About to fininsh my work on the engine and I was wondering what I can and cannot mount on the front part of the engine in order to get it in. The radiator is of course out but the ac is still in the front.
Can I put the wp and/or hub on and still get it down there?

 

Going in from the top, I am not quite sure. Going in from the bottom, it can be fully assembled and accessorized.

 

It'll be going in from the top...

 

You can maybe get by with the water pump and opti on there. Leave the flywheel off the back. The less stuff on there the easier. I had mine done in 15 min yesterday with no acc. on the front.

 

Only thing you have to take off is the power steering pump (well we did anyway) and ac compressor. Flexplate and the rest of the stuff on the front (wp, opti, hub, etc) can stay on. We also pulled my AC condensor to get it out of the way. Piece of cake.

 

Loadre: Well , I'm not pulling the engine, I'm putting it back in...when I pulled, a while ago, it I had alot of the stuff up front off so I don't know if everything can be on in the front in order to get it back.

So again, can the wp and the hub and balancer be mounted on the front before lowering it into the engine bay?

 

If it can come out with it on why can't it go back in the same way?