I believe it was attached to the cylinder head. There might have been another one in the center that was connected to the engine block. If you get a slow cranking condition you can always add ground straps from the engine to the body or frame.
Sir. i am having trouble removing engine from transmission. took all the bell housing bolts out and everything else related when it comes to removing the engine. i hoisted the engine and the driver side is off but the passenger side transmission and engine is stuck together. no bolt holding anything just trans, plate and engine. tried numerous time trying to pull it but it wont budge. is there something holding them together or is it just rusted weld together? i need some guidance please. i posted a video of my situation, please help me…
I am fairly certain there is a dowel there and they can get rusted and frozen in the transmission or the engine or both and not let them separate. My recommendation would be to spray it with some PB Blaster or other penetrating oil and slide a pry bar in between and carefully pry them apart. If you look on the other side you will see the other locating dowel, if that helps.
for manual trans, after taking the starter out, is there anything else to take off? I took off the starter, and unlike auto trans, I don't see bolts to losen inside. also how did you get the top 3 bell housing bolts? thanks
There are some wires across the back on top of the engine that need to be removed. Basically the entire wire harness needs to be disconnected from the engine. This also might free up enough room to get to the top 3 bolts from the top of the engine. If that doesn't work, a series of extensions and u-joints from bottom should reach.
@@JohnSmithRacing i was able to get the top 3 trans bolts from the top, and I removed the hex screws that were holding the wires. but there is one wire clip that is not held by a screw. Do you know how it is attached to the engine? Im not sure if its just a clip and i could pry it out but I don't wanna damage the wires because its hard to look at it and tell if it is a clip. If you remember how you removed the wire clip(?) can you advise me how you did so? thanks for the help!
I believe I remember a harness that was difficult to get off on the back of the passenger side head. Pretty sure I remember a hard to get to bolt holding it on. Maybe a 10 or 13 mm? It was a big pain to get to.
@@JohnSmithRacing it was a clip and i ended up prying it out but accidentally ripped the tape or harness that was holding onto it. at the end i got it off. all i need to do is lift the engine out of there and disconnect motor mount and fuel line. i am watching your vid on how you harnessed the hoist to the engine and i think i can do it but it just a hard to harness to the rear of the engine. i thought it would be easier it being a v6 but no lol. thanks and happy holidays
thanks for making the rear timing chain a pain to get to ford 🤠👍🏼
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Hi john can you rebuild my 96 Cobra?
Where was that back ground strap connected to on the engine?
I believe it was attached to the cylinder head. There might have been another one in the center that was connected to the engine block. If you get a slow cranking condition you can always add ground straps from the engine to the body or frame.
Sir. i am having trouble removing engine from transmission. took all the bell housing bolts out and everything else related when it comes to removing the engine. i hoisted the engine and the driver side is off but the passenger side transmission and engine is stuck together. no bolt holding anything just trans, plate and engine. tried numerous time trying to pull it but it wont budge. is there something holding them together or is it just rusted weld together? i need some guidance please. i posted a video of my situation, please help me…
I am fairly certain there is a dowel there and they can get rusted and frozen in the transmission or the engine or both and not let them separate. My recommendation would be to spray it with some PB Blaster or other penetrating oil and slide a pry bar in between and carefully pry them apart. If you look on the other side you will see the other locating dowel, if that helps.
@ thanks. i will try again
for manual trans, after taking the starter out, is there anything else to take off? I took off the starter, and unlike auto trans, I don't see bolts to losen inside.
also how did you get the top 3 bell housing bolts? thanks
There are some wires across the back on top of the engine that need to be removed. Basically the entire wire harness needs to be disconnected from the engine. This also might free up enough room to get to the top 3 bolts from the top of the engine. If that doesn't work, a series of extensions and u-joints from bottom should reach.
@@JohnSmithRacing i was able to get the top 3 trans bolts from the top, and I removed the hex screws that were holding the wires. but there is one wire clip that is not held by a screw. Do you know how it is attached to the engine? Im not sure if its just a clip and i could pry it out but I don't wanna damage the wires because its hard to look at it and tell if it is a clip. If you remember how you removed the wire clip(?) can you advise me how you did so? thanks for the help!
I believe I remember a harness that was difficult to get off on the back of the passenger side head. Pretty sure I remember a hard to get to bolt holding it on. Maybe a 10 or 13 mm? It was a big pain to get to.
@@JohnSmithRacing it was a clip and i ended up prying it out but accidentally ripped the tape or harness that was holding onto it. at the end i got it off. all i need to do is lift the engine out of there and disconnect motor mount and fuel line. i am watching your vid on how you harnessed the hoist to the engine and i think i can do it but it just a hard to harness to the rear of the engine. i thought it would be easier it being a v6 but no lol.
thanks and happy holidays