mendez4047

I purchased a one ton engine hoist from harbor freight today. When I positioned the hoist in front of my stang, the arm is about 12" too short! the arm only reaches to about the front of the engine. Is it possible to remove the engine using the hoist on the side? or is there another alternative?

motorman524

Do the legs or the arm adjust to different lengths? They should.

aode08

you can do the side if you want


its doesnt have to reach in the center, just remove the radiator and use a longer chain, youll be ok,

when it goes back in, you'll be fine as well

mjr46

why don't you jack the front of the car up so the legs can slide under the car...duhhhhhhhhhh......

mendez4047

mjr46, thanks for the sarcasm. The car is on jackstands and I rolled the hoist in as far as I could but the engine hoist jack bumps up to the bumper. I extended the arm as far out as it could and only reached to about the front of the engine. and at that extent, the hoist can only handle 1/4 ton. Im assuming the engine with heads is about that weight right?

w8less

take off the front bumper then. ir just take off the front end as a clip its like 12 bolts in total

like so

motorman524

Just remove the hood with a friend and take it out from the side.

mjr46

get it from the side then, there is more than one way to skin a cat., I've done it both ways, if you have to create extra work such as removing bumpers and so forth then your not thinking hard enough......show us a pic of what your working with to better illustrate the issue at hand......I'm sure there is an easier solution

tohoopty

get a hoist thats not from harbor frieght.

302army187

my hoist from harbor frieght worked fine with the top boom all the way back...

not sure how you are having such an issue.