or could be the front pump seal. I was really dirty when I stopped. Looking forward to cleaning things up.

Will post pics when the job is done.

More to come!