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