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

 

[Darter6]

So... no gnocchi with a marinara sauce?

F that!

Being Italian I can't live without tomato sauce....

 

[66fs]

I love stories like these from the old days.
No air tools, no cordless impacts, just wrenches and ratchets.

The 273 in the 64 Barracuda was put in by hand. In 1972 my buddy Irwin and I installed the shorblock by hand, then I built it up from there. Then I graduated to a chain fall, then a hoist. An impact was only used to take things apart, never to put things together, even to this day.

 

[66fs]

Being Italian I can't live without tomato sauce....

My wife is full blooded Italian, the choice of pasta sauce is butter, red sauce, or none at all. My favorite is butter with parmesan cheese.

 

[Kern Dog]

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

Well, yeah.....IF you can find a hose that is curved that way.

 

[Professor Fate]

Well, yeah.....IF you can find a hose that is curved that way.

A big block hose should work if it clears the alternator and dipstick handle- the ID is the same as a small block.
For twelve bucks it may be worth a shot.

 

[Kern Dog]

Hmm.
I actually have a couple of those. Thank you!

 

[melcardona]

well in 1979 i could pull a 1600 vw engine onto my chest have my buddys pull me out from under the car...and 3 of us mussell the used engine back in..had heater boxes and full exh on...could do it in just over 2 hr..drive off...if your talking front mounted engines..like many of you ..if install engine is fully dressed and only swaping is starter,alt,carb ...R n R...on the older cars/trucks was fast..that incl changing cluch or conv seal..and always new rear main...out back in ..in a shift.....8 hr...and could incl trans with it...this incl a 30 min test drive and no leaks!!! of course these where daily drivers and work trucks not primadonna garage queens , where you are painting every little thing .replacing mounts because there dirty..bolts cuz of rust film..ect ect....many yrs lator as a hs shop teacher my boys could swap out engines/trans on most anything incl the ford junk 5.4 in 5 days.....my adv class was 2 hr a day....we replaced more 5.4s then any other engine.

 

[Kern Dog]

Getting ready......
Today I got Remflex header gaskets and a Carter fuel pump. I'm looking to buy a set of tailpipes this afternoon...

I don't like the sound of mufflers with turndowns before the axle. I want full tailpipes.

These puny 2" pipes will be pulled and used in the 4 door.

 

[JDMopar]

I forgot to add earlier, if you plan to leave the transmission in the car, you can also leave the radiator in and not have to fool with the lines. Just cut some cardboard to protect the radiator and zip tie it in place while pulling and installing the engine. It looks like you will have room to finesse it out and back in without even having to pull the hood. You could also cut a piece of underlayment to protect the radiator if you have some laying around....if your Skil saw hasn't rusted up during retirement!

 

[66fs]

I forgot to add earlier, if you plan to leave the transmission in the car, you can also leave the radiator in and not have to fool with the lines. Just cut some cardboard to protect the radiator and zip tie it in place while pulling and installing the engine. It looks like you will have room to finesse it out and back in without even having to pull the hood. You could also cut a piece of underlayment to protect the radiator if you have some laying around....if your Skil saw hasn't rusted up during retirement!

Much safer to remove 2 screws, loosen 2 screws and get the radiator out of harms way.

 

[JDMopar]

Much safer to remove 2 screws, loosen 2 screws and get the radiator out of harms way.

I agree....but if the Guiness World Record people are standing there with a stopwatch, you need every advantage you can get.

 

[Professor Fate]

More than maybe with a VW Beetle. In my younger days, Those were about all I worked on. There used to be a Bug-In car show, drag race, swap meet at OCIR (Orange County International Raceway) at El Toro, Ca. They had a engine pulling contest too. You had to drive up, put the car on stands, pull the engine, roll it back over a line 10ft (I think, maybe 20ft), roll it back under the car, jack it back up in place, hook everything back up, lower it down, and drive away. Even though I never was able to enter the contest, I practiced at work. I modified a floor jack to securely hold the engine from falling off, found the best tools for the job, and also the best car to use (a 1967 Beetle). My best time in practice was 2 minutes and 17 seconds. Oh to be 22 years old again!

Okay, NOW how quick could you change a Bug engine?

 

[Kern Dog]

Two hours for the VW engine, a few more with the woman.

 

[glhs0426]

Kelly and I were talking before work on a Friday morning at the dealership. Kelly asked me if I wanted to split the time swapping a junkyard 2.7 on a 2006 Magnum. The service writer had worked out almost 18hrs with the service contract company because the salvage yard "drop in" assembly had a cut harness, broken intake, etc. I told Kelly, " Sure, but we are driving this to lunch at noon." We started at 8am and backed it out of the stall at noon for the noon test drive and lunch.

I wouldn't even think about trying that today.

 

[Kern Dog]

That’s impressive. Score !

 

[Cruisingram]

Fastest was the car in my avatar. Blew my 7 season 440 on the last day of points. Just needed another run in the car to win the championship, didn't need to do anything but make it down the track. two guys pulled the motor out of my power wagon- a near stock 440, two guys pulled the motor out of the car- which was realistically a 15-30 minute job. Don't know how long for sure, but it must have been around an hour or slightly more, got it done before my class was called and won the championship that year.

 

[Kern Dog]

Hell yeah.....working for a goal and meeting it!

I went to restart the registration on the car today....

An hour at the DMV and as I reached the counter, I'm told that I need to have proof of insurance to register.
What a pisser!

The insurance agent took my info over the phone and didn't understand a 13 digit VIN. I told her in the early 80s, they switched to the current 17 digit sequence, before that it was 13 digits for awhile. She misspelled DODGE as DOGE and listed the car as a 4 door.
Too late to make it to the DMV today, I'll try again tomorrow.

 

[mygasser]

Okay, NOW how quick could you change a Bug engine?
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vw engine? what vw engine?