pulling the 5.9, advice?

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Max78

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Getting ready to pull the 5.9 to replace all the freeze plugs. The ones in the trans housing are leaking bad so i only want to do this once.

Any advice? Can i leave the ac intact, tip or things to look out for?

Thanks for any advice!
 

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Yes you can just move it over to the pass inner fender and tie it off. Yes one tip remove the motor mounts from the block before you pull it , this makes removal and install much easier.
 
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Sweet, thanks for the helpful information!
 

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Don't drop it on your wife's foot.


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Getting ready to pull the 5.9 to replace all the freeze plugs. The ones in the trans housing are leaking bad so i only want to do this once.

Any advice? Can i leave the ac intact, tip or things to look out for?

Thanks for any advice!
Use a socket that fits perfectly in the freeze plug and gently tap em in.

Iv seen people hammer them in and destroy them lol I also put some black rtv on my finger and put a very light coat around the freeze plug before installing it. Iv never had one leak yet that iv replaced lol

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It's easier to pull the intake off before you pull the motor IMO then your chain hook up to the back of one head and the front of the other makes your chain hoist not so tall and you don't have to pull the hood off.

Also if you'll remove the fan and the shroud you can leave the radiator in also.


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If this a small block v8, and not the Cummins 5.9L, pop all of them out and use a pressure washer, or at least a strong garden hose stream and stick it in the soft plug holes and wash out ALL the sand and sediment which has accumulated in the lower water jackets. Some people switch to brass plugs for more corrosion resistance.
 

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If this a small block v8, and not the Cummins 5.9L, pop all of them out and use a pressure washer, or at least a strong garden hose stream and stick it in the soft plug holes and wash out ALL the sand and sediment which has accumulated in the lower water jackets. Some people switch to brass plugs for more corrosion resistance.
Brass all the way, won't rust. [emoji16]

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Well that was relatively easy, just took a while as it was the first time pulling this motor. Left the intake on, and the torque converter stayed on the block. Didnt need to remove the hood or anything, just pushed the motor out over the driver side fender.

All the bellhousing bolts were extremely easy to reach, all of the top bolts were easilly accessable from the engine bay once the accessories were removed. I used Mountain Double Box Universal wrenches that are about a foot and a half long and made the job amazingly easy.

I bought a brass kit but it only covered the lower block unfortunately, so i pulled all the expansion plugs and washed it out really good. There was a lot of sediment in there! My neighbors werent too happy lol. . .

I replaced all the lower plugs with brass and was stuck with using galvanized in the heads, but they werent too bad and I gave them a good coating of dead-old-mechanics before installing them. . . . I also replaced the bypass hose under the accessories while I was there.

Funny thing is we burped the system of air and it was all great, we turned the truck off and declared it done, then 5 minutes later we heard a drip, turns out sediment was keeping the radiator from leaking. . . The new radiator was about 5lbs lighter than the old one. . . Lol
 

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