[Shotimes] methods to swap my engine

[Devin Fisher]

I have transferred my engine from hoist to engine stand twice (and from a
trunk twice). The only problem I had was I had to remove the intake manifold
because it is just too big to leave on. If I had more chain I could but I
needed to attach a load balancing dealie to hold it correctly.

The caveat is that the engine was never pulled from the car with the hoist.
It was pulled off of a tire on the floor. When I reinstall, I think I will
put the engine on the subframe and then drop the car onto it that way.

-Devin

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Ian Fisher
Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2005 7:34 PM
To: techsho@topica.com; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: [Shotimes] methods to swap my engine

Hi
I was planning on swapping my engine by dropping the
subframe and pulling the trans (I need to swap
subframes anyway). So up until this point, I'd use an
engine support brace as if I was doing a clutch job
(if I can locate the shared NJ brace-Bill?). Now, I
assume I can attach the chains holding the motor to a
hoist, take up slack in the chain, remove the brace
and pull the motor?

What about installing the engine? It seems a bit
tricky to have to transfer the engine from the hoist
to an engine brace. I'm also working with limited
space if I do this in my driveway so I will need to
keep the hoist in front of the car which may interfere
with moving the subframe around, jackstands, etc. IOW,
I will probably need to reuse the brace for
installation so that I can move the hoist out of the
way to re-install the trans and subframe.. (I'm
feeling the pain in my back and arms just thinking
about this)

Ideas?
thanks
Ian
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