Quick Tip-V6 Access

[integraz32lover]

This is great because your working on a Ford Taurus,and i have a Ford Taurus that i need access to the back of the engine

[moparone22]

some of those GM cars with the dogbone mounts actually have a second bolt hole under the mount, so you can remove the front bolt pull the engine forward and stick the bolt in the second hole to hold the engine forward, giving about 4 extra inches of clearance between the firewall and rear cylinder head.

[brakedd]

Eric thanks for this video, I just did the plugs on a transverse 3100 V6. All I did was unbolt the dogbones, rock the car, and grab it with the parking brake.

It helped IMMENSELY. Didn't think I was going to be able to get the rear bank plugs changed at all.

[EricTheCarGuy]

@brakedd Yea I wish I had a GM when I did this video as this really works on those.

[doppleganger34]

In West Auckland, New Zealand, I believe that would make you a Westie YEEEEAAAAAHHHHH! Go Holden :o)

[EricTheCarGuy]

@doppleganger34 Cool, thanks.

[siemenstraffic]

Sergeant was helping Eric to "Stay Clean"

[EricTheCarGuy]

@siemenstraffic It's true, he is a great helper.

[devilsbox]

I hereby give this video a second "thumbs up" for Sergeant.

[EricTheCarGuy]

@devilsbox Yea, he's a great little friend.

[scottaner500]

a grease monkey lol

[alkalinetaupehat]

haha I wish I knew this when I was changing the spark plugs a couple months back!

Thanks ETCG, I'll def. use this next time.

P.S. the GM 3100 and 3300 only used one upper dogbone, and were mostly in the late-80's early 90's GM cars. The 3800 and maybe the 3400's used two.

[EricTheCarGuy]

@alkalinetaupehat Glad you liked the video sorry it was tool late. Thanks for the info on the GM engines.

[ncarter124]

Great idea!

[EricTheCarGuy]

@ncarter124 A GM tech taught me that.  Thanks for your comment.

[Flysohighx21]

It makes you a shady car mechanic..

[joshpotts]

GM v6 owners: Make sure you re-install the dogbones before you re-start your engine. I know somebody who neglected this step (started the engine just for a quick test-fire), and he ended up needing to add a new radiator to his parts list.

[EricTheCarGuy]

@joshpotts Good tip, thanks for posting. I've also seen that happen, it sucks.

[Chris07860]

Hey Eric could you possibly do a video of how to do a tune up to those cars because I need to change the plugs on my car and there is absolutly no hand room behind the engine I have a 2001 Sable with the same engine and my g/f has a 2003 Taurus with the same engine

[EricTheCarGuy]

@Chris07860 If I did do a video this would be step one. I had to do a heater hose on this car that's why I moved the engine, you can use the same technique to remove the plugs on both cars, some engines will move more than others, these don't move too much unfortunately. Good luck.

[Chris07860]

@EricTheCarGuy I will have to give it a try Thanks Eric

[UBBERTANKER]

sweet idea

[mtlh05]

Is that your Ford Taurus, Eric? If so how do you like it?

Ive seen you work on it in other videos.

[EricTheCarGuy]

Not mine, she was just visiting. I sometimes do a lot of videos using the same car, depends on what I'm doing to it really. A Taurus is not a bad car at all. I prefer something a little less generic myself but a good car is just that, a good car.

[Robinson4643]

cool dog

[Michiganborn1969]

Lol wwill93. If I had not read your answer to Eric's question I would have anwsered that it was an unusualy beuitiful day in Ohio since Eric was wearing a wife beater shirt lol.

[wwill93]

lol shade tree mechanic

[EricTheCarGuy]

Indeed, this works better on your 3.4 GM engines.