First time motor pull

Vali68 said

I know there are some first comers here who have experienced their first slant 6 motor pull. I am not looking for an exact time frame, but how long did it take before you were able to get the motor out of the car?

We have a 68 Valiant we need to pull the cracked block motor out of and replace it with one we've built.

On another subject, it seems the tranny is slipping more and more until the motor heats up.
Should we pull both at the same time? Or wait and pull the tranny after we get the motor out?

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About 30 min. :D
No, but it goes pretty fast if you have the tools.

I would pull them both and I'll tell you why.
When a trans slips or does not engage until the engine is warm is a classic sign of old and hardened rubber seals.

Warm fluid softens the rubber and makes them more flexible and then it starts working better, because they can move easier and seal.
Make sence?

By continuing to run it that way it just makes things get damaged more from the slipping, when you could very possibly get away with a basic rebuild otherwise.