ok , guys pulling the engine on my 08 4x4 , how do I get the lower front cross support out ? I pulled all the bolts slide it to either side , pulled the lower front end mount bolts , still not enough room to get it out ? what's the trick to get it out ? it would make the engine so much easier to come out ? thanks guys

 

wow , nobody has any idea how this is suppose to come out ?

 

Sorry, I have no input for you but........what happened that you're pulling the engine on such a new truck???

 

well I purchased the truck with the bad engine , only 79000 km's or 41000 miles, story goes as the previous owner let a employee drive the truck for job reasons , the employee never had the oil changed and the motor siezed . So I bought it for good price , I have never pulled one this new ? and the lower front brace bolts in , But I cannot get it out ?

 

My '03 appears to be bolted as well. Possibly a tack weld somewhere on it? I do remember quite a while back where I saw a pic of someone cutting that out to either pull the engine or do a cam swap or something.....don't really remember, but why would you have to cut it out if it's bolted?

Surely it comes out without having to take drastic measures.

 

it moves back and forth ! but is longer then the space it occupies , I cannot seem to load a pic here or i would to show what I am stuggling with

 

Can you spread the frame rails with a porta power maybe? Give a little room?

 

I have been trying for an hour to load a pic ! geeez , what's the deal ?