> I'm sure I remember cars with hoist brackets already fitted to the rocker
> cover bolts, and the thick washer under the B's bolts is there to take up
> the thickness of just such a bracket.
>
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They were a standard fitting on (at least) the B series Austin and Morris
saloon cars of the era.
I used to use a lifting bar with a couple of slots in it to engage the
brackets, the bar had a row of holes in it so I could put a shackle at the
best balance point.
The studs look a bit spindly to lift an engine, but even at a thread root
diameter of a 1/4" and assuming say steel of yield 40 t/sq inch, each stud
has a capacity of about 2 tons.
The trick is of course not to bend them,
Ian F
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