With the talk of engine dollies and the like, I might suggest that you
build one or more of your own. If you ever hit flea markets look for dolly
wheels with grease fittings. With fittings they will normally have bearings and
will have a capacity of around 500 lb . per wheel. Nail/screw 3 pcs. of
1/2" plywood together and attach wheels (good place to use up your scrap
plywood). You will have a dolly that will support any engine/transmission or
support the front of your Tiger when the crossmember is removed. Build it
longer if you want and it can even be used to support the engine and
transmission. For an engine support I used 2x6" pcs of wood measured to fit
the
rim of the oil pan and mounted these to 1'2" plywood and then screwed that
contraption to the above mentioned dolly. When finished with the engine, I
unscrewed the contraption and had the dolly for other uses.
Mark L
In a message dated 4/8/2010 9:00:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
mark.rense@ge.com writes:
Mauro,
I just removed the engine from one of my cars two weeks ago in
preparation for the body shop. You really need to search all the Sunbeam
sites, I amassed quite a few articles which I then compiled into a
collection of wisdom. The short answer here is that I followed the
bottom-out technique as per Theo's suggestions. It took me about four
hours including re-installing the crossmember, I was by myself and I
took my time to document.
I used a 2 ton hoist and a transmission jack. The transmission jack is
also very handy for crossmember removal, as you can strap it on to keep
it from rotating as you unbolt it from the chassis. I set the engine
down onto a low furniture moving dolly, ran a chain between the
crossmember bolts, hoisted the body up and wheeled the engine/tranny
straight out.
Bugz
-----Original Message-----
From: MAURO D'ANGELO
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 5:56 PM
To: Steve Ralsten; Tiger email list
Subject: [Tigers] Tiger Engine Installation Techniques Re: just a test
Well, Steve, you asked for it! I am looking for advice and/or
information.
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