[Shotimes] lifting an engine

[Bruce Malachuk]

Stock hardware :-) what ford gives ya

I have even gone as far to lift completely wet engines with oil, ATX and ATX
fuild still in them this way, without nary a bent intake bolt. 


Bruce J Malachuk

*	94 Opal Frost MTX 
*	93 Emerald Green MTX - SOLD 
*	93 Black ATX - New Parts CAR 
*	95 Silver Frost ATX SE - SLO -Buyer waiting 
*	96 TR - Cam Failed parts car :-(


-----Original Message-----
From: Ian Fisher [mailto:dataflash@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 11:37 PM
To: Bruce Malachuk; 'van Oss'; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] lifting an engine

Hmmm..I suppose that's not a bad idea if you are using all 4. Are you using
grade 8 bolts and washers when you do it?

Ian


--- Bruce Malachuk <bmalach1@nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> I use the intake bracket bolts on the heads. Gives 4 nice evenly 
> spaced places to lift from. I lift every engine that way and never 
> bend bolts or have munged up the threads.
> 
> I've removed the lift bracket on my 94 cause it's easier to balance 
> the engine via those intake bracket bolts, plus Ford supplies them 
> foir you free of charge :-)
> 
> 
> Bruce J Malachuk
> 
> *	94 Opal Frost MTX 
> *	93 Emerald Green MTX - SOLD 
> *	93 Black ATX - New Parts CAR 
> *	95 Silver Frost ATX SE - SLO -Buyer waiting 
> *	96 TR - Cam Failed parts car :-(
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Ian Fisher
> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 6:49 PM
> To: van Oss; shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] lifting an engine
> 
> PS JVO-
> 
> Bolt the armature thingie from the stand to the
> bellhousing while the block
> is on the floor. Now you can just lift up the engine
> and slide the arms into
> the stand. Easy as cake (if you have an engine
> hoist).
> A bit of a PITA if you don't. :)
> 
> Ian
> 
> 
> --- van Oss <vanOss@centurytel.net> wrote:
> 
> > I need to lift a 3.2L enough off the floor to
> attach an engine stand.
> > Intake and tranny are off.
> > 
> > There's a lift hook on the front of the engine,
> but what do I do on 
> > the opposite corner?  I thought about using one of
> the bolts that 
> > normally holds the tranny on (put the bolt through
> a chain link)?
> >  But wouldn't it be in
> > the way when it's time to bolt on the stand?
> > 
> > VO
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