lifting my engine
03-30-2006, 10:57 PM
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lifting my engine
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.
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03-30-2006, 11:09 PM
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RE: lifting my engine
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 
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03-31-2006, 12:01 AM
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RE: lifting my engine
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
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03-31-2006, 03:26 AM
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RE: lifting my engine
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.
03-31-2006, 03:29 AM
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RE: lifting my engine
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
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
03-31-2006, 03:32 AM
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RE: lifting my engine
ORIGINAL: monkeydude3
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
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