Alright when it skipped timeing so bad something happend. anyways it spun a bearin i already got the motor out postons out everything but the bottom half of the block wont come off. someone told me something about some brake away tabs????? but i cant find anything that looks like it would brake away.....please help ASAP

When you say the bottom half of the block I assume you mean the bedplate. It can be a pain to get off, especially if you've never done it before, knock it on the sides a couple times with a rubber mallet and see if it loosens it up. Break-away tabs, I have no idea. By the way there is a space between a little overhand of the bedplate and block thats a good pry point.


PS. My fishes name is Xavier

oh so your comparing me to a fish??? lol j/k its just a name that me and my dad have always used on e-mails and stuff. i dunno where he got it from. x-men more then likely lol. so there are no brake away tabs??? just tap on it a cuple times?

If the rubber mallet won't break it free, start tapping all around the sides of the bedplate with a little 3 lb sledge hammer. The sharp impact of the hammer will crack the brittle dried sealant. As long as you don't hit the oil pan sealing surface directly, you can hit it pretty hard. Eventually, it should break free. Remember that there are two alignment pins keeping the bedplate aligned with the block.

Corbin

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There's some tabs on the bedplate that stick out that bolts go into. It's almost like they were ment to be hit on for the bedplate seperation. Like corbin said there are alignment pins so try to hit down on those tabs, so you arn't hitting against the pins. Have you hits alternate sides.

...should be easy.

And if that doesn't work... Set it on fire :order LOL jk

i got it apart lol i took a 1 1/16 wrench and taped around it. it worked great.