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- Location
- SW Iowa
- Vehicle Year
- 1985
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- V8
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- 5.0
- Transmission
- Manual
Owner of this RV was the owner of the dealership... so that was a no-go.I pulled an inline 6 in a chevy van once. The factory service manual called for removal through the sliding door, which involved removing the transmission, dismantling pretty much the entire interior, and the use of dolleys and pulleys. It was nuts. It was like a 3 man job that took a 4 or 5 days.
I ended up saying screw that and chopped the radiator support off and pulled the engine straight out of the nose. Welded it back in when I got the new motor in. No one ever noticed. When they asked how I did that job by myself in 2 days I just said "shhhhhhhh" and walked away.
Alwaysfloored was on a different RV.Oh it was a Class A. I thought it was a class C (van front).
Yeah ive never had to yank a Class A motor. Screw that.