On 10/19/97 2:29 PM so and so Steve Byers said. (And I quote)
>Use the same studs that the valve cover nuts screw down on. I used a large
>washer with i.d. that the valve cover nut shank (but not head) would fit
>through, slipped a hoist chain link over the stud, then the washer, then
>screwed down the valve cover nuts.
Make sure to get as close to the block as you can you might bend the
studs otherwise.
Larry Macy
78 Midget
>
>Steve Byers
>Havelock, NC
>'73 Midget GAN5UD126009G "OO NINE"
>'66 BJ8 HBJ8L/36666 "TARHEELY"
>'63 BJ7 HBJ7L/20111 ("Resting" the last 10 years)
>"It is better to remain silent, and be thought a fool,
>than to speak, and remove all doubt." -- Mark Twain
>
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>> From: Lancer7676@aol.com
>> To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
>> Subject: Ready to pull Engine/Tranny
>> Date: Sunday, October 19, 1997 3:19 PM
>>
>> I am restoring my 1967 Sprite, 1275 engine. I have reached the point
>that I
>> need to pull the engine and transmission. Everything is disconnected,
>bolts
>> removed, the engine/tranny should lift right out, given proper
>connections
>> and lift device. My question is--What do I bolt the chain to in order to
>> lift the engine out? What is the proper connection point? Thanks for
>any
>> and all replies.
>>
>> -----David
>> 1967 Sprite (Victoria, aka, Vicky)
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