Everyone's nightmare. Very sorry to hear of your accident. Most
important is that you weren't
damaged.
Check out Eastwoods sight for their engine lift. It has four chains with
L brackets and it tilts in
situ. (sorry guys , had to get that word off my chest).
Good Luck with the next lifting operation.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 09, 2009 9:47 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Dropped the engine - source for manifold-carb studs?
>I just had a serious accident with my engine. I had a series of minor
> things to do on the engine, transmission, clutch, and in the engine
> compartment. Since I've removed and re-installed the engine on this car
> several times, I thought the easiest way for me to have access to all the
> bits and pieces I wanted to perform was to remove the engine.
>
> I followed the Healey manual instructions and lifted the
> engine-transmission
> via the two studs that hold the valve cover in place. I've done this at
> least 5 times on Healey's before, and the procedure seemed to work just
> fine.
>
> However, this time one of the studs broke. Of course, when one breaks,
> the
> other is going to give way too. So, while the engine was poised over the
> front of the car, the whole engine-transmission assembly fell. I now
> have
> some dents in the front shroud, a dent in the bumper, and some holes in
> the
> concrete floor of my garage..... and the engine has several pieces broken.
>
> The most expensive broken pieces appear to be a bent damper...(Moss
> replacement is $440...the "race car standards harmonic crank
> balancer)...and
> a broken front plate for the generator.... (Moss replacement is $231).
> The
> two rocker studs that need to be replaced are just $6.70 each.
>
> But, I lost 4 of the studs that connect the intake manifold to the carbs.
> Moss sells replacement studs for the earlier model cars at $4.70
> each...but
> the studs for the BJ8 are N/A.
>
> Does anyone know what the differences are for the BJ8 manifold-carb studs
> are?...Does anyone know of a source?
>
> Given this accident, I've suddenly become interested in engine lifting
> brackets....Any advice on that topic?
>
> Thanks in advance
> -skip-
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