richtr wrote:
> Brian Ricker wrote:
> >
> > Had a rather scary experience this afternoon. I was getting ready to put
> > the engine back in my TR6 and had it up in the air and was getting ready
> > to roll the car under it when the rear lifting eye sheared off flush
> > with the block deck. The engine was then hanging by one chain with the
> > transmission pointed at the ground. Not two minutes before I was double
> > checking the bellhousing bolts on the bottom of the engine/tranny. The
> > only thing I can figure is that the eye had been weakened from bending
> > at that point and subsequently failed (It was bent in towards the
> > block). Neither the big 3 nor Rimmers shows this part as still available
> > (I don't need it other than for completeness) so I wonder if this is a
> > known weak point?
>
> Brian;
> I rebuild about 6 to 8 TR6 engines a year and I had the same thing happen
> on one. I was lucky in that the engine was about two inches from setting
> on the floor. I was lowering it at the time. The rear hook was bent in
> and broke at the block. I now check these before using them and if bent I
> replace them with one I made from thicker material. They get bent when
> lifting the engine out with two chains making a sling. I use a load
> leveler and the chains go straight down to the hooks.
> Any body planning on removing an engine should pay attention to the
> hooks.
>
> Dean Tetterton
> 58 TR3A
> 60 TR3A
> 63 Sports Six
> 64 TR4
> 69 TR6
> 72 Stag
I've seen cracked brackets on several cars. We usually remove the forward-most
exhaust stud, and attach the lifting chain there with a high-grade bolt. On
the rear,
we remove the rocker oil feed plug and install the rear lifting chain there.
Since
these attaching points are very high on the block, the engine can be tilted to
a large
angle without having the chains scrape across the block.
Regards,
Brian Schlorff '61 TR-4 '64 TR-4 '72 TR-6 '79 Spit
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