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cause you are AWESOME!

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Good job Greg! i remember motor removals and installs, except in old classic wooden boats. Just be glad you dont have wiring harnesses ontop of harnesses etc. etc. That makes it 10 times more of a headache

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Hooray! Lol and while that may be, I'm surely not as awesome as Gregski! This thread is one of my all time favorites.

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oh my, Encouragement!

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Day 2 of disassembly, we join the action already in progress...

in order to get the carb off we disconnect the throttle cable and the four studs, and into the bin she goes

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next we disconnect the brake booster vacuum hose from the fitting on the intake manifold

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lets not forget the oil pressure sensor

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we remove the spark plugs and bag and tag them, even if these old ones aint going back in, we may need them to fill the holes while we paint the heads, etc.

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the header bolts were up next, man that one behind #8 plug is always loose, lol

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If this snow will go away I can represent the midwest conference keep on keepin on Gregski you never stop making me laugh

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decided to remove the alternator

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also removed the heater hoses and the radiator hoses, and put them away nice and neat on the shelf

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unbolted the power steering pump from the block but left the hoses connected to the steering box

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don't forget to disconnect the fuel line from the fuel pump

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removed the belts and one of them was shot, the other ok, but I will be replacing both

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started out by removing the wiring harness that runs across the top from the driver side to the passenger side

don't forget the grounds, there is one by each one of the headlights, and one on the frame rail

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I think this is a brake sensor that needs disconnecting

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don't forget to disconnect the horn

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I removed the headlight bezels because there are two hidden bolts hidden way up high under there

I think 7 bolts hold the radiator support to each fender, now there are 3 additional bolts that hold it underneath to the inner fender, but 7 go from the inside out to each fender

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removed the front turn signals to reveal the bolts hidden behind there too

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I wanted to remove the front section as much in one piece as possible, but decided to remove the lower grille panel to get access to hidden fasteners

it was held on by 8 bolts, two in the middle and three on each end, like so

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removed the brackets that hold the lower grille panel to the main radiator support section

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removed the overflow tank so I wouldn't damage it, when I had to lift the radiator support out by myself

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then it was time to undo the two large bolts that hold the radiator support to the frame