For those of you who have lifted your engine for any reason WITHOUT taking off the intake manifold, which I am NOT going to do, I saw on alldata and autozone's website that there are engine lift brackets that you can buy so you bolt them to the cylinder heads... I can't find them anywhere, no one seems to stock them.

Anyone have any deas let me know, or maybe I can just wrap some chain around the exhaust manifolds. The engine only needs to come up about 4" so I can drop the oil pan (which is already unbolted just needs to come off)

any input would totally help me... I need my car back on the road soon and nothing is happening now because of a few tools!


George

 

anyone have any idea? I can't be the only one in this boat

 

Ijust used 2 steel plates. with holes in them. You might have to drill holes in them to line up with the cyl head holes.

 

so did you cut them and make um yourself? was it steel you had laying around and what grade etc was it?

 

http://www.etoolcart.com/index.asp?P...OD&ProdID=3547

 

cool... now just gotta order them. SOB I gotta order that and probably a bearing puller for my trans.


how is it the best laid plans go to sh** all the time?


George

 

Goerge where are you located at geeze we need to get you up and rolling, LOL! everytime I read a post you have some hold up or whatever that is preventing progress. Gitter done!

 

If the tranny is connected to it then get a few 2x4's and jack up on the harmonic balancer, or take of a front acessory and put the bolts through some chain, imprivise! gitter done dude. lol just cuz your working at home or whatever doesnt meen it has to be as nice as a full fledged shop, some times you gotta poor man it.

 

i'm in downers grove, IL anyone wanna come help me that would rock and I will pay you in beer or whatever.

I know I get hold up all along the way... everyone says they can get me blah blah tool but no one actually fu**ing comes through for me, and I can't afford to buy all this sh**. I'm thinkin i'm gonna rent a stupid engine lift and then chain it around the exhaust manifolds and just lift it that way, I need to get this done it's rediculous. The crappy part is in my head I can see how everything has to be done, I know exactly how it all has to go down but of course it never comes to be... i can't be the only one running into rediculous sh**

George

 

To bad Im so dang far away and in school I would trash with you on that also. Have you thought of useing a comalong? AKA chain hoist, hell I've even used those yellow tow straps with the crank up tensioners, it was a biotch cranking it though. Is the tranny in it yet or out of it, cuz if its out then I got a good idea for ya.