Engine Removal

I finally took the engine out of the truck yesterday.  My garage looks like a crime scene right now, but the job is done.  Tip: this task is easier if you have a helper.  I was not so fortunate, so it took pretty much all day to get it on the engine stand.

Before disassembly:

 Corrosion on the water pump inlet and outlets:

 The starter looks terrible, but still functions well.

 Oil pressure sending unit:

 The disc breaks also look terrible, but functionally appear to work well and the wheel bearings feel tight.

 Some small animal built a nest in one of the front suspension coils.

 Positioning the engine hoist:

 The driver's side steering and exhaust header situation is so ridiculous that I could not even remove the header after cutting all of the primaries off the block.  It got wedged between the steering linkage, transmission, and steering gearbox on the way out.  I wanted to keep it as intact as possible to help in fitting a new header in the future, so I just pulled out the header after the engine was partially lifted out of the vehicle.  I will be burning some brain calories on this problem before buying any new parts...

 Exhaust header finally removed.

 Engine on its way to freedom.

 I found a vine in between the engine and transmission presumably from when this thing was parked for a long time.  This is a pretty dark and tight spot to get into...

 Ta-Da!  The next steps are to clean the garage, clean the tools, clean the parts, and then start working on the stuck header bolts.