This weekend I spent working on pulling the engine out of my 84 computer carb'd Z-28, and have a question. I'm almost ready to lift the engine up and out. I only have to finish removing the motor mount bolts and disconnecting the wire harness at the rear of the heads/block.

Can the wire harness be unbolted at the back of the heads/engine block easier if the engine is first lifted up a couple of inches and moved forward with the engine hoist?

Assuming the wireharness has enough slack in the right direction, I believe this would give me more clearance to get between the engine and firewall to get at those harness bolts. Is this correct?

Thanks

TheWesman

 

Yes you can lift and move the engine forward to get to the grund bolts on the back of the heads. I did the same thing on my 86Z with vin H.
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Yes you can lift and move the engine forward to get to the wire harness and ground bolts on the back of the heads. I did the same thing on my 86Z with vin H.

 

Cool, thanks for the info. That will save me a bunch on knuckle busting.

TheWesman

 

crap...i just took a engine out of a parts car and just cut the wires(wanted not to that). i learned a new tip!!!