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Bad Engine Hoist
Created on 2005-11-06 03:25:46
Yesterday I pulled the engine out of the GT. I rented an engine hoist for pulling the engine since at the last Club meeting I couldn't find a member with a hoist.
I got the engine tilted so the transmission would come out and was raising the engine to clear the car when the engine stopped moving; the engine hoist had gone has high as it was going to and I still needed another foot before the engine would clear the grill. I was not expecting an engine hoist with inadequate lift height.
Fortunately, the Club was having an upholstry tech session so I hurried over hoping that there would be a different or bigger crowd that at the last meeting and some body would have or know someone with an engine hoist. And yes, someone did have a hoist that would work.
So the engine is now out, and the engine bay and engine power-washed clean. Monday I'll return the inadequate engine hoist.
I got the engine tilted so the transmission would come out and was raising the engine to clear the car when the engine stopped moving; the engine hoist had gone has high as it was going to and I still needed another foot before the engine would clear the grill. I was not expecting an engine hoist with inadequate lift height.
Fortunately, the Club was having an upholstry tech session so I hurried over hoping that there would be a different or bigger crowd that at the last meeting and some body would have or know someone with an engine hoist. And yes, someone did have a hoist that would work.
So the engine is now out, and the engine bay and engine power-washed clean. Monday I'll return the inadequate engine hoist.
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| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
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| Transmission Crossmember | 2005-10-28 | 1 | Since buying my MGBGT in 1998 I've heard many, many time people talk about how difficult it is to remove and refit the transmission cross member. Some people resort to cutting hole... |
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