[Spridgets] Fwd: Re: what does a shortblock weigh?

[HealeyRick]

OWWIIEE, Frank !!!!  I assume by "popped a nut" you're not referring to the
one holding the motor mount on. :(  Be thankful you're not yanking the lump on
a big Healey.  There's a shot of my engine and tranny hanging precariously
over the ali shroud on my build page below.  I know a guy whose big Healey
motor let go from the cherry picker right over his newly painted shroud. 
Probably hurt almost as much as the busted nut pull.

Rick


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--- On Sat, 11/13/10, Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net> wrote:

From: Frank Clarici <spritenut at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Fwd: Re:  what does a shortblock weigh?
To: "Pete Chast" <pchast at francomm.com>
Cc: "spridgets at autox.team.net" <spridgets at autox.team.net>
Date: Saturday, November 13, 2010, 5:22 PM

On 11/13/2010 4:49 PM, Pete Chast wrote:
> I don't agree. Lag bolts pulling straight down are relying on the
> threads

I agree with Pete, I do not agree with lag bolts.
2 guys, a rope and a 4x4 will get that engine out of the car where it sits.
BTDT many times.
I use to stand on the shocks and yank the engines (complete) out by hand.
But then I popped a nut putting one back in at the Buster cluster so those
days are gone.
The whole engine weighs around 250 lbs.

-- Frank Clarici
Toms River, NJ
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