Pulling an Engine- Pantera 28 Single

[ar15meister]

Any tips on pulling my engine. Big Block single with imco.

I am yanking it on Saturday and sending it to the builder got one of my shop mechanics coming in to help me.

Already been bugging Airpacker too much so I thought I would ask any of the Pantera dudes if they have any tips or what.

[Dude! Sweet!]

Drive off first...

We used a fork truck and a loading dock. Worked great. Backed the boat up with the engine hatch off and everything disconnected. Pulled up the fork truck and lifted it right on out. No problemo.

Of course it was an indoor dock in Southern California... You'll probably freeze your balls off at your place this weekend!

Good luck bud!

[Dude! Sweet!]

Oh yah, and I thought it was WAY easier than pulling motors out of cars!

[ar15meister]

I am going to be doing it indoors in my warehouse, with a smoke and a beer and Zeppelin on the stereo.....

I am planning to pull off the drive and engine hatch Friday night, get everything disconnected inside the engine compartment except the mounting bolts and then I am going to pull the boat up to the block and tackle, hook up and pull the engine then back the boat back and drop the engine into the bed of the pickup onto a skid.

Sound like a decent plan?

[MikeyFIN]

Oh yah, and I thought it was WAY easier than pulling motors out of cars!

It is (unless it is a C1 Corvette which is identical or easier )..like setting up a boat for a race too... just put the prop on and do a test run and trim it.

[MikeyFIN]

I am going to be doing it indoors in my warehouse, with a smoke and a beer and Zeppelin on the stereo.....

I am planning to pull off the drive and engine hatch Friday night, get everything disconnected inside the engine compartment except the mounting bolts and then I am going to pull the boat up to the block and tackle, hook up and pull the engine then back the boat back and drop the engine into the bed of the pickup onto a skid.

Sound like a decent plan?

Correct on all counts....

Bytheway...what beer and how much...do not go more than 5 longnecks while wrenching so you remember everything while putting everything back...
After that you can sit by the boat and get pizzed...

[ar15meister]

Correct on all counts....

Bytheway...what beer and how much...do not go more than 5 longnecks while wrenching so you remember everything while putting everything back...
After that you can sit by the boat and get pizzed...

I will be sure to limit intake to 5 or less.



Moosehead maybe? It is on sale right now so I have been drinking alot of that!

[MikeyFIN]

Moosehead will do for a Canuck and Finn..

Unless you got any Karhu (Bear) around.
Me on the other hand try to stay while wrenching totally off beer..just relax with it later...maybe enjoy a cigar first.

[Dude! Sweet!]

Adam, you probably know this as well, but masking tape and a pen are your friends... Label everything that comes off and where it went. Probably worth the trouble to take some hi-res (large) photos of the engine compartment before dissasembly as well.

There's nothing tricky to it. I don't think it took us more than a couple hours from the first hatch pin to cleaning up the huge oily mess on the floor from the oil lines...

[Airpacker]

Adam, as I told you , one hour, no more and its on the floor. Drink several beers AFTERWARDS!

PS, this 36 Cord you guys dropped off at my shop is kinda cool. Be better if it had brakes tho

[MikeyFIN]

1 hour that is at most.

[ar15meister]

Adam, as I told you , one hour, no more and its on the floor. Drink several beers AFTERWARDS!

PS, this 36 Cord you guys dropped off at my shop is kinda cool. Be better if it had brakes tho

I drove it on Richmond St to load it into a trailer just before Christmas on night at 1am after the bars closed down and was the one who got to find out that it had no brakes...thank god for the parking brake...

[ar15meister]

I will take some pics to post in my redo thread. the redo that hasnt even started yet except in my mind and out of my mouth when drinking..lol.

[slpcamaross97]

wish i had a 28 pantera to pull the engine on.

maybe ill get my drivers license chanced to an "Enhanced"(sp) one and drive over just to get some time messing around on one. cant be that far of a drive.

[ar15meister]

wish i had a 28 pantera to pull the engine on.

maybe ill get my drivers license chanced to an "Enhanced"(sp) one and drive over just to get some time messing around on one. cant be that far of a drive.

there are alot of nice ones for sale.

I would just buy one if I were you then you can have all the fun of blowing engines, breaking down at horrible times, spending 500 per weekend on fuel, maintaning trailers, etc,etc,etc.

But that one time when the waves are perfect and the sun is at the right place in the sky and you are blasting across the lake at 80 plus mph with a couple screaming broads you will remember that it is all worth it!!

Cheers.

[ar15meister]

[Dude! Sweet!]

J Roc on the throttles!

Seriously though... That's an awesome picture!

I was talking about taking pictures of stuff so you know where it goes when you put it back together... But can't wait to see them either!

[ar15meister]

J to the R-O-C....It could happen to you cause it happened to me...and T...lol

[Dude! Sweet!]

Dude! It's Bouy!

That's too freakin' funny bud!

[Dude! Sweet!]

The dude in the background is clearly suffering from the "Julian-effect"... Oh my!