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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 02-17-2018, 04:20 PM

You have to pull the whole doghouse to fly the engine and tranny as one unit. The 465 is a heavy beast. If you only pull the engine, you can remove the hood and radiator, but making those 3/4 head bolts to the SM465/bellhousing is a cusser. I bought a special 3/4'' squeeze ratchet from Kent's Used Tools, but usually it doesn't quite work.
Depends on how much body dissassembly you want to do.
With a 4WD it's even worse.
Hi from Tucson.

02-17-2018, 04:20 PM	#6
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,054	Re: 1969 c20 v-8 removal/replace question You have to pull the whole doghouse to fly the engine and tranny as one unit. The 465 is a heavy beast. If you only pull the engine, you can remove the hood and radiator, but making those 3/4 head bolts to the SM465/bellhousing is a cusser. I bought a special 3/4'' squeeze ratchet from Kent's Used Tools, but usually it doesn't quite work. Depends on how much body dissassembly you want to do. With a 4WD it's even worse. Hi from Tucson. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not.