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Re: [Spridgets] Horrible F. engine hoist

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Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Horrible F. engine hoist
From: Jim Johnson <bmwwxman@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2010 14:30:59 -0600
Mike...   Put a 3 foot length of 2x4 under each front tire. You can now get
the lift under the A-arms and also roll the car forward and back as
needed.....   I've used 3 different manufactures of lifts and none have made
under the A-arms...

Cheers!!
Jim

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Mike Eldred <redscirocco@hotmail.com>wrote:

> I have one of the Harbor Freight engine cranes, too.  I just finished a
> clutch
> job on my Midget using it.
> I ran into the same problem - the frame legs hit the A-arms on my Midget
> when
> I tried to roll the crane udner the car (or more precisely, when I tried to
> roll the car over the frame legs).  I solved the problem by taking the
> wheels
> off the hoist.  Because of the way it's constructed, I did have to put
> boards
> under the legs to level things up.  But it worked just fine.
>
> -Mike Eldred
> Wilmington, VT
>
> Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:12:59 -0800
> From: Billy Zoom <billyzoom@billyzoom.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] what does a shortblock weigh?
> To: BJNoSHOV8 <bjshov8@tx.rr.com>
> Cc: "spridgets@autox.team.net" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> Message-ID: 
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> > 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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