any help would be great... first time pulling an engine in this body style of ford.. i need to pull my motor in my 97 f150 but my questions are as follows..
how in the hell do u get the top tranny bolts undone or should i pull the tranny with motor, its a 4x4?
i was told u can pull the motor with out removing the radiator support but i really dont see the clearance to do that.. as i was looking it looks like the radiator support is spot welded together with the fender skirts all the way back to the firewall. any ideas? do i remove the whole entire front clip?

 

Well equipped shops usually lift the cab to do an engine change.

 

If you take the intake manifold off you can get the top two bolts from the top side. I pulled the 5.4 out of my '98 without the trans, I removed the radiator but that was all. It came out pretty easily. I didn't remove the condensor because I didn't want to break open the a/c. I think it might be quite a chore to remove the engine & trans as a unit.

If you had one of those levelers you could tilt the engine/trans as you pulled it, that would be the only way I could see pulling it all at once without taking the whole truck apart.

 

yes i have heard shops pull the cab not gonna do that....
ya i am not wanting to pull tranny so thanks for your input on pulling the intake..

 

Purchase a shop manual. The complete procedure is in it. It will be the best tool you ever bought.

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Back in the day when i pulled the 4.6 out of mine i pulled it with the trans on it. With that said i would never wish that much of a pain on anyone. It is a million times easier to pull the trans and pull the motor straight up. I used about 4ft of extensions to reach the top trans bolts.