Is it possible to yank the block on a 22re pickup without pulling the tranny completely out or removing the core supports and grille?

 

absolutely

 

In case you need a second opinion

 

Thanks guys!! Did ya just drop it in and back that sucker up on the input shaft?

 

Pretty much so but there was some wiggling and a few choice words to get it to believe it belonged there.

 

I know how that goes.... although my words aren't so chosen. They just go flyin' out of my mouth when I'm grunting and sweating with a block in one hand, and a tranny in the other.

 

if ya wanna make it a little easier on urself when you put it back in, unbolt the rear driveshaft so you can rotate the input shaft by spinnin the d-shaft makes it a lil easier...

 

Me too add 92 degrees and 86% humidity sweating like a virgin in a whore house and you just kind of lose your mind and sensibility Hell I think I may have even spoken a language all my own.

 

once you figure out that you're lining up 2 alignment dowels on the back of the block, one on the top center, and one on the driver's side, then it just takes a little wiggling

for whatever reason, I spend the first 30 minutes wiggling it thinking that the driver's side dowel was the only one and then I kicked myself in the teeth once I felt around and was like DUH, THERE'S ANOTHER ONE