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laynlo15 · 12-23-2019, 02:26 PM

No, don't do it from the bottom. Do it right and pull it from the top. You can do it with some help in about 5-6 hours. Buy a lift plate from Summit for the LT engines and that bolts into the place where the Valley Cover would be. I think they are about 60 bucks and do whatever you plan in the future now so you don't have to return to do it again and another pull out. I also installed the BMR tubular motor mounts and you won't believe how much more room you have on each side for headers, etc. I pulled the pan off a couple weeks ago because I had an oil pump issue, spent several hours doing that and come to find out it had spun at least 2 main bearings. I still have to pull it out for a motor rebuild again, but we thought it might just be the pump but that's not all it was.

12-23-2019, 02:26 PM	#4
laynlo15 Drives: 2022 Lt1 A10 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: clark, mo Posts: 8,882	No, don't do it from the bottom. Do it right and pull it from the top. You can do it with some help in about 5-6 hours. Buy a lift plate from Summit for the LT engines and that bolts into the place where the Valley Cover would be. I think they are about 60 bucks and do whatever you plan in the future now so you don't have to return to do it again and another pull out. I also installed the BMR tubular motor mounts and you won't believe how much more room you have on each side for headers, etc. I pulled the pan off a couple weeks ago because I had an oil pump issue, spent several hours doing that and come to find out it had spun at least 2 main bearings. I still have to pull it out for a motor rebuild again, but we thought it might just be the pump but that's not all it was.