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Needed to move an engine by myself |
mepstein |
Apr 26 2019, 09:44 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,314 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
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914werke |
Apr 26 2019, 09:54 AM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 10,140 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
ingenuity!
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914Sixer |
Apr 26 2019, 09:57 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,903 Joined: 17-January 05 From: San Angelo Texas Member No.: 3,457 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Yep, that will work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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Spoke |
Apr 26 2019, 10:09 AM
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Jerry Group: Members Posts: 6,991 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Allentown, PA Member No.: 3,031 Region Association: None |
Where is this /6 going?
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johnlush |
Apr 26 2019, 11:43 AM
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What's all this then? Group: Members Posts: 371 Joined: 26-May 04 From: Cheyenne, WY Member No.: 2,108 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Is the tennis ball hanging there to encourage it to jump out on its own? I know that would work for my dog and she's German... :~)
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Rand |
Apr 26 2019, 11:50 AM
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Cross Member Group: Members Posts: 7,409 Joined: 8-February 05 From: OR Member No.: 3,573 Region Association: None |
Make some pyramids! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
I was always amazed how my dad taught me to use things. We moved thousands of pounds of machinery...A freaking 2000# drill press, along with multiple lathes and mills and such. He built a flatbed tilt-bed trailer and we winched things over pieces of pipe to move it along. A little physics, some leverage... Good use. Thanks for sharing. |
bretth |
Apr 26 2019, 12:47 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 899 Joined: 23-June 15 From: Central TX Member No.: 18,882 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I have done this but not as safely as your setup looks. Lots of blocks of wood stacked on a carefully placed floor jack and some wide plywood to balance the engine on while slowly working it to the ground. I've done some stupid things to bring home new toys. Dirtbikes stuffed sideways in my old Datsun hatchback while there's still gas in the tank etc.
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mepstein |
Apr 26 2019, 12:59 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,314 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
A lift table would have made it easy but I don’t have one at my house. My neighbor has motorcycles so I borrow his ramps. The trick is to lay down 4x4 in the car so I don’t have to lift over the lip of the car. It was a very controlled slide down the ramp. Took 1 minute to get it all done. I’ll throw a furniture dolly under the engine and put it in a corner. Just storing for a friend.
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mepstein |
Apr 26 2019, 01:00 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,314 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
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porschetub |
Apr 26 2019, 02:25 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,706 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
Well done,I did the same thing years ago when I needed to move my 2.2T,couldn't use the family stationwagon so loaded it in my trusty Mazda 323 wagon,had an interesting 35mile drive to my new place to say the least (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) .
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bdstone914 |
Apr 26 2019, 03:04 PM
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bdstone914 Group: Members Posts: 4,536 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Riverside CA Member No.: 1,319 |
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Dion |
Apr 26 2019, 03:10 PM
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RN Group: Members Posts: 2,767 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Audubon,PA Member No.: 2,766 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Nice one Mark. Is that the Honda it was loaded in?
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914werke |
Apr 26 2019, 03:40 PM
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"I got blisters on me fingers" Group: Members Posts: 10,140 Joined: 22-March 03 From: USofA Member No.: 453 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
I see what you did there (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif) |
mepstein |
Apr 26 2019, 05:13 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,314 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Nice one Mark. Is that the Honda it was loaded in? Yes. My daughters CR-V. I took a 3.0 to Hershey in my wife’s CR-V but hadn’t used the 4x4 and it was a bitch to reach in and lift it over the lip. I got my entire motorcycle in that car, in pieces, to take in to my builder for reassembly. Attached image(s) |
Unobtanium-inc |
Apr 28 2019, 08:10 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,213 Joined: 29-November 06 From: New York Member No.: 7,276 Region Association: None |
I have a guy who can do this.
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914forme |
Apr 30 2019, 08:29 AM
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Times a wastin', get wrenchin'! Group: Members Posts: 3,896 Joined: 24-July 04 From: Dayton, Ohio Member No.: 2,388 Region Association: None |
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Carl La Fong |
Apr 30 2019, 10:16 AM
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Member Group: Retired Members Posts: 137 Joined: 27-March 19 From: west Member No.: 23,000 Region Association: None |
Necessity is the Mother of invention. (I just made that up). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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Literati914 |
Apr 30 2019, 02:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,475 Joined: 16-November 06 From: Dallas, TX Member No.: 7,222 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I did something very similar when I brought home a 2056/4 in my volvo xc70 wagon.... I had the engine strapped to a furniture dolly and slid it up/down a SINGLE aluminum ramp. The wheels of the dolly hung down and straddled the ramp and it was all actually very solid/secure feeling while sliding on the dolly's frame. Then, once on the ground it rolled around nicely of course.
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mepstein |
Apr 30 2019, 02:43 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,314 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I did something very similar when I brought home a 2056/4 in my volvo xc70 wagon.... I had the engine strapped to a furniture dolly and slid it up/down a SINGLE aluminum ramp. The wheels of the dolly hung down and straddled the ramp and it was all actually very solid/secure feeling while sliding on the dolly's frame. Then, once on the ground it rolled around nicely of course. Yep. I got a HF furniture dolly so I could move it around easily. Worth it for $8. I tried to move a tub on 2 HF steel furniture dollies. Each rated for 500lbs. The steel frames bent. I then slid in two HF wood furniture dollies and they were fine. The car was only 3" off the ground so I could afford to experiment but I was surprised at the results. HF took back the steel dollies. |
ThePaintedMan |
May 1 2019, 01:22 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,886 Joined: 6-September 11 From: St. Petersburg, FL Member No.: 13,527 Region Association: South East States |
I can power clean a Type 4 but not sure about a /6. Willing to try if I ever found one, lol.
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