In a message dated 97-09-02 17:37:21 EDT, gary_winblad@juno.com (Gary A
Winblad) writes:
<< My idea for the ultimate set-up is:
make a fixture to plug into the stock jack ports to allow
the floor jack to jack up the front (normal jack range would
require two increments), build a Kempinski dolley and
you could pull the engine with just a floor jack!! And in
the lowest garage... think about it.
Gary
>>
Once the weight of the front suspension, engine & trans assy is removed from
the front, the center of the cruciform is just forward of the balance point.
I usually use an engine hoist hooked to the firewall stabilizers, plus a
floor jack in the center of the X.
Once everything is unbolted I use only the floor jack to do the final
lifting, & roll the engine out of the wheel well.
I've done this a few times, now. Could probably pull everything out in less
than 2 hrs.
Duck Soup!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bruce McGuire
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