Coolerman
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Having never pulled a Cruiser engine before, I made a couple of, uhh, 'errors'. I read somewhere on here to get a 29" section of chain and some hooks for the hoist. No problem, had that laying around. I installed the two engine lift hooks I had acquired and placed the hooks over them with the chain. My first mistake was I positioned the lift hook in the middle of the chain.
This at the time seemed logical. Engine weighs 700 lbs, and tranny/T-case weighs what lbs? So chain in the middle should lift level. Well it doesn't! I did not notice how bad the tilt was until the engine jumped forward as it came off the mounts scaring the crap out of me!
I tried to put it back on the mounts to reposition the hook but it was too late, by myself there was no way to do it... Sooo.... I ended up attaching a ratchet rope to the tail end of the tranny and to the hoist to help level it a bit.
This at the time seemed logical. Engine weighs 700 lbs, and tranny/T-case weighs what lbs? So chain in the middle should lift level. Well it doesn't! I did not notice how bad the tilt was until the engine jumped forward as it came off the mounts scaring the crap out of me!
I tried to put it back on the mounts to reposition the hook but it was too late, by myself there was no way to do it... Sooo.... I ended up attaching a ratchet rope to the tail end of the tranny and to the hoist to help level it a bit.
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