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Re: [Spridgets] what does a shortblock weigh?

To: "Brad Fornal" <tequila.brad@gmail.com>, "Billy Zoom"
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] what does a shortblock weigh?
From: "Jack Laird" <jlaird237@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 21:31:07 -0600
Might think about a cell phone where you can get to it.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad Fornal" <tequila.brad@gmail.com>
To: "Billy Zoom" <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
Cc: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] what does a shortblock weigh?


>I have to put my Sprite on ramps, so that the frame legs will fit under the
> A frames.
> DO NOT use ramps, in which one is slightly twisted. I had a live 
> Slobberbone
> show jamming on the stereo out in the garage, while working the engine 
> back
> into the 65. I was under the car, pushing the transmission over, to get it
> lined up into the tunnel, and the car shifted off one side of the twisted
> ramp, placing the crossmember on my chest. I was not so much pinned, but
> between the legs of the hoist, and the tire precariously balanced on the
> canted ramp, I was not willing to risk dropping it the rest of the way 
> onto
> me by pushing my way out. I had to wait for the disc to end, before I 
> could
> get my wife to come out and jack the car up with my floor jack, so that I
> could get out. Now I work sans music...
>
> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com> 
> wrote:
>
>> > come-along at Harbor Freight for $15.
>> I have a nice engine hoist, but the frame won't fit between the wheels of 
>> a
>> Sprite.
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