For all the people that have done engine rebuilds at home. How did you get the engine out to work on it?

 

with an engine hoist...if that's what you mean!

 

Oh..
I didn't know all ppl had access to a engine hoist..

 

you can rent them or buy them for fairly cheap!!
unless you are the hulk or something and can lift the engine out by hand!!

or you can take it out in pieces!!

 

HAhA
icic
thanks for the help then

 

Aluminum ladder, chains, and friends.
Did that once, and only once.

 

in a pinch I have used the front-end loader on the tractor

 

or you can make a hoist by using some 4X4's and use a pully and rope!!

see pic!

 

Hahaha!! Nice diagram!

A friend and I, me being not that tall or hulky, lifted a 12A out of my old car without too much struggling. Dented and scratched the fender though.

Hoist is the only way to fly.

 

Thats Hardcore!

 

You had better put 2 or 3 more people on the end of that rope But in all seroiusness, just get a hoist, makes it 100x easier, and safer.

 

Ladies and gentlemen, I think we have found the next Pablo Picasso. Gotta love it!

 

I'm contemplating the use of a tow motor (fork lift) at my former work. I don't see any complications with this an the use of a heavy duty chain.

 

forklifts work well

 

I bought my hoist from Princess Auto for quite a lot less than the present price (on sale!).
Try
http://www.princessauto.com/download...2/shop-CAN.PDF
2 ton hoist, page 162. Its $349 regular price. You need it at least twice...once to pull it and once to put it back in! You can always sell it afterwards, and recover your investment. Backyard mechanics are always looking for them.
I've kept mine, as I have a number of older cars, including 86GXL & an 86FieroGT.
But I am popular at work with the fix-it-yourself guys as I lend it out for free. One guy even made improvements to it by installing push handles!
Good luck, Dave

 

How much would it cost to rent them? and where?

 

25CDN is what the price is in Vancouver..

 

I'm waiting for someone to say a swingset next . . .

 

swingset

 

OH icic
25 is not a bad price.
=)

 

I managed to lift the engine out of my first fc by taking the front sway bar and putting it through a lift chain while standing on top of the front strut mounts. But my friends were too weak to carry it forward from there, so we ended up using the pole from a stop sign in our neighborhood, on guy on each side of the pole it worked fine lol