Actually, lrc writes:
>> Bolt the plate to the top of the block, just tall enough to put
>> the jack in (upside down) and push the pistons out that way.
And the I wrote:
> Hey Larry, maybe I still have Nuke on the brain, but
> I don't see how you could *operate* the jack if it was
> captured in the above-described apparatus.
And then you wrote:
You would have to mount the brace plate the jack is pushing against
much higher up above the block, ....
A better strategy would be to use (if you can find one) one of those port-
able hydraulic rams, where the pump mechanism is isolated from the ram
assembly by a length of hydraulic hose.
>And then I thought, using the ram or the bottle jack
would work better if you had the base end of either
push against a loop or three of strap encircling the
engine, rather than pushing against a plate bolted to
the block using the head bolts. In doing this you'd be
distributing the load against the bottom of the block,
and your weak link would be the tensile strength of the
straps, not the head bolt threads. Just a thought.
cheers-
dstone@sc9.intel.com
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