Yo ho ho and the wind blows free,
Oh for the life on the rolling sea.
Yep, rope. It is probably spliced into a grommet (circle) , or it
could be two grommets. Fig. A.26 shows the chain's hook is centered over
valve cover. Forward loop passes just forward of and against the exhaust
manifold and then appears to drop straight down to the sump, and the
after loop passes just behind and against the exhaust manifold then is
visible going vertical to the sump. This is a picture of engine
removal, it turns out. I wrote earlier that it was a photo of an
installation.
Fig. R.2 shows installation of the body onto chassis. In this photo
engine is in place, car is on wheels, steering wheel and column have been
installed. Though the hoist in the photo is a crossbeam with vertical
rods hooked under the body, the text says "A rope sling is quite
satisfactory."
Bob
On Thu, 01 Dec 2005 12:35:58 -0800 Max Heim <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
writes:
> Did the manual show the starboard watch hauling the line through the
> blocks, under the baleful glare of the bosun? Heh heh...
>
> Rope... omigod...
>
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>
>
> on 12/1/05 11:09 AM, Bob Howard at mgbob@juno.com wrote:
>
> > Using the rocker studs gives me the jim-jams also. In the
> workshop manual for TD-TF, there is a photograph of an engine being
swung
> into a TD by means of a rope grommet wrapped around the engine,
probably
> 3/4 diameter sisal. I used a 5/8 diameter nylon rope when swinging a
> TD engine & gearbox out and in last time; it worked very easily and,
> as a wooden-boat sailor, I was more comfortable with rope than with
> chain.
> > Bob
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