318 stalls in Drive

j par said

Yeah it's West Coast and we're still washing Mash here. And just so you know the cam is a manifold water pump and timing chain cover pull not a motor pull. You may have to pull some of the grill apart to get the cam to slide all the way out. And the converter is a transmission pull both of which should be take apart one day and put together the next. Unbolt and bolt back in. Not rocket science just a lot of dirt and Grease if you don't have your stuff clean.
Good night and I'll check out your response when I wake up in the morning LOL

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*Pulling the transmission alone requires putting the truck on jackstands and laying on my back to unbolt the trans. ,crossmember, blocking up the engine. Realigning the trans. while laying on my back underneath is not fun. On a dodge truck, the radiator core support unbolts and this gives plenty of room and it's much easier to pull the engine/trans combo out the front. I usually pick up the engine/trans a couple inches and roll the truck backwards away from the cherry picker.
*As for an in frame camshaft replacement on a truck, it's very easy. Like mentioned before, unbolt and remove the core support and I can sit on the front bumper and tend to the water pump/chain, etc.
*But, woudn't it be bad form to just swap the cam and not replace the cam bearings? Approx. 34k miles on the '84 engine.