I, with the help of my brother, raise the body of an Uplander off the frame. I meant to be serious in the video, but my brother and I are always joking so enjoy.
Thinking of doing this as a hobby. Local DIY garage rents out 4 post lift 5 days/$535. Thinking of re-sealing motor, trans, power steering, maybe radiator and hoses 5 days take my time
Solid unit! I should have figured if you take an engine out of a car with a transaxle, the best thing might just be to leave the wheels connected! I hope you've got a lot of videos tearing apart and rebuilding the Uplander, because I am aiming to do an EV conversion on one. Why? Because there's not a lot of approachably priced 3-row EVs as yet. And all I really need is a daily commuter and local handy truck, no need to go long distance--those two things match up with EV conversions which frequently have less than 125 mile range and usually don't include any kind of highway supercharging capability.
Hello Bryan. Vehicles with transaxles do not all require leaving the engine to remain connected to the transaxle in order to remove it. A Dodge Avenger, for example, you can pull the engine and leave the transaxle in the car. There is enough space to separate the two and lift the engine out. I don't have anymore videos of this job but I'm working on making more content that shows more of the processes that I take. Cheers.
Hello my question is does the intake have a bolt under neith in the back by the distributor? I took of all the top bolts n the bracket bolt in the alternator. Now I can lift it from the front but it won't release from the back.
Hey Diggs, the few demonstrations I've seen on the net (video or photos) show supporting the engine w/jacks like you did, then getting the chassis up somehow. The Haynes says lower the car until you can support the motor on say a pallet, which is the method I may try. Now here's the question - can a standard heavy steel floor jack be used - with some sort of extension, or actually multiple extensions, of varying lengths, to push the body up high enough to drag the pallet/motor out? With jackstands to support the vehicle in between stages. My stand has a cradle thing that has a nub on the bottom that drops into a hole in the end of the "arm" of the jack. What if you had steel rods of some sort that would get inserted in the end of the jack's arm (it's hole actually), so you could keep pushing the car up, from 2' to 3', then from 4' to 5', etc. If I'm making any sense. And if that does make sense, I realize people would say it sounds dangerous, but steel bends long before it snaps LOL. You can work slow and see what happens as you keep pushing it up. I don't have a hydraulic lift at my disposal, so the only other method I could come up with was placing the floor jack on cinder blocks to make it lift higher and higher. Which method do you like better? I can buy steel rod of various lengths and thicknesses all day long from places around here in NJ. Thanks in advance.
+Chris Keegan also forgot to mention bolting 2 steel ramps front to front somehow, and placing that under each rear wheel so the car will pivot on it's rear wheels and not go anywhere!
+Chris Keegan First off I'm so sorry that I never got back to you. I don't get notifications for some reason so I'm gonna fix that.As far as raising the body with a floor jack,I just wouldn't do it even if you could. I would never pull an ENGINE in one of these that way. I'd decline the job if I had no access to a lift, just for my own safety. Now, I have dropped the frame and done the TRANSMISSION that way. But of course you don't have to lift nearly as high to clear that. Did you make an attempt?
I have a question where does the computer sit in a 2006 Chevy Uplander. I had someone change my alternator and battery and when my van didn't start due to my anti-theft system (but the mechanic did not know I had an anti-theft system) he blew my computer. I'm having trouble locating where my computer is can tell me where it is thank you your video is awesome for me not to have any knowledge of a car I know I kind of understand where things are in the engine
Hello, do you now what the pipes that hoes one right next to the other is called? If you got email i can send a picture of the parts. I have a uplander 2007 and those are realy rosty. Thanks
Sorry for the late response. I didn't know I received a comment. This engine had a slight knock to it. I didn't tear it down to find the problem because the customer had a core on the engine, hence I had to send it back with them when I was finished with the van. It ran fine, but of course the knock would have only gotten worse if they continued to drive it. My guess is rod bearing(s), which I have seen fail on these engines.
