btown

I never rebuilt anything before, and I was thinking I'd go down to the junkyard and rip out a 87-93 5.0 engine and t5 tranny and then takeeverything apart to see what it all looks like and then I could tell if i think i could rebuild a engine or a tranny. But how many special tools besides standard ratchet/wrench set do I need to get everything apart? could someone make a list so i can estimate the cost of my educational experience?</P>

horatio102

You're going to want a shop manual - and not just a haynes/chilton (they'll do, but better can be found)

You'll also want a couple of decent torque wrenches one for inch-pound stuff and one for higher figures

Engine stand
cherry picker
calipers/feeler guage
pulley pullers
iirc there's a special tool for removing cam bearings
there's gotta be more

vfast

go to the libary and their are several awsum rebuild book...copy the pages you need so no oil gets on the book..

you need a 1/2 drive socket set to make things easier plus a break bar..if you going to put this thing back together mark your rods and main caps. use lil rubber hose on the rods bolts so when you pull it out you don't scratch the crank jounals. we did somethin like this when I went to school...

89muscle

your gonna need phone numbers too lol. when you get stuck make sure you have someone who knows what their doing and ask them questions.

btown

any more you guys canthink of?someone told me you need this huge amount of special tools to take apart a tranny

horatio102

I've only taken apart a motorcycle tranny, and I didn't use any special tools.

johnc

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I did a 5 spd for a 2300cc ranger truck. The major special tool I remember was for the rear case bearing. It was a special gear puller to deal with the long output shaft. I came up with a "work around". I took the jaws from a gear puller and bolted them between two rod bearing caps, so they couldslide downaround the shaft. This gave me enough length so I could grab the con rod caps with another puller. That was over 10 years ago. There may be a rental puller now.</P>

vfast

your need snap ring plies...let the trans to the professionals
horatio..mmyou didn't say if it ever made it back together*LOL*

Pitviper100

wow what a project your gonna have on your hands... The engine is fun the tranny SUX... Just get a manual on what ull need for rebuiling the tranny or have it professionally done. Or go get a book rebuilding 5.0 engine &amp; tranny for dummys<IMG src=smileys/smiley17.gif border="0">