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Rustle up an air fare and chiropractic fees too, and we're goodSo if I can rustle up a time machine, we’re good?
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Can you use an engine hoist to lift it up. I installed a gantry crane in my garage specifically for engine, could be an option as well. Then you can load it into anything.What kinds of businesses run small trucks with cranes? Wondering if I can pay someone with a small vehicle-mounted crane to lift engine up and get it on stand. Be less hassle than renting a crane and lugging it here and back--and gives me a few more months to make some room in the garage and buy a crane for the swap.
Trying to avoid that purchase until I make more room in the garage. Won't need it anyway until the engine is ready to go in. Assuming I can get the engine on a stand without it...Can you use an engine hoist to lift it up. I installed a gantry crane in my garage specifically for engine, could be an option as well. Then you can load it into anything.
Tire companies that sell heavy truck tires.What kinds of businesses run small trucks with cranes? Wondering if I can pay someone with a small vehicle-mounted crane to lift engine up and get it on stand. Be less hassle than renting a crane and lugging it here and back--and gives me a few more months to make some room in the garage and buy a crane for the swap.
Yeah I may do that this time, thanks for the tip! Down the road, though: rent to pull old and put on stand / install refreshed (assuming no shop trips). Rent to take old to shop. Rent to offload rebuilt old from shop. Rent to install rebuilt in not-yet-purchased second vehicle. Do it all again when refreshed engine ready for rebuild. Given time and expense, may as well buy the damned thing once the first engine is ready to go in...@jaymar there has gotta be someone local with a hoist you can borrow. Most sit in a corner of a shop unused. Buying a hoist is a bad look if your not working on cars regularly. Get with a local
Cruiser club and ask around or post up on Facebook that you need to borrow a hoist for $50 somebody will Hook you up.
Then you can be the one renting it out to those that are needing one to use for a one-time job.Yeah I may do that this time, thanks for the tip! Down the road, though: rent to pull old and put on stand / install refreshed (assuming no shop trips). Rent to take old to shop. Rent to offload rebuilt old from shop. Rent to install rebuilt in not-yet-purchased second vehicle. Do it all again when refreshed engine ready for rebuild. Given time and expense, may as well buy the damned thing once the first engine is ready to go in...
Thanks. I have some dim memory of a project where someone 'said' they were replacing the wiring harness and the whole dash was out...The engine harness goes through firewall and connects to the ECU. You have to remove the glovebox to access it. No need to tear the dash apart.
The above is 100% correct.The engine harness goes through firewall and connects to the ECU. You have to remove the glovebox to access it. No need to tear the dash apart.
Just for peace of mind, or…?Totally worth the effort
In my opinion, yes.Just for peace of mind, or…?
And I guess it kind eliminates the harness if there’s a problem…In my opinion, yes.
Yeah I may do that this time, thanks for the tip! Down the road, though: rent to pull old and put on stand / install refreshed (assuming no shop trips). Rent to take old to shop. Rent to offload rebuilt old from shop. Rent to install rebuilt in not-yet-purchased second vehicle. Do it all again when refreshed engine ready for rebuild. Given time and expense, may as well buy the damned thing once the first engine is ready to go in...
Looking at HF 2-ton crane and stand. Overbuy and understress. Good reviews from Mudsters.Yeah, buy one. But not the cheapest one you can find.