Apr 2017 I am midst of changing trans on my 3.9 Uplander. Pulled engine out the top. First pull axles/brakes, unbolt trans and support trans with wood block under pan over a jack. You have to pull all 3 exhaust manifolds, top intake, coil, alternator and engine wiring harness. Then the A/C compressor (tie it against radiator) and all the front heater hoses. The alternator bracket will not clear the firewall shroud by about an inch. To overcome that put 1/4" plywood sheet over the radiator to keep from punching it and rock engine a bit to clear the shroud, you will have to bend the shroud a bit... I also exhausted my entire vocabulary of cuss words, but it works. Pulling trans is then easy. You cannot pull engine and trans together.
Hey Bro are you still alive and well? Pulling the engine out the top seems like a lot less work. I need to replace the 3.5 from my 2005 Uplander, I have a clean, low mileage engine sitting on a pallet with all the wiring harnesses and everything intact that is a perfect match. Can I just pull the engine out from above? Sounds like it's possible based on your experience. @@lloydballard7051
I've got a solid 3.5 replacement engine sitting on a pallet for my 2005 Uplander. It's a perfect match with all the wiring harnesses intact. I'm researching this very question. Do you think I can pull it from above, and if so any tips would be greatly appreciated. Cheers from Vancouver Island.
I've got a solid 3.5 replacement engine sitting on a pallet for my 2005 Uplander. It's a perfect match with all the wiring harnesses intact. I'm researching this very question. Do you think I can pull it from above, and if so any tips would be greatly appreciated. Cheers from Vancouver Island.
Thinking of doing this as a hobby. Local DIY garage rents out 4 post lift 5 days/$535. Thinking of re-sealing motor, trans, power steering, maybe radiator and hoses
5 days take my time
Those 3.9s run. I'm about to put one in my Intrigue.
Now that's how it's done
How do the power steering lines run through the motor
I also released the bolts from the fuse box to give the cables slack.
Solid unit! I should have figured if you take an engine out of a car with a transaxle, the best thing might just be to leave the wheels connected! I hope you've got a lot of videos tearing apart and rebuilding the Uplander, because I am aiming to do an EV conversion on one. Why? Because there's not a lot of approachably priced 3-row EVs as yet. And all I really need is a daily commuter and local handy truck, no need to go long distance--those two things match up with EV conversions which frequently have less than 125 mile range and usually don't include any kind of highway supercharging capability.
Hello Bryan. Vehicles with transaxles do not all require leaving the engine to remain connected to the transaxle in order to remove it. A Dodge Avenger, for example, you can pull the engine and leave the transaxle in the car. There is enough space to separate the two and lift the engine out. I don't have anymore videos of this job but I'm working on making more content that shows more of the processes that I take.
Cheers.
It must be nice to have access to a car lift. It sucks being me sometimes.
I was disappointed my new guy didn't have a lift. He didn't know how to reply. He had everything else in his regular car garage.....
Can you please tell me what I have to do to lift it off to get to the injectors?
Hello my question is does the intake have a bolt under neith in the back by the distributor? I took of all the top bolts n the bracket bolt in the alternator. Now I can lift it from the front but it won't release from the back.
Apologies for the delay in responding. This vehicle does not have a distributor.
Hey Diggs, the few demonstrations I've seen on the net (video or photos) show supporting the engine w/jacks like you did, then getting the chassis up somehow. The Haynes says lower the car until you can support the motor on say a pallet, which is the method I may try. Now here's the question - can a standard heavy steel floor jack be used - with some sort of extension, or actually multiple extensions, of varying lengths, to push the body up high enough to drag the pallet/motor out? With jackstands to support the vehicle in between stages. My stand has a cradle thing that has a nub on the bottom that drops into a hole in the end of the "arm" of the jack. What if you had steel rods of some sort that would get inserted in the end of the jack's arm (it's hole actually), so you could keep pushing the car up, from 2' to 3', then from 4' to 5', etc. If I'm making any sense. And if that does make sense, I realize people would say it sounds dangerous, but steel bends long before it snaps LOL. You can work slow and see what happens as you keep pushing it up.
I don't have a hydraulic lift at my disposal, so the only other method I could come up with was placing the floor jack on cinder blocks to make it lift higher and higher. Which method do you like better? I can buy steel rod of various lengths and thicknesses all day long from places around here in NJ. Thanks in advance.
+Chris Keegan I forgot to mention I have an 01 Venture if it matters.
+Chris Keegan also forgot to mention bolting 2 steel ramps front to front somehow, and placing that under each rear wheel so the car will pivot on it's rear wheels and not go anywhere!
+Chris Keegan First off I'm so sorry that I never got back to you. I don't get notifications for some reason so I'm gonna fix that.As far as raising the body with a floor jack,I just wouldn't do it even if you could. I would never pull an ENGINE in one of these that way. I'd decline the job if I had no access to a lift, just for my own safety. Now, I have dropped the frame and done the TRANSMISSION that way. But of course you don't have to lift nearly as high to clear that.
Did you make an attempt?
I have a question where does the computer sit in a 2006 Chevy Uplander. I had someone change my alternator and battery and when my van didn't start due to my anti-theft system (but the mechanic did not know I had an anti-theft system) he blew my computer. I'm having trouble locating where my computer is can tell me where it is thank you your video is awesome for me not to have any knowledge of a car I know I kind of understand where things are in the engine
Ok. Just wondering because I have the same van. Hope I don't have to ever change the motor. Thanks for responding.
LOVE my 2007 Chevie uplander van. No motor issues at all and practically nothing wrong with the rest of it.
Please answer my questions in which direction the crank sensor of the Uplander engine is located
Did he ever answer ur question sir?
3.9?
Hey start answering questions
10 months late but I'm on it! HAHAHAHA
Hello, do you now what the pipes that hoes one right next to the other is called? If you got email i can send a picture of the parts. I have a uplander 2007 and those are realy rosty.
Thanks
Dang! That looks like a lot of work. What's wrong with the engine?
Sorry for the late response. I didn't know I received a comment. This engine had a slight knock to it. I didn't tear it down to find the problem because the customer had a core on the engine, hence I had to send it back with them when I was finished with the van.
It ran fine, but of course the knock would have only gotten worse if they continued to drive it. My guess is rod bearing(s), which I have seen fail on these engines.
Apr 2017 I am midst of changing trans on my 3.9 Uplander. Pulled engine out the top. First pull axles/brakes, unbolt trans and support trans with wood block under pan over a jack. You have to pull all 3 exhaust manifolds, top intake, coil, alternator and engine wiring harness. Then the A/C compressor (tie it against radiator) and all the front heater hoses. The alternator bracket will not clear the firewall shroud by about an inch. To overcome that put 1/4" plywood sheet over the radiator to keep from punching it and rock engine a bit to clear the shroud, you will have to bend the shroud a bit... I also exhausted my entire vocabulary of cuss words, but it works. Pulling trans is then easy. You cannot pull engine and trans together.
@@lloydballard7051 Good news for someone who don't have access to the lift they have in video.
Hey Bro are you still alive and well? Pulling the engine out the top seems like a lot less work. I need to replace the
3.5 from my 2005 Uplander, I have a clean, low mileage engine sitting on a pallet with all the wiring harnesses and everything intact that is a perfect match. Can I just pull the engine out from above? Sounds like it's possible based on your experience. @@lloydballard7051
I took the engine out from top not bottom
I've got a solid 3.5 replacement engine sitting on a pallet for my 2005 Uplander. It's a perfect match with all the wiring harnesses intact. I'm researching this very question. Do you think I can pull it from above, and if so any tips would be greatly appreciated. Cheers from Vancouver Island.
Need help with this so bad
comes out from top leave tranny in.
I've got a solid 3.5 replacement engine sitting on a pallet for my 2005 Uplander. It's a perfect match with all the wiring harnesses intact. I'm researching this very question. Do you think I can pull it from above, and if so any tips would be greatly appreciated. Cheers from Vancouver Island.
Need help with this so bad
1 year later: status update?