What is your fastest time to pull an engine, install another and drive it away?

[Kern Dog]

I have done those swaps like above… cars nose to nose with enough room to rotate the hoist around.
Since I moved to this place, I’ve yet to do a fast swap.
My 2007 Truck is at 414,000 miles and I have a replacement engine here when needed. That will be a pull and swap deal when the time comes. No big effort to clean and detail the engine bay, just swap in the new heart and get it moving again.

 

[Kern Dog]

I plan to do the swap maybe next weekend.
I’ve been getting stuff ready. I will be pulling the current 360 and saving it for my four door…

Because of that, I wanted to keep the engine as complete as I can. When it comes out, I’m considering leaving the exhaust manifolds in place along with the pulleys and alternator.

Yeah…. Mismatched valve covers! I have another pair like these hanging on the wall!

I thought of leaving the manifolds with the car and just reusing the whole exhaust system but I have headers and everything to make a good 2 1/2” setup so I may pull the whole exhaust setup here out to use in the 4 door.
I dug through the stash to find matching pulleys.

The setup on the Dart uses a cheapie 4 groove crank pulley. I used it years ago just because I had it. Belt alignment isn’t perfect but it has never thrown a belt.

The roller 360 will get a 2 groove crank pulley since I had one. I did have to use a 3/16” spacer to get the grooves to line up.

The outer groove is for power steering.
The radiator in the car is a single row 26” unit from a Chrysler Fifth Avenue.

I don’t recall ever having an overheating issue but I have another radiator I may use…

This 26” unit is a 3 core. I’ll need to get that upper hose nipple moved at a radiator shop.

 

[A body]

I plan to do the swap maybe next weekend.
I’ve been getting stuff ready. I will be pulling the current 360 and saving it for my four door…

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Because of that, I wanted to keep the engine as complete as I can. When it comes out, I’m considering leaving the exhaust manifolds in place along with the pulleys and alternator.

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Yeah…. Mismatched valve covers! I have another pair like these hanging on the wall!

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That’s funny…….

 

[MILO]

I plan to do the swap maybe next weekend.
I’ve been getting stuff ready. I will be pulling the current 360 and saving it for my four door…

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Because of that, I wanted to keep the engine as complete as I can. When it comes out, I’m considering leaving the exhaust manifolds in place along with the pulleys and alternator.

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Yeah…. Mismatched valve covers! I have another pair like these hanging on the wall!

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I thought of leaving the manifolds with the car and just reusing the whole exhaust system but I have headers and everything to make a good 2 1/2” setup so I may pull the whole exhaust setup here out to use in the 4 door.
I dug through the stash to find matching pulleys.

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The setup on the Dart uses a cheapie 4 groove crank pulley. I used it years ago just because I had it. Belt alignment isn’t perfect but it has never thrown a belt.

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The roller 360 will get a 2 groove crank pulley since I had one. I did have to use a 3/16” spacer to get the grooves to line up.

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The outer groove is for power steering.
The radiator in the car is a single row 26” unit from a Chrysler Fifth Avenue.

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I don’t recall ever having an overheating issue but I have another radiator I may use…

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This 26” unit is a 3 core. I’ll need to get that upper hose nipple moved at a radiator shop.

Upper radiator hose opening dont matter what side its on just buy a new hose and run it over to the other side