[Shotimes] hypothetical

[Ian Fisher]

I also don't reccomend using a hoist to pull an
engineless body around. I did that on my 93 atx parts
car after I pulled pretty much everything off of it.
The hoist tipped and the car fell (almost on me). It
was kind of funny but I would be reflecting on this
differently if it had actually fallen on me. :)

If you have a more stable A frame then it shouldn't be
much of a problem.

Lee-you going to the meet this sunday? Not sure if I
can make it or not..

Ian


--- Leigh Smith <leighsm@comcast.net> wrote:

> OK;
> I'll bite.
> I used a rental hoist like this to pull my engine
> this summer. I considered
> droping the subframe but couldn't figure out how to
> do it in my 2 car home
> garage.
> You could use the hoist to lift the body, and
> probably get it high enough,
> but then the legs would be straddling the
> engine/subframe which is on the
> floor, and prevent rolling the body away.
> You could probably lift the body high enough, but
> how to wheel the subframe
> out of the way?
> And where would you grab the body without hurting
> it?
> I couldn't figure it out,
> So I just gave up and pulled the motor out the top.
> Left the tranny and the
> subframe in.
> I could have borrowed a friends shop, but I would
> have felt bad tying up one
> of his bays for so long.
> But we have wheeled engineless bodies into the
> "yard" regularly. You could
> do it with a front-wheel drive car, but then you'd
> have to build a pretty
> good sized dolly with big wheels to hold the front.
> Too much effort.
> Lee
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Peter Chase" <pbc69stang@yahoo.com>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 10:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] hypothetical
> 
> 
> > How do you lift & move a 2500 lb body away from it
> without a regular
> > car
> > lift??
> > With only 2 working wheels?
> >
> >
> > If you have or can rent/borrow an engine hoist
> like this:
> >
> >
>
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=35915
>   ,
> >
> > you could attach the hoist to a sturdy part of the
> unibody as close to the
> front of the car as possible, lift it high enough to
> clear the enigine, and
> then roll the subframe assembly to the side
> (assuming you had a space wide
> and flat enough).
> >
> > Note: I've never done this myself but it seems
> possible.
> >
> > Pete
> >
> >
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