Required removals: Battery cables (attached to engine, clipped to subframe) Starter (hangs on chassis motor mount as Greg said) Exhaust system (dropped is fine) Engine harness (can pull from bulkhead connector instead of removing wires) Engine mount bolts (one large on each side) Driveshaft Trans tailshaft mount bolts (missing on ours ) Crossmember (Greg, how'd you get the trans out?) Convertible X-brace (we were missing that piece, but it would have been necessary) Fuel lines Coil and bracket, distributor cap and wires (to avoid damage) Radiator and heater hoses Hood Leakproof bag taped over tailshaft Shifter handle (4 speed)
If we had not been using a load leveler, also: carb (to avoid chain damage). If using a load leveler, be sure to attach to the hoist so that the crank handle faces the windshield of the car.
Since the car is being totally disassembled, we also pulled the core support. That allowed the engine to come nearly straight out. Two bolts on each fender, two core support to subframe bolts, loosen lighting harness clips, and tilt forward and pull out.
We unbolted the trans from the bellhousing, the bellhousing from the engine, the pressure plate from the flywheel, and the flywheel from the crank after the engine was out.
There is nothing hard or technically challenging in this series of tasks. The toughest was probably pulling the flywheel bolts. Removal of the items above followed by the engine and trans took about 4 hours. We were working at a relaxed pace and had a lot of interruptions.
Vikki 1969 Goldenrod Yellow / black 400 convertible numbers matching
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