With the truck turned around, I took a couple hour break to let things cool and get some chores done. Then I started unhooking and documenting the wiring. I was glad to see that most of the wiring came to one large connector that could be disconnected without having to unclip and keep track of each sensor. After the wiring, I started removing anything else attaching the engine to the rest of the truck. I called it quits around midnight, pretty happy with my progress.
After work the next day, I continued with the remaining things holding it on. Most came off relatively easily. It's been a while since I worked on something this rust-free. Of course, since all of the rest came apart so easily, karma dictated that the last couple items on the list were going to fight like hell. Then again, they were the last on the list because I suspected they might.
First up was the fuel lines. Ford's "quick connect" fuel lines are what keep me up at night. Never have I had any luck separating them. I have 3 different sets of tools for that, and still haven't found something that works well. The return line actually did come apart the way it was supposed to. Popped on the tool, slid it into the collar till I felt a "click", and then with a little twist-n-pull action, out it came. The feed line, however, had other plans. No amount of PB Blaster, different tools, percussive maintenance, nor cussing would get it to come loose. I'm sure that the spring spread like it was supposed to. But the lines were seized. I can't twist them at all. They are one solid unit.
After fighting for what seemed like an hour, my hands cramping and my will to live perilously close to extinguished, I had an idea: Why not disconnect it at the fuel filter and just take the whole kit and caboodle! Wish I'd had that thought a half hour ago. Turns out, the fuel filter is held on with very-easy-to-remove plastic clips. I had it disconnected and capped off in minutes. And I only soaked myself with about a gallon of gasoline! I call that a win.
With that issue tackled and the garage door opened to ventilate the fumes, I turned to the transmission bolts. Hercules himself must have torqued these down. They had me questioning my manhood. Each one took a breaker bar with a pipe on it to get them to break. But once they did, you could undo them with your fingers. All were fairly accessible thanks to the lack of inner and outer fenders. All except the top two. If you've ever removed one of these, you know how impossible they are to get to. But, with every single extension I own, in both 1/2 inch and 3/8's varieties, I was able to get on them from underneath. It took all my strength to get them to break. The amount of twist happening in the chain of extensions was worrying. But they did eventually break. And like the others, once broke, easily came out.
With those out, I could start pulling the motor. I very carefully lifted while pulling forward. Checking for, and disconnecting, any wires or lines I may have missed as I went. Finally the engine separated completely from the transmission. And when it did, I heard fluids hitting my garage floor. I forgot to undo the bolts for the torque converter and now it's compliment of ATF was making a murder scene on my floor. I scrambled for a fluid basin, catching maybe half of what came out. Hopefully I didn't damage the transmission or torque converter in the process. But with it now separated, I was able to lift the engine clear of it's bay and push the truck out from underneath. Phase one: complete, 1:30AM.
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. The timing belts changed to round tooth from square tooth in '92 so both "should" be square tooth but just check first... Oh, there's a dummy distributor drive in the '91, put that in the new block...
