as my dream car turned nightmare car project continues, i now need to lift my engine to do my oil pan and rear main gaskets.got the rear main dropped but removed (ergh). The trans is out, and I need to lift this thing from the top. Where are good lift points and do you have any reccomendations for doing this. The gaskets were leaky as heck so I have to replace them. I'm almost there.


George

 

I got the oil pan un bolted just need the engine up higher... ERGH

 

do you have an engine hoist?

 

well either one of my buddys is gonna get one, and none of them have come through, or i'm gonna rent one, but yes either way I will have one, just wondering where to hook to

GEorge

 

rbstang where'd ya go?


George

 

i can get the hoist... someone has to know where they have lifted it without disassembling anything... I was thinking hanging some chains down to the exhaust manifolds

George

 

anyone? if no one helps i'm just gonna try it out!

just a matter of getting a GD hoist over there

 

Ive never done it with a 4.6, but with my dads old 289 and numerous 350's out of dirt track cars, we always take the intake mani off and just use a plate. If bolts into the holes in the block, but I dont know what to tell you buddy. Would you consider taking of the intake? You could prolly go to autozone and get a lift plate(I have no idea what its called) and just hook the hoist up to that.

 

honestly at this point I DO NOT want to take off the itnake manifold. It's one of those "Not broke dont' fix it" type situations and it is not leaking at the moment.

I have seen in some alldata pictures there are those lift plates you describe that bolt to the valve covers. I should invest in a set of those and I should be ready to rock... oye


George

 

Good luck buddy