I have a 92 camaro with the 3.1 v6. Is it possible to swap a v8 and new tranny by just using jack stands? i dont have a lift available. I searched but couldnt find anything concreate. THanks!!!!

 

Absolutely. You'll still need a shop crane or chain block for the heavy lifting, of course.

 

Amazing. Unbelievable. I'd even say "impossible", but as sure as I do, it'd turn out you're stationed in the first colony on the surface of the Moon, and it REALLY IS impossible for you.

Where are you located?

 

Western PA

 

lmao sofa, that made my night

 

Pittsburgh? Erie?

 

Grove City, PA. About 50 miles north of pittsburgh

 

you could use a floor jack, ive seen it done, just make sure you dont break or bend anything

 

You'll need a set of jackstands, a floor jack to get the car up onto the jackstands, and a CRANE. Or a shady-tree and ****** blocks
I borrowed a cherry picker crane all 3 times I pulled my engine.
Still haven't bought one. But it is necessary to own an engine stand, for the rebuild (if necessary).

 

Farm tractor and a boom!!

 

You don't need an engine stand. You can do a rebuild on a bench but it's not a lot of fun.

 

You need to understand the difference between what you can do and what you should do. In this case, you should get an engine hoist for the sake of safety.

Of course, having grown up on a farm, I haven't always done things the "normal" way. I wouldn't call it unsafe, but our method of engine removal involved the chain hoist borrowed from a grain auger - since we did these things after harvest season, the auger wasn't being used, anyway. We had an equipment shed with 12' rafters. An old railroad tie (our house was about 100 yards from the rail line) was set across several rafters (perpendicular, of course), a chain wrapped around the tie, and the chain hoist hooked to the chain. As the engine was lifted, the vehicle was rolled backwards until the engine cleared the vehicle. This meant the operation was rarely done single-handedly.

Last weekend I pulled the 305/TH200C out of Berlinetta #2. I used my now-purchased engine hoist (I rented one several times - this purchase has now paid for itself), and did the whole thing by myself (except my wife helped me lift the hood off of the hinges).

Get/find/rent/borrow an engine hoist.

 

I got jack stands, jacks and the engine stand. just dont have the cherry picker.

 

How far are you from Youngstown, or any other town that has an equipment rental yard?

VIRTUALLY EVERY town significant enough to be a county seat, has a rental yard. Meaning, there's almost certainly a rental yard within a 20-minute drive of you. VIRTUALLY EVERY eqpt rental place will have a cherry picker... that's one of their fastest movers, right on up there with sewer rooters. In fact, the one by me here, has ones that break down into their major pieces - the 2 legs, the cross piece between them, the upright, the boom, and the ram - so you just stack em up in the back of your truck and drive off. 1 guy (me) can handle it by himself.

Motors are HEAVY. There's no sense in risking personal injury, or even damage to anything, by trying to short-cut too much.

 

Theres one about 2 miles from my house, I will just rent one from then when the time comes.