Enjoyed watching your struggles with your father and son team up. Just sad more young men and women weren't into American hot rodding anymore. I always put all of my engines in the front. If you have a real shop hoist it will have longer legs and longer reach then harbor freight sells. I am currently doing a 1979 BBC 454 swap from factory SBC 350. Will likely put up a short video on it soon. Having the trans attached is the best way but your main issue was coming in from the side makes it hard to roll back straight and not having a load leveler that tilts engine up and down. Good thing yours was a small block install as mine is a much tighter rat motor job that I just finished rebuilding the th350 transmission to attach next. I miss my 1973 hunter green stingray. Hope to see more videos on your channel soon Lawdog. Hoo, ahh!
@lawdogcorvette8565
7 ай бұрын
I love watching this video - pulling that engine with a Harbour Freight Crane - wow - amazing it actually happened.
@garymaclellan2168
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome job, I been watching Corvette Ben for years
@lawdogcorvette8565
3 жыл бұрын
he is a great source of info - and parts.
@superstarmj1
2 жыл бұрын
I ran that Marathon too!! Great video! Thanks Much! Gonna do the Trans and engine together.
@lawdogcorvette8565
2 жыл бұрын
go Marine Corps Marathon
@YayAkiba
2 жыл бұрын
I'll be doing this procedure on a '68, manual gearbox, crossmember still in.
@lawdogcorvette8565
2 жыл бұрын
I just rewatched the video - wow - I can't believe we actually did that. Amazing. Good luck and be safe.
@peterroberts505
Жыл бұрын
Semper Fi Brother!
@lawdogcorvette8565
6 ай бұрын
rock on
@snook863
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the vid. About to do the same thing myself - swapping old motor and auto trans for a new crate engine with Tremec 5speed in my C3. Praying I don’t screw anything up.
@lawdogcorvette8565
3 жыл бұрын
Lucky Duck - Tremec 5 Speed - very nice
@johnalbrittonsr
3 жыл бұрын
For manual trans rap your cross member to avoid gouging paint an aluminum tail housing. On auto trans i rap up tail housing. Adjustable Leveling engine attachment works to make it ez.
@lawdogcorvette8565
3 жыл бұрын
excellent suggestion - I wrapped the tail of the manual with duct tape for just that reason. I never got close to hitting it.
@martinfarmer4424
6 ай бұрын
I dropped a 454/450🐴 and trans into my 79 Aero Package Vette by Myself... I was a PITA when the left front wheel broke on the old worn out Big Red Puller...🥴
@martinfarmer4424
6 ай бұрын
It was a PITA... I must learn to Proofread. Great Video 👍
@lawdogcorvette8565
4 ай бұрын
that sounds horrible
@konrad1853
3 жыл бұрын
I couldn't hear the dialogue during the engine drop. Did you run into any unforeseen conflicts with any wires or cables or did anything mis-align?
@lawdogcorvette8565
3 жыл бұрын
So I was going to speed up the video and record a talk-over. But as you can see it only took 13 minutes start to finish, so I decided to play the video real-time. No issues with wires or other connectors. The only slight issue was clearing the headers that were already installed. Just a little push and it cleared everything.
@johnwest5523
3 жыл бұрын
Was this a 5 speed? I’m about to do mine but with a 5 speed tkx in 70 vette
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