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| | | 78 G20 Alive Again. | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 7 stranger | OP stranger Joined: May 2015 Posts: 7 | | | | Re: 78 G20 Alive Again. | Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 4,805 Likes: 123 Uncle Rust N Dents | Uncle Rust N Dents Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 4,805 Likes: 123 | Beautiful van. You dropped the engine out the bottom?
| | | Re: 78 G20 Alive Again. | Joined: May 2015 Posts: 7 stranger | OP stranger Joined: May 2015 Posts: 7 | Yep, dropped it out the bottom. Took out the passenger seat, put the cherry picker through the door, picked it up a couple inches off the motor mounts, moved it forward slightly, tilted the engine back about 45 degrees and dropped it through the hole. That way I didn't have to take apart the front end and break the A/C apart. I just had it converted to 134a last August. The head gasket let go on Labor Day weekend coming home from a trip. Had been parked since then. Started on Easter Sunday and finished in 3 weeks. Took about 8 hrs to get it out. Twice that long to get it back in and everything hooked up. Could only work a couple hours in the evenings after work and on weekends. Had done this before 12 yrs ago so knew exactly what to do. Not a big deal (if you have the tools). | | | Re: 78 G20 Alive Again. | Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 191 member | member Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 191 | Wow, really steam cleaned that one piston.
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| | | Re: 78 G20 Alive Again. | Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 4,805 Likes: 123 Uncle Rust N Dents | Uncle Rust N Dents Joined: Jul 2014 Posts: 4,805 Likes: 123 | Cool. I don't think I would have ever thought of that, but I always wanted a solution for pulling the engine that doesn't involve pulling my van's face off. | | |
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