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| Amphicar770 |
 Jan 28 2016, 03:40 PM
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Everything was going just great. I was slowly lowering the engine by raising the lift, stopping frequently to check. Getting ready to celebrate when ... Oh crud!
t least on my lift (4-post) the space between the two sides that the wheels normally sit on are too narrow to let the engine support bar drop down through. Even the sheet metal might be a bit too wide. (See pic) Took me quite a while to come up with a solve. Too late to finish yesterday. Essentially had to jack back of car up even up even higher. I will then lower engine onto cart with engine crossbar and tin sitting above the ramps, then roll cart back as far as you can and transfer it to a second cart over the lift's crossbar. The lift certainly made things much easier up until that point. Perhaps someone else has done this with a 4-post lift and has a simpler solution.  |
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Amphicar770 Engine drop gotcha Jan 28 2016, 03:40 PM
914forme :sawzall:
In reality I would support the engine ... Jan 28 2016, 03:45 PM puffinator I had the same problem with my 4 post lift trying ... Jan 28 2016, 04:09 PM Dave_Darling I'd just unbolt the bar from the engine and se... Jan 28 2016, 04:33 PM Amphicar770 Yes, the harbor freight lift table works well once... Jan 28 2016, 05:07 PM mskala Classic problem. I move my lift wider just about ... Jan 28 2016, 06:07 PM
Amphicar770
Classic problem. I move my lift wider just about... Jan 28 2016, 07:53 PM
mskala
That is a clever mod that I never considered. A... Jan 28 2016, 09:24 PM budk
Classic problem. I move my lift wider just about... Jan 29 2016, 05:58 PM r_towle Don't get mark mad, he goes all hulk and thing... Jan 28 2016, 09:51 PM Amphicar770 I have two of the rolling bridge jacks on my 4-pos... Jan 29 2016, 08:16 AM JmuRiz I needed a little bit of twist to get mine out usi... Jan 30 2016, 07:43 AM Amphicar770 If I have to tackle this again in the future, it m... Jan 30 2016, 03:50 PM r_towle Two nuts takes off the engine bar from underneath.... Jan 30 2016, 04:16 PM mskala The tin attached to the engine is still pretty wid... Jan 30 2016, 09:08 PM Amphicar770 As noted, it was not that big a deal to lower it o... Jan 30 2016, 11:10 PM brant I've borrowed fergs 4 post lift with moveable ... Jan 31 2016, 12:48 AM Amphicar770
hard to describe, but easy and safe to do
a pict... Jan 31 2016, 05:01 PM  |
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