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FW: Ready to pull Engine/Tranny

To: "'spridgets@autox.team.net'" <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: FW: Ready to pull Engine/Tranny
From: Bert Kleinschmidt <kleinschmidt@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 1997 18:29:20 -0700
Reply-to: Bert Kleinschmidt <kleinschmidt@earthlink.net>
Sender: owner-spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
David,

I also have used the method Les describes below with success pulling
three Spridget engines.  I used two hooks from the ends of some old
garage door springs (made from steel about 1/8" thick).  Each hook had
a hole in one end which was about 3/8" in diameter.  I bolted one hook to
the front generator mount (actually part of the water pump housing) and
one to the rearmost manifold stud with a pile of washers as needed to
hold the hook tight against the head.
.
I then slipped the chain over the hooks, having oriented the hooks in
such a way that there was no way the chain could slip off them while
under load.

Good luck,
Bert Kleinschmidt

>I am restoring my 1967 Sprite, 1275 engine.  I have reached the point that I
>need to pull the engine and transmission...
>-----David

Although many attachment points could be used, I elected to use the rear
exhaust manifold stud hole and a generator mounting hole...
Les Myer



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