Wow,talk about turning a fairly small job into a massive project. I have done many pre - and post face-lift Astro/Safari engine replacement jobs,I used to maintain a fleet for a company that used dozens of them. Every one of them was done out the front, and the upper rad support can be cut and welded back on the post face-lift vans,GM used to sell a kit that had the plates for the repair. These used to take a work day start to finish.
This is a million subscribers UA-cam channel in the making. Im sure if you keep at it you guys will have like a few thousand subs by the end of the year. I enjoy your videos and like the energy. Stay safe and keep up the good work guys!💪🙏
Thanks for doing this and posting it in the group. This is exactly how I'm gonna have to do mine. It's gonna be a while but by the time I grab my next astro, there will be a ton of work already done to the front end of this one, so I'll just be swapping everything over. Plus, I'll be swapping the drivetrain from a Silverado. Manual trans, manual transfer case, etc ..
You are welcome! We searched a bit before doing it and didn't find much in terms of doing it this way, so we figured it would be worth putting something together as we figured it out. We're glad you enjoyed it. We are currently finishing the motor tear down so we can send it down to the machine shop to get mic'd out and brought into spec. We will have a video on that as well.
I swapped motors on two Chevy school busses like this, front suspension, cross member and trans dropped out. Had the bodies balancing on barrels LOL crazy.
We are not too sure on the weight but we had our engine hoist at the 1 ton position. The removal is pretty tight between the body and engine hoist but it'll squeak by as you start lowering the van body back down onto jack stands and pulling the subframe against the hoist and hoist back until you can remove the hoist. Also would suggest making a small cart to cradle the rear crossmember as you pull it out. (Worked alot better for us when reinstalling instead of dragging on the ground.)
Wow,talk about turning a fairly small job into a massive project. I have done many pre - and post face-lift Astro/Safari engine replacement jobs,I used to maintain a fleet for a company that used dozens of them.
Every one of them was done out the front, and the upper rad support can be cut and welded back on the post face-lift vans,GM used to sell a kit that had the plates for the repair. These used to take a work day start to finish.
Couple stationary cameras mounted about can help capture stuff without slowing you down too much. The magic is always in the editing.
Thanks, need to grab a couple more cameras and mounts.
@@BrothersfabNadventure you gained a new subscriber looking forward to seeing more of the van
This is a million subscribers UA-cam channel in the making. Im sure if you keep at it you guys will have like a few thousand subs by the end of the year. I enjoy your videos and like the energy. Stay safe and keep up the good work guys!💪🙏
Wow, we can't thank you enough for the praise and encouragement! We seriously appreciate it! We will do our best to keep at it.
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Thanks for doing this and posting it in the group. This is exactly how I'm gonna have to do mine. It's gonna be a while but by the time I grab my next astro, there will be a ton of work already done to the front end of this one, so I'll just be swapping everything over. Plus, I'll be swapping the drivetrain from a Silverado. Manual trans, manual transfer case, etc ..
You are welcome! We searched a bit before doing it and didn't find much in terms of doing it this way, so we figured it would be worth putting something together as we figured it out. We're glad you enjoyed it. We are currently finishing the motor tear down so we can send it down to the machine shop to get mic'd out and brought into spec. We will have a video on that as well.
@@BrothersfabNadventure nice! Thank you
You guys do good work. I like the ASTRO van,I used to have one.
Right on! Thank you we apricate it!
Can't wait for part 2 👍
Its in the works!
I subscribed to you guys because you did such a good job cheers.
Thank you, we appreciate that!
Saludos de California 😎🌴 yo tengo uno y son muy buenos safar GMC y astro Chevrolet
Gracias!
I swapped motors on two Chevy school busses like this, front suspension, cross member and trans dropped out. Had the bodies balancing on barrels LOL crazy.
if there is a will there is a way! Thad does sound a bit wild for sure, good old back woods engineering.
Hell yeah bruthers
Thanks!
Nice work. I hope you will show us the engine rebuild.
Thank you, we certainly will. We just dropped the motor off for machining and are working on editing the tear down video.
Wow. Hello from the Netherlands 🎉
We are psyched to have a fan from "across the pond".
Nice guy's 👍
Thanks 👍
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I have to do something similar to my van... any idea how much the front of the van might weigh when you're lifting it off the subframe?
We are not too sure on the weight but we had our engine hoist at the 1 ton position. The removal is pretty tight between the body and engine hoist but it'll squeak by as you start lowering the van body back down onto jack stands and pulling the subframe against the hoist and hoist back until you can remove the hoist. Also would suggest making a small cart to cradle the rear crossmember as you pull it out. (Worked alot better for us when reinstalling instead of dragging on the ground.)
@BrothersfabNadventure that's awesome, thank you. I've been looking for a video on doing this, and there's not much out there. Good video.
Glad we could help, if there is anything else feel free to reach out. Also good luck with your project!
All you had to do was remove the front radiator support and grill, take the intake manifold off and it comes out the front
That looks sketchy af...
Definitely not warm and fuzzy feeling...
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