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belhousing bolt removal suggestions

beater_k20

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really long storty, but in attempting to remove my exhaust manifolds from my K20, i resorted to pulling the engine and swapping in the 305 that i have laying in the garage. i cant get to the bolts from the top, or the bottom. i'm thinking if i leave the motor mount bolts in, and remove the crossmember bolts under the transfer case i should be able to swing everything down to give me better access to the bolts. anybody got any better suggestions?
 
removing the crosmember works pretty good, thats how i normaly do it on s-10's and there a little bit tighter than a fullsize
 
yea its pretty heavy, but i installed it with out taking the crossmember off figure that one out:wink1: Real fun is making a 203 fit into a s-10
 
beater_k20 said:
really long storty, but in attempting to remove my exhaust manifolds from my K20, i resorted to pulling the engine and swapping in the 305 that i have laying in the garage. i cant get to the bolts from the top, or the bottom. i'm thinking if i leave the motor mount bolts in, and remove the crossmember bolts under the transfer case i should be able to swing everything down to give me better access to the bolts. anybody got any better suggestions?
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That always worked good for me BUT just a bit of advice, if you go this root, pop the distributer cap off as it may break if you lower the back end of the motor to much (don't ask how I know that:doah: )

Another option, If it's not a show rig and you have a hole saw, measure out on your firewall where the bolts are on your tranny in relation to your firewall and drill some 1" holes, then just gets some plugs to cover them when done.
I did this when I had a SBC in my S-10, made it really easy for doing tranny swaps. Hope that helps a bit.

Regards
Ryan
 
i sold my spare 350-203 to a buddy who put it into an S10. to say it was a tight fit would be an understatement.
 
its a work truck right now, but being that it was my grandfather's, this year will be its last pushing snow, so the holesaw trick is a no go. 30 years pushing snow is plenty, i think the old girl has had enough.
 
truck is factory 350/203, i didnt think they had removable humps. :confused: maybe i should check into that. :dunno:
 
if the truck is old enough to have a 203 it should have the removable tranny tunnel, my 79 jimmy had one
 
beater_k20 said:
truck is factory 350/203, i didnt think they had removable humps. :confused: maybe i should check into that. :dunno:
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My 81 Jimmy has the removable tranny hump. Makes Bell bolts cake...

Rene
 
yeah, it does... also found some scotch locks in the rear light harness that i didnt notice before. makes me wanna strip the entire thing down that much more. :mad:

this thing is going to be so sweet after i completely redo it, but its a major piece right now.
 
You should find getting to the bellhousing bolts quite easy now...of course you will have the extra work of removing the tranny hump.

Rene
 
I use a ratcheting box end wrench and get the top two and on the other 4 I use an 18" extension with a wobble socket from underneath
 
tried both, and coudlnt get them. something about being on there for 30 years in a wet salty environment i think. i was able to get the lower ones with an impact.
 
ya i didn't realize my tranny tunnel unbolted when i did my engine swap, but a few months later when i did the 465 swap, i took the tunnel out. sure enough those bolts are cake now.
 
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