New plastic air dam in the original style. My old air dam was split in the centre and a couple of the mounting points were damaged.
A mounting screw was broken off in the support bracket so I decided to remove the brackets and give them a going over.
Engine lined up for the install. Just need to put the trans and engine mounts on and then I can attempt to get the unit in the Chevy.
I had lots of clearance and with the rad support out and shortened chains on the hoist.
The adjust able hoist worked well getting the engine/trans down and under the trans hump.
Had issues getting the long arms of the hoist under the car moving back. I used a 2×4 to coax them them back and then a 2×6 to bang the arms back when the arms were well under the body – a bit primitive, but it worked.
Of course the jack stand got in the way! I put a hoist under the frame a bit further back and removed the stand. I only needed another 5″.
Once I got the hoist arms back enough the engine could be slipped in place. The engine got itself jammed with the trans tail shaft to one side. It would have been nice to have someone underneath guiding the tail shaft into position. I only had to pull it out a bit, align the tail shaft and then it moved back enough to be dropped onto the front engine frame mounts.
Next: time to hook things up starting with the underside components.