Out popped the engine. Lots of room. No problems. The only tricky part is the way the headers have to come off as the engine comes out. It will be even more tricky getting them on as it goes back in and lines up with the tranny at the same time. (Can't wait.)
Big open hole.
Now comes the clean up. I'm going to; degrease and repaint everything, replace all the brake, transmission, coolant, fuel, and vacuum lines. First order of business is to degrease and tear down the engine. Once I get the heads off, I can see what kind of shape the cylinders are in and measure them to see if there has been a previous rebuild. If it looks good, I'll only replace the gaskets and seals. If not, I'll have to do a rebuild. I don't want to take a chance with a catastrophic failure. These 400's are too hard to come by.
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