Pull a an engine without a hoist?
08-23-09, 10:57 PM
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Pull a an engine without a hoist?
Is it doable? Im stripping a car and dont have room for a hoist, can borrow one, but if I can get away with not doing it, I will.
08-23-09, 11:01 PM
#2
My room mate and I pulled a 12a and 5 speed out of a FB with two 2x4's and a length of rope. The only shitty part of the lift was that I'm 6'5 and he's 5'8, so when he was in proper lifting position, I was basically sitting on the ground. It's not too hard, just make sure you lift with your legs.
08-23-09, 11:04 PM
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fork lift? I think a jack stand(as in, raise car, hold engine with jack stand, take out mounts, and lower it from the bottom). I don't really know, describe your situation for others to give a better answer.
08-23-09, 11:06 PM
#4
I suppose if you want to be creative you can jack the car up really high and drop the engine down with the aid of a jack and a large surface between the jack and engine (read: use a transmission jack), I am sure you will have to remove the engine mount brackets on the engine and chassis cross member and in order to do this, they will be in the way. I am not sure if anything besides those two things will be in your way, take a look underneath.
You will still be faced with trying to avoid dropping the engine as you roll it out from under the car though, I still think it's best if you use a hoist.
You will still be faced with trying to avoid dropping the engine as you roll it out from under the car though, I still think it's best if you use a hoist.
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08-23-09, 11:33 PM
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1 car garage, 2 cars worth of parts, and a girlfriend who doesnt want to see old rusty car parts sitting outside.. nowhere to put the damn thing else I would just buy one.
08-24-09, 08:34 AM
#13
OR just go pick up a come-a-long($30) or one of them 2 ton tie-down-straps(less the $20) from the auto store and just use a joist to hang them from. Then after your done just put it off to the side and just forget you ever got them since they are so small.
08-24-09, 12:58 PM
#17
your back will thank you later on in life for that, I lifted a transmission into my first car off the ground, if I knew then that little back pain I had would turn into ruptured disks and last a lifetime I would obviously have rented whatever tool I needed to do the job properly.
08-24-09, 09:51 PM
#23
You can always just drop the engine and transmission out by just unbolting the subframe (4 large bolts + the 4 sway bar bolts + the 8 nuts holding the shocks) and just drop the entire assembly onto the ground with the aid of a jack, then you can roll that **** around all day.
