Can one pull the engine on a 13 without removing the firewall and steering shaft?
I was considering just removing the front body bolts and firewall brackets and jacking the body up a couple of inches just enough to slide the tranny ears under the firewall.???
Wilf
Wilf, the easiest way I found is to remove the windshield and coil box, then remove the firewall with the steering column in place.
Practically speaking, you cannot remove the engine with the steering column in place.
That's kinda what I thought!
Thanx W
I just leave the coil box on the firewall. Take the timer off, disconnect the magneto and battery wires, disconnect the speedometer cable, pull the steering column and then remove the firewall. All that should take no more than 45 minutes.
You can even leave the steering column bolted to the firewall! Just take out the 3 bolts and block on the frame, and pull out the whole thing!
Wilf, on my '13 (Hack Body) I used to leave the firewall attached to the body, remove the bracket bolts and loosen up the steering and the body from the frame. Then I could jack up the body about 4 inches and slide the engine out. I don't know if a Ford body will let you do that (but I suspect it will).
TH
I've also done it the way Terry and Royce suggest and have no quarrel with either approach. I'd just add that I don't like pulling the steering column from the firewall because you have to drill out the timer swivel pin so the end of the column will pass thru the hole. It is a bit of an awkward/heavy job for one man, removing the coil box first makes things easier.
The coil box weighs nothing if you pull the coils out of it. Saves time both directions to leave it wired to the timer and bolted to the firewall. I leave the spark plug wires in place too, disconnected at the plugs of course.
I don't rivet the spark arm to the steering column. I tap through both parts and then use a 4-40 screw.
If your firewall has the slot, like it did from the factory, you don't need to remove the pin for the timer lever.