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    leave the engine and tranny bolted together, lay it on the floor for scrapping the good parts off it.

    you will want to mate the new tranny and engine before installing it.

    you know what, i bet you need your torque converter bolts, with the starter out, look in the hole, put a socket on the crank bolt in the balancer and turn the engine if you can still. as you turn it you'll see 3 bolts, remove them, you'll need them for the new engine.

    if your engine is locked up, you'll need to buy new tc bolts.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Scottydoggs View Post
    you know what, i bet you need your torque converter bolts, with the starter out, look in the hole, put a socket on the crank bolt in the balancer and turn the engine if you can still. as you turn it you'll see 3 bolts, remove them, you'll need them for the new engine.

    if your engine is locked up, you'll need to buy new tc bolts.
    I just remembered this part, I didnt actually remove the starter i just disconnected the wire and put nuts/bolts back on. Is this something i can do when its pulled?
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    i dont know about cable. get a chain and bolt it to the sides of the heads diagonal across the engine.

    engine and tranny is like 500 lbs easy, its not light. full engine is just over 300, trannys got to be around 200

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