Noise from engine 1997 Tahoe 5.7

[BobG999999]

At 71 years old, I don't have an efffin' clue what QuickJacks is, but whatever works. Don't forget the flashlight to sight check with. Surprised you right. Thought I was gonna say start a fire for light, huh.

I was wondering how to get the fire light in that tight space ... . QuickJacks are a pair of hydraulic lifts that are movable and give about 27" of lift. Little cheaper than a two post lift and take up less room.

 

[OR VietVet]

I was wondering how to get the fire light in that tight space ... . QuickJacks are a pair of hydraulic lifts that are movable and give about 27" of lift. Little cheaper than a two post lift and take up less room.

I thought you were going to say that the "Jacks" part was something like "ear jacks" or ear buds and works thru the cell phone. Hell, I am 6'4" tall and weigh 285 and I can crawl under and listen with a stethoscope, without lifting.

 

[West 1]

You can change it without moving transmission. It's tight but can be done. Check some videos. The torque converter has to be unbolted from flex plate and pushed back into transmission bell housing while turning clockwise. Then reach in and unbolt flex plate from crank.

That would save a ton of work.

 

[BobG999999]

Well, it turned out to be loose bolts. Finally got the inspection port off, turned the engine and found one bolt was finger tight and another (out of three) was out about 1/4 inch. Removed them one at a time and replaced with some loctite.

Of course, to get it down, we had to drop the exhaust, which required disconnecting at the flange just before the muffler. Of course, the three studs were rusted and all three broke. Now I have to figure out how to get that back together. Why couldn't the geniuses at GM have routed that exhaust 3 inches to the rear?

Any thoughts?

 

[OR VietVet]

If they broke on the manifold side, correct? Either replace a manifold or drill through and use through bolts, washers and nuts.