I am working on a 2000 Blazer which was run out of oil and the engine is seized. Since the engine cannot be turned over to remove the flex plate to convertor bolts, I want to pull the engine and transmission as a unit. I have searched the forum and know this question has been asked several times. However, most of the responses have been to pull them separately or are guess as to what has to be done in order to pull them as a unit. Has anyone done this? Does the AC condenser and/or radiator support have to be removed?

 

I have never done it but my guess is that if u remove the front clip u can do it,maybe someone that have done it can confirm it

 

We got lucky on this. We removed the oil pan and could get to all three bolts. The engine seized with one of the bolts centered at the bottom and the other two were accessible as well. So, I will not be removing the engine along with the transmission.

 

Boiler,

You got lucky! I just removed 4.3L motor from my '92 4x4. I removed the motor only after separating transfer case from trans and trans from engine. Like you, I took off hood, fenders, and radiator support assemblies. In order to pull engine and trans as a unit, you have to either loosen cab bolts or remove cab itself.

The main obstacles are the deeper oil pan, front axle housing, and transmission housing. The slope of the trans housing (right behind the distributor) sits close to (2"-3") and comes into contact against the body trans hump when the engine is raised. At the same time, the engine has to be raised vertically 4"-5" in order for the deeper oil sump to clear the axle housing. The only way to gain the needed room to pull the motor vertically is to raise/remove the cab or separate the engine and trans.

Good luck!