Installing the engine cradle back into a Buick Enclave (without a lift)

Installing the engine cradle back into a Buick Enclave (without a lift)

After replacing the timing chains, waveplates and a bunch of other parts, I recorded stop motion video of the installation of the engine cradle back into the…

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Alan Ida says:

Thanks for posting this video. I’m currently doing the same work on my
wife’s GMC Acadia. It looks like you had to remove the intake manifold
and power steering reservoir to gain enough clearance to get the engine in
and out. Did you completely remove the prop shaft or just disconnect the
coupler to the transaxle? Also, did you snap any of the exhaust studs? I
snapped one and now I have to figure out how to get it out. I’m thinking I
have to heat it with a torch and hammer on it with a punch. 

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