I ordered a load leveler but it's on back order from the company I purchased it from but I cant wait to pull the engine from my '88. What's the safest way to get the engine chained up and hoisted out?

 

a chain,couple 2x4's,a friend, and a whole lotta muscle

 

I pulled my engine and trans together using a hoist and a strap, worked fine, just be sure to have help guiding it in and out.

 

you get the chain you are going to use, and adjust it when you start pulling the engine out, then put your weight on the engine once it starts to move so you level it manually while it comes out, so you dont destroy anything.

 

psh - grab a come-along and put it inplace of the rear chain. When you put tension on the hoist to pull it, make sure the come-along has a few inches of "slack" in it so you can drop the rear away. I did this for many many years before I got the Load Leveler just to make it easier.

 

get a chain a pully system hanging from the top and use a truck to take it out work real good

 

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Ive used this method several times and it works great even with the motor attached to the trans. Then again, I used a tractor instead of an engine hoist

 

Chain, a bolt and nut, and the hoist. move the bolt to where you want more links on the chain... this is hard to describe. Basically the bolt goes through the links, you put the hook under the bolt that is adjusting the chain. It makes it so you can have say 14 in of chain to the back of the engine while maybe having 4 of chain going to the front hook on the engine. I can take a picture if this is too confusing. But I've been taking all sorts of engines out for many years and this In my oppinion maybe works better, is cheaper and faster than a stabilizer bar.

 

This is the method I've always used, and with great results. It's not the best, but it's pretty cheap and reliable.

 

You guys have some funny ways to pull a motor, JUst throw a hand grenade or two in the engine bay and run after a couple times, You`ve just got piece`s you can remove with your hands, Good Luck. Just get a cherry picker and a nice size chain, two 3/8 bolts and washers, and nuts adjust it accordliy, And lift it out gently.

 

harbor freight has cherrypickers for around 100 bucks not sure if you have a harbor freight in you area

 

Move to Metropolis and get superman to help ya!
I've always found removing the hood to be helpful first if you haven't done that already. Hoist and chain method!

 

bad pic, cell phone sucks as a camera. This is how i did it last time but i have removed several other motors with either an engine hoist or a block and tackle but I have never used a leveler.

Just be careful when you do it however you may chose to go about it.

 

^ lol, is that a backhoe?

 

nah, deff. not a backhoe. maybe one of those scalled down excavators?

 

Looks like a backhoe to me.

 

Its a kubota L35, so yeah it's a backhoe.....



I highly recommend it for yanking the 13BT block and trans, much easier than any other method I have tried thus far, and it's good for more than just pulling engines. I don't know if they sell them at Harbor Freight or not, probably find one on ebay though...

 

Actually if you wrap some chain around the bucket and secure it so it cannot rotate you can fix lengths of chain to the block and to the chain wrapped around the bucket and then use the hydralics to level/tilt said motor

 

Talking about fuuccking great, Thats so cool for a example of pulling a motor.
Hats off dude.

 

Well the last motor I pulled before this one was a pain in my back literally, so, I decided to give this a shot. I'm talking like a minute to have it out of the engine bay and on the ground.

And actually I used something very similar to whats Titanium is talking about when we put it back in the car. I just used two different nylon straps to keep it level and was able to angle it with the hydraulics on the way down in, made it a cinch.

Here she is dropped back in:


It seemed a bit overkill at first but it worked great in reality. Plus you can make big jumps w/ it for your dirtbikes and quads....

 

i use a bobcat sometimes but most of the time i use a engine hoist.

 

ive never used a load leveller. ive pulled motors alone and motor/tranny combos. never really had an issue.

so its certainly possible :]

 

strip it down to the bare block then drain the fluids thenpull the enigine out.
then just pop the tranny down and slide it out

 

As long as the car rolls, it's pretty easy. I did it by myself, no help, and I used this:



Got it at Grainger.

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/5W556

 

Loose the hood, and to make life easier, the rad too. You'll have more space. Use an engine lift or the chain hoist if you can move the car. You can get away with just that and some chain and bolts and manpower. Play around where the hoist hook goes on the chain to get a decent balance.