Re: This worked well
Posted by Ross On 2012/12/28 23:07:34
I had two engine jobs on a 51 and a 54 to do at once. Have removed engines with and without transmissions and usually with cherrypickers. They can't hardly reach in far enough without removing the bumper, and with the l-8s the arm usually fouls the engine as one attempts to lift it high enough to clear the grill. Not to mention that when they are loaded they don't roll well.
The new system is a tubing bridge that fits into the sliders on the lift.
The radiator and front splasher are removed. and I cut out the top bar of the radiator cradle (to be welded back later). All of the usual wires and linkages are removed. I take out the six bolts that hold the rear crossmember and let that drop down til it catches in the frame. I mount my lifter slightly to the rear of the center of the engine. With the trans attached, the back hangs quite low as you lift and makes it easy to get the whole thing out without fouling the tunnel. Of course the lift only moves up and down so the car was pushed slowly backward as the lifting took place little by little. This worked astonishingly easy compared to other methods.
I greatly prefer to remove the trans with the engine as they invariably need at least a reseal job and it is tedious to unbolt them from the engine in the car. Effortless to do so on the ground.
The time saving was wonderful as there was so much less to remove. On the second install which was a 51 Patty, the engine/trans went from sitting on the floor to sitting on its mounts in the car in 15 minutes with no rushing.
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The new system is a tubing bridge that fits into the sliders on the lift.
The radiator and front splasher are removed. and I cut out the top bar of the radiator cradle (to be welded back later). All of the usual wires and linkages are removed. I take out the six bolts that hold the rear crossmember and let that drop down til it catches in the frame. I mount my lifter slightly to the rear of the center of the engine. With the trans attached, the back hangs quite low as you lift and makes it easy to get the whole thing out without fouling the tunnel. Of course the lift only moves up and down so the car was pushed slowly backward as the lifting took place little by little. This worked astonishingly easy compared to other methods.
I greatly prefer to remove the trans with the engine as they invariably need at least a reseal job and it is tedious to unbolt them from the engine in the car. Effortless to do so on the ground.
The time saving was wonderful as there was so much less to remove. On the second install which was a 51 Patty, the engine/trans went from sitting on the floor to sitting on its mounts in the car in 15 minutes with no rushing.
